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Global Health Pathway

The Global Health Pathway at
UCSD leverage our
interdepartmental and international
relationships to provide residents
with opportunities to learn about
and provide care in resource poor
communities around the globe.

There are three main components of this pathway:

Focused Global Health Education

• Multi-disciplinary workshops on various global health, wilderness medicine, and
epidemiologic topics.
• Morning Report Teleconferences with our residency friends in Maputo,
Mozambique.
• Opportunity to participate in our 2-week underserved medicine elective working
within U.S. systems such as correctional medicine, refugee/asylum seeker clinics
• Local global health rotation working in clinics in Tijuana, Mexico
• The opportunity to work on a scholarly project focused on an aspect of Global
Medicine of your choice!
• Global Medicine journal clubs

International Elective in Maputo, Mozambique (other locations a possible as well)

• Optional 1-2 month elective
• Housing & Housekeeping provided by the program
• >100 residents have participated in this opportunity since its launch in 2009

Dedicated 1:1 Faculty Mentorship

• Pairing with a dedicated, personal faculty mentor who has built their career in
Global Medicine
• Joining a community of physicians and other providers who have the goal of
providing the best care possible in any environment