Einstein global health program

The program features 60 hours of seminars led by faculty from Montefiore and Einstein, with invited speakers from other academic institutions, and various non-governmental organizations such as Doctors for Global Health and Doctors Without Borders MSF.

In the PGY-3 year, residents will apply what they have learned in the classroom by participating in a month-long rotation at a rural hospital in Kisoro, Uganda. This program exists in collaboration with Doctors for Global Health and gives our residents hands-on experience practicing clinical medicine in the developing world under the supervision of dedicated global health faculty.

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Since , Einstein has trained about 80 village health workers, and most are still on the job. They work, on average, two days a week, educating people about topics such as nutrition and family planning, and monitoring discharged hospital patients, the elderly, and those with chronic diseases. They connect with their Ugandan clinical supervisors when cases are complicated, and the supervisors, in turn, can take over on-site at Kisoro District Hospital or virtually.

This is a unique infrastructure for delivering primary care and chronic-disease services in a rural district where resources are scarce. The Kisoro village health worker program could be a model for improving health in resource-poor countries, research has shown. It is also a model many think would work well in underserved areas of the United States, including rural communities and urban areas such as the Bronx. For example, Kisoro-area patients with high blood pressure who were monitored by village health workers maintained consistently lower readings than patients treated only in the clinic, according to a study published in Health Policy and Planning.

Thanks to the low cost of living in Kisoro, the village health worker program manages to operate on a modest budget. Paccione in memory of his sister and Hofstra University, a recent partner in the initiative. Raufman notes that Einstein will participate only in global health programs that are ethical, collaborative, and sustainable. Gut Reactions Einstein and Montefiore researchers are finding that the intestinal microbiome may hold the key to good health.

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The academic program is therefore designed to educate a new type of health care professional who will have the motivation and competencies to function effectively in that system as a provider of primary care services. Experiences involve first-contact, longitudinal and preventive care in ambulatory and inpatient settings. The learning focuses not only on health care needs of individuals, but also of families, neighborhoods, and occupational environments. Learning takes place to a great extent in community-based primary care teaching clinics, occupational health units, rehabilitation facilities, and public health stations.

A senior student can be accepted in an elective program of two months, preferably sometime between August and March, at Hadassah Medical School of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. A senior student can be accepted in an extramural elective program of two months, preferably sometime between August and March, in the University of Paris system.

Two students in each senior class are eligible for fellowships to take elective courses or participate in research projects for two-month periods at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.

In addition to a large number of interesting elective courses offered in English to foreign medical students, numerous possibilities for basic biomedical or applied clinical research also exist.

As a medical research center of international renown, the Karolinska would be a particularly good site for students planning to conduct major research projects for the "special distinction" diploma. Reasonably priced and conveniently located housing can be arranged.