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1. Office of Global Health EducationOhio State University College of Medicine
2. Created in 2005 in response to student interest Sarah Mirza, Class of 2007 Unite for Sight in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
3. Vision Inspire future physicians to become champions for global health, and for improving the quality of life for all. Prepare future physicians for practice in a diverse world. Foster a spirit of service, cultural appreciation, and global partnership that will lessen the burden of disease worldwide, particularly among those most vulnerable.
4. One-stop resource for students’ global health needs Creates affiliations with institutions around the world that offer unique learning opportunities Provides funding for medical student Global Health Elective program Supports student global health organizations www.medicine.osu.edu/orgs/globalhealth/
5. Global Health Electives Available to fourth-year OSU medical students Students apply for a stipend ($2,500) and receive elective credit Each student submits a detailed report of their experience.
6. Focus on the developing world (World Bank). Papua New Guinea
7. Preparation Initial meeting with the program coordinator for GHE requirements and pre-departure meeting: information on travel safety, cultural awareness, history and current events.
8. Preparation USAID modules: each student must complete nine online modules from the USAID Global Health eLearning Center. Antenatal care Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care Population, Health & Environment Basics Diarrheal disease Essential newborn care HIV basics Immunization essentials Malaria Tuberculosis Basics
9. Europe Switzerland Asia Bangladesh China India Malaysia Philippines Thailand Latin America & the Caribbean Argentina Belize Bolivia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Peru Africa Ghana Lesotho Senegal South Africa Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Oceania Papua New Guinea Samoa 166 students have gone to developing countries over the past five years
10. Lenore Jarvis, Class of 2010 United Methodist Mission, Dakar, Senegal Comprehensive community-based health care and village consultations Rotation Schedule See patients onsite at the Wellness Office in Dakar See patients at locations outside of Dakar
11. Lenore Jarvis, Class of 2010 From her report: Typical Pathologies Infectious Diseases included malaria, TB, parasites/worms Malnutrition Congenital malformations Dermatologic conditions Cough/cold, flu Respiratory problems/allergies
12. Katherine Bracke, Class of 2010 Uttarakhand, India Rural/Urban Himalayan Rotation Initial week learning about public health programs with an NGO, Survival For Women and Children (SWACH). SWACH goal: improving the survival and quality of life of underprivileged women and children in the rural/urban slums.
13. Katherine Bracke, Class of 2010 SWACH Reproductive and Child Health Program: immunization of children, distributing health goods (condoms, pills, iron tablets, oral rehydration solution), training community health workers, and conducting “health camps.”
14. Emily Schwartz, Class of 2010 CURE Dominicana Hospital, Dominican Republic Pediatric Orthopaedics Established: 2003 Specialty: Pediatric Orthopedics Number of Doctors: 5 Number of Nurses: 20 Number of Beds: 40 Patients seen annually: 8,000 Number of operations annually: 1500
15. Emily Schwartz, Class of 2010 Common orthopaedic diseases at this site Club Foot Congenital Malformations OsteogenesisImperfecta Lengthening and Rotating Long Bones
16. Alan Bock, Class of 2010 Kudjip Nazarene Hospital, Papua New Guinea Community-based health care Doing an ultrasound prior to draining a pericardial effusion
17. Alan Bock, Class of 2010 Journal entry after first day: “We rounded first on half of the adult patients, saw a couple people with TB, a young lady with a molar pregnancy and possibly invasive choriocarcinoma and drained a septic joint. We also looked at a smear from an older man who probably has leukemia. Then we went to the outpatient department and started seeing patients. We switched time between the ER and clinic. I drained a large injection abscess on a 2-month old, then did a lumbar puncture on a 5-week old. Saw a lot of kids with pneumonias vs bronchiolitis, a lot of people with pain complaints related to injuries from many years ago (usually ibuprofen is the cure along with convincing that a random blood draw will not do anything). Saw an infant with an ileus probably due to an infectious cause, did another incision and drainage on a 5 year-old, checked a few prostates and a cervix, diagnosed TB in a couple people, saw a large pelvic tumor (probably a benign cystic growth), watched a chest tube be put in a 1-month old for a large pneumothorax, diagnosed a pleasant old gentleman with bladder cancer via ultrasound, and aspirated another knee joint. So today equaled about 7-8 months of American medical school.”
18. Alan Bock, Class of 2010 Presumptive Dx Burkitt’s Lymphoma and started on chemotherapy. Bx sent to U.S.A.
19. Lauren Haveman, Class of 2010 McCord Hospital, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal,South Africa “In my month on service I saw at least twelve cases of cryptococcal meningitis, many disseminated TB infections (I learned that TB can cause everything except pregnancy and should always be at the top of your differential), a few cases of toxoplasmosis, two Kaposi’s sarcoma patients …”
20. Lauren Haveman, Class of 2010 McCord Hospital, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal,South Africa Nodular Kaposi’s Macular Kaposi’s Sarcoma South Africa continues to be home to the world’s largest population of people living with HIV—5.7 million in 2007. UNAIDS AIDS Epidemic Update 2009
21. Jacob Bryan, Class of 2009 Northern Mariana Islands
22. Clare Kelleher, Class of 2009 Ghana
23. Annie Hoopes, Class of 2009 Uganda Patient with marasmus-type malnutrition
24. Allison Janusz, Class of 2009 Uganda Arm swelling from snake bite
25. Traditional Chinese Medicine Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
26. Traditional Chinese Medicine
27. Grace Lee, Class of 2007 (pictured below, far left) Institute for International Medicine, Zambia "I am thankful for the opportunity of a lifetime. It was truly an experience I can never forget and has reignited a flame to dedicate myself to international medical work.“
28. Jennifer Ling,Class of 2007 World Health Organization, Switzerland Sanford Institute of Public Policy Global Health Fellows Program
29. COM Global Health Student Interest International Medicine Interest Group
30. “The sun never sets on Ohio State, for Ohio State is a truly global university.”President Gordon Gee