In Hands-on Medical Education in Rwanda, The New York Times today reports on collaborative work in medical education with the Global Health Delivery course taught in Rwanda by faculty from our founding organizations, the Division of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham’s Division of Global Health Equity.
Yesterday, March 13th, the Peace Corps, the U.S. Presidents’ Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), and the Global Health Service Corps (GHSC) launched a new partnership, the Global Health Service Partnership (GHSP), to place nurses, physicians and other health professionals as adjunct faculty in medical or nursing schools overseas for one year. Ten to 12 health professionals are expected to be placed in training institutions in each of three partner countries – Tanzania, Malawi and Uganda – in 2012/2013. The medical volunteers will include board eligible or board certified doctors in core specialties and nursing volunteers who have completed a BNS/MPH, MSN, NP, DRN, or PHD and have a minimum number of three years of both clinical and teaching experience. GHSP anticipates scaling up deployment to additional countries and disciplines in subsequent years, with an application process starting in September 2012.
Vanessa Kerry, MD, Executive Director of GHSC, shares some thoughts and hopes for the initiative. Dr. Kerry is also an instructor in Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and the director of the Global Public Policy and Social Change Program in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, one of our founding organizations.