Author Archives: Jessica Evert, MD

International Experiences and Medcial Education

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The May-June issue of International Educator, the magazine of the Association of International Educators (NAFSA), contains an article by Karen Legget entitled: Teaching Medicine Without Borders.  Ms Legget traces the movement from “International Health” to “Global Health” and the impact this is having on medical education.

She looks at various programs from medical schools to organizations (including CFHI) and conducts interviews with students and administrators alike.  Her article can be found through the NAFSA website.

CFHI Announces New Effort to Address Brain Drain

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TrainHealth is an initiative of CFHI that helps to address the health care worker shortage in the developing world.

CFHI provides opportunities for health care workers to expand and refine their knowledge, so that they can better serve their own communities.

Additional training and professional development opportunities are well documented to help fight brain drain and increase job satisfaction.

Trainhealth is a direct response to the grassroots requests CFHI has received from our partner sites.

Through the great help of volunteers, a special website has been set up to champion this effort.  You can visit it at Train Health.org.

President Obama on Global Health

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In May 2009,  President Barack Obama issued a statement on global health. “We cannot simply confront individual preventable illnesses in isolation,” the president said. He continued, “The world is interconnected, and that demands an integrated approach to global health.”

Read more of the President’s remarks.

CFHI Program Spotlight: Sight for All

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One of CFHI’s newest programs, Sight for All- Ophthalmology Rotation is unique in that it is based out of just one organization- a local NGO located in New Delhi, India. CFHI participants rotate through the various departments, learning how programs and treatment are implemented to reduce preventable visual handicaps. Participants are exposed to mobile eye care clinics, ophthalmic procedures in the operating theater, and take part in advanced level classes at the institute.

The Sight for All program recently had its first participant, Melanie Mamon, and she shares a report on her experiences.  To learn more about the program’s location, arrival dates, and clinical sites, click here.