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Pre-departure
Preparations |
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Global Health
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Health Sciences Center |
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Welcome to Global Health Initiative's
preparation section for International Experiences.
The information found here will help you prepare for
your time abroad. Please take the time to read
through the information to gain a greater understand
of Global Health and your role in it!!
The information will:
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help you plan and
think about an international experience;
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give you information
about Global Health as a whole;
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describe some of the
medical and clinical conditions that you may
encounter; and
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review the travel
materials/forms that you need to complete.
Our hope is that you or
your group will use this site to not only better
prepare for your trip, but also to gain new insights
and perspectives that will enhance your trip and
help you integrate your experience into your
clinical practice and medical career after you
return.
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Downloads |
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Pre-departure Packet (PDF)
- Download of the entire preparation section
if you would like to print it to take with
you.
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Traveling Abroad
(Powerpoint) - The PowerPoint used during
the Pre-departure workshop which is required
for any individual traveling through
programs managed by the Global Health
Initiative. (Some programs have their
own workshops.) The PowerPoint can
also be used as a guide for the online
material. |
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Tropical Medicine Learning Module
* (PDF) - The "Tropical Disease Learning
Module" was created for the SHARE Kenya
program and is available for download by
gracious consent of the author listed below.
This guide focuses on medicine in Kenya and
treatment options may differ depending on
location, but the guide is helpful in
reviewing common tropical diseases. |
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* Available for
download with permission from authors: John
Bowling, DO, FACOFP, Assistant Dean for
Rural Medicine at UNTHSC Texas College of
Osteopathic Medicine and Scott Emerson OMSIV.
Written and produced in 2006. |
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