Introduction to Global Health 2018

Adventures in Global Health

The Global Health Residency Tracks of Christiana Care Health System, in partnership with the Delaware Academy of Medicine & Delaware Public Health Association, are pleased to invite you to this month's global health talk.

Adventures in global health: an introduction

We provide our annual introduction to global health, including the principles of medical volunteerism, public health impact, and sustainability.  This discussion also highlights the pitfalls and challenges of serving abroad, and reviews ethical ways of engaging with partners in developing settings.

We will explore this set of global health disciplines through the lens of tropical diseases, specifically the eradication of polio.  Dr. Khan will highlight lessons learned in the field, in particular from his co-authored book with Tim Brookes, "The End of Polio?".

Suggested (fun) readings ahead of time are here:

On ‘Short Term Experiences in Global Health’ : https://www.nafsa.org/_/File/_/2016colloquia/2016_health_missions.pdf

NPR piece on parachute medicine:  https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/04/04/599419888/advice-to-parachuting-docs-think-before-you-jump-into-poor-countries

Just 2 of CCHS’ residency tracks:

https://residency.christianacare.org/med-peds/global-health

https://residency.christianacare.org/fm/global-health

Speaker:  Dr. Omar Khan (bio is here) is President & CEO of the Delaware Health Sciences Alliance (comprising Christiana Care, Nemours, University of Delaware, and Thomas Jefferson University).  He is also Physician Leader for Research Administration & Scientific Affairs for Christiana Care.  Dr. Khan is the 2018-20 President of the Delaware Academy of Medicine and the Delaware Public Health Association.

Dr. Khan graduated high school from Wilmington Friends School, college from the University of Pennsylvania, medical school and Family Medicine residency from the University of Vermont College of Medicine, and public health from the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health.  This talk is in his capacity as part of the Global Health curriculum faculty team at Christiana Care (which includes Dr. John Donnelly, Dr. Karla Testa, and Dr. Anna Filip). 

The CCHS Global Health Curriculum is an interdepartmental collaboration, supporting the Global Health Tracks in the Depts. of Medicine and Family Medicine, and the Med-Peds Residency, with the support of the Delaware Academy of Medicine, Delaware Public Health Association, and Delaware Academy of Family Physicians.

There is no charge to attend this event, but registration is required. Food and Refreshments will be served.