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BCRP:
International Opportunities
BCRP Global Child Health Initiative
children In the fall of 2004, the Global Child Health Initiative was inaugurated in the BCRP. The goals of the initiative are to increase knowledge and awareness of global health issues, to provide specialized knowledge, skills and mentorship to residents with career interests in Global Child Health and to provide high-quality opportunities for meaningful international clinical experiences. The initiative offers exposure to international and refugee patients, as well as faculty working on cutting-edge, grass-roots policy and health delivery implementation in the developing world. It has two major components:
  • Introducing international health into the regular teaching curriculum for all BCRP residents.
  • Providing the opportunity for selected residents to work in supervised affiliated international sites.
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The BCRP has a general pediatric international health curriculum. This includes topics of current relevance as well core topics such as tuberculosis, HIV, malaria, malnutrition, vitamin and micronutrient deficiencies, parasitic infections, child and infant mortality in the developing world, politics in global health, child human rights, travel medicine, and developing effective health care systems in resource poor settings.

For residents in the Primary Care track, additional educational sessions are given during the two-week primary care block (PL-1) and in the monthly primary care lecture series.

The BCRP Global Health Initiative is organized by committee. The committee is led by Dr. Mark Mirochnick and Dr. Caroline Kistin at BMC, and Dr. Judy Palfrey and Dr. Christiana Russ at Children's Hospital. A current chief resident as well as other resident representatives also participate in decision making. Please contact Christiana Russ at Christiana.russ@childrens.harvard.edu with any questions.
BMC International Health Clinic
Boston Medical Center presently has an International Refugee/ Travel Clinic, a Tuberculosis Clinic and a Primary Care International Clinic. All residents have the opportunity to rotate through the first two clinics during their elective periods. Residents particularly interested in international health can elect the Primary Care International Clinic continuity experience. This resident clinic primarily serves immigrants and refugees and is staffed by preceptors experienced in international child health.
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