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| BCRP resident Meena Rao examining a patient in Haiti |
Residents have elective time in their second and third years, during which they can pursue clinical rotations at international sites. Housestaff may arrange rotations or research projects independently, or may take advantage of several established partnerships. A database of institutional, regional and national grants is available to assist residents with funding. A few of the more established programs are described here. These rotations are currently available for BCRP residents only.
- Boston Global Health Elective. The BCRP has developed an elective for residents who wish to prepare for global health work but whose travel is limited when on elective with call or short electives. This elective is comprised of multiple modules which residents can choose among based on their interest. Knowledge modules and Travel Preparation modules focus on self-study and reading about key global health topics. Skills modules are being developed for learning procedures including practice in microbiology and ultrasound. Contact Dr. Christiana Russ for more information.
- BMC International Health Clinic. Boston Medical Center has an International Refugee Clinic, Travel Clinic and Tuberculosis Clinic. Residents have the opportunity to rotate through these clinics during their elective.
- Lesotho. The BCRP has established a partnership with the Maluti Adventist Hospital in Lesotho (an independent nation surrounded by South Africa). BCRP residents travel to the site for approximately a month, providing inpatient and ambulatory pediatric coverage with existing staff. The partnership is headed by Dr. Mark Mirochnick and Dr. Caroline Kistin at BMC.
- Dominican Republic. The BCRP is collaborating with the International Family AIDS Program, a Columbia University affiliated program, to offer a pediatric elective month in the Dominican Republic. The International Family AIDS program is in La Romana on the Southeastern coast of the country. The population in that area includes Haitians and Dominicans, with a significant prevalence of HIV. Clinical care involves local staff and is under the supervision of attendings and fellows with global health experience. Contact Dr. Kim Wilson for more information.
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- Liberia. Children's Hospital Global Pediatric Center and BCRP residents are collaborating with HEARTT (Health Education and Relief Through Teaching), an NGO made of many different US-based health institutions working together to provide emergency medicine and pediatric care at John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Monrovia, Liberia. Qualified residents will work alongside Liberian healthcare professionals to provide in-patient pediatric care, neonatal care, pediatric emergency care as well as teaching to Liberian medical students and trainees. Rotation is minimum one month. Contact Dr. Kim Wilson or Dr. Michelle Niescierenko for more information.
- Tanzania. BCRP residents have the opportunity to rotate at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The large pediatrics department provides outpatient clinical care and inpatient tertiary care, and serves as a referral center for the country. Residents can choose to work in subspecialty clinics, the acute care ward, general ward, neonatal ward or diarrhea ward. Muhimbili is an academic center with many medical students, interns and pediatric residents to teach, learn from and collaborate with. Rotation is minimum one month. Contact Dr. Christiana Russ at Children's Hospital for more information.
- Indian Health Services. The BCRP is offering an away rotation in collaboration with the Indian Health Services Pediatric Program at the Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, NM. The pediatric rotation includes mostly outpatient urgent care and primary care visits. There are numerous health care initiatives in the community, which residents can observe including school visits. This is a unique experience to work with a medically underserved community with a distinctive culture, and to gain more outpatient primary care and public health perspectives. Contact Dr. Christiana Russ for more information.
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