Global Health in Jesuit Medical Education Amy Blair

Global Health in Jesuit Medical Education Amy Blair, M. D. , Director, Center for Service and Global Health, Sister Brenda Eagan, IBVM, Director, Medical School Ministry, and the Global Health Collaborative

Outline I. Global Health at Stritch – History of International Service Immersion and the Global Health Fund – Development of the Center for Service and Global Health II. Jesuit Medical School Global Health Collaborative

Objectives • Examine the evolving face of global health education through the example of Stritch’s International Service Immersion program and Center for Service and Global Health • Explore opportunities for collaboration between Jesuit medical schools in the area of global health

No longer a trend… • “In 2009, 29. 9% of students participated in overseas electives. ” 2009 GQ medical school graduation questionnaire: all schools summary report. Washington, DC: AAMC; 2009. http: //www. aamc. org/data/gq/allschoolsreports/gqfinalreport_200 9. pdf • “Men and Women for others”, Pedro Arrupe

International Service Immersion • Started in 1994 with 3 students • Increasing student interest and faculty participation, suitable for all levels of experience • Summer 2011 – 66 students, 21 physicians, 5 chaplains • 10 month preparation process • Funding via the annual Auction, fundraisers and foundation funding

2011 ISI Sites and Partner Organizations • Fond des Blancs, Haiti - Saint Boniface Haiti Foundation • Petionville and Port au Prince, Haiti - Matthew 25 House and Haitian Community Hospital • Corozal and Orange Walk, Belize - School of Nursing • Lumezi, Zambia - Diocese of Eastern Province • San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala - Diocese of New Ulm Mission • Quito, Ecuador – Working Boys Center • Yaque Abajo, Dominican Republic – ILAC • Palacios, Bolivia – Susan Hou and the Humberto Parra Foundation • El Progreso, Honduras – Our Lady of Mercy

Global Health Fund • Initiated to address increasing student expertise, encouraging ongoing collaboration and sustainable projects • 25 grant recipients in 2011 • Midwifery project in Haiti • Collaboration with Preventive Medicine in Ghana • Education and Public Health Education in Morocco

Center for Service and Global Health • Center for Service and Global Health developed in 2008 • Student-led proposal responding to increasing student interest • Built upon decades of service by Stritch students

Mission The Center for Service and Global Health at Loyola supports a service-learning framework for future health care providers who aspire to improve the health of underserved communities locally, nationally and globally. The CSGH strives to prepare students in the Jesuit tradition of collaborative outreach and interdisciplinary research with a commitment to advocacy and social justice.

Student Advisory Board • • Community Partners Health Disparities Peer-led Medical Spanish International Service Immersion/Global Health Fund Student Advisors • Global Health Initiatives • International Electives

International Electives • Senior medical student rotations for credit • Long-standing relationship with Guatemala, Bolivia, Peru, and Ireland • Extramural Elective opportunities (Dominican Republic, Vietnam) • Increasing numbers each year

Global Health Curriculum Basic • General curriculum global health components Intermediate • Training Sessions for ISI/Global Health Fund • ISI, Global Health Fund, International Elective Advanced • Certificate in Public Health • “Global Health Scholar”

Collaboration • Clearinghouse and support for all LUMC residents, faculty and staff global health service • Increase international clinical research collaborations • Niehoff School of Nursing • Other Loyola University Chicago Graduate and Undergraduate programs