VCOM 2018 Annual Report

The Global Communities We Serve Our International Outreach Program V COM’s international outreach efforts are a reflection of the College’s Mission to

VCOM has established emergency medicine programs in all affiliated international outreach sites. During the training experience, VCOM faculty and students provide First Aid, Basic Life Support, First Responder and Basic Disaster Life Support training to clinical staff, employees of partner organizations and international medical teams. New Residency Options O ptions for residency program participation are being introduced to three to four selected OMNEE hospitals at each of our three campuses to fill slots, May through August, not occupied by VCOM students. This provides a Global Health Residency Track as an incentive for OMNEE hospitals supporting VCOM rotations and residency options and allows VCOM alumni to maintain their continuity of international training. T hrough the Global Seminar for Health and Environment experience, medical students at VCOM and international schools have the opportunity to join together to examine and discuss public health issues and global solutions through a case-study approach. VCOM campuses meet weekly from February through May to discuss public health case material. VCOM students then conduct global conferences with their international peers via video conferencing four to five times per year. Global Seminar for Health and Environment

prepare globally-minded, community-focused physicians to serve those most in need. To further this mission internationally, VCOM has established full-time medical clinics in the Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Honduras to provide sustainable care. VCOM offers one-week long international medical outreach experiences, for second-and third- year students and faculty physicians, twice per year to each of the three countries served. These experiences focus on public health, community health and individual patient care. Student Experiences T he International Outreach Program offers a variety of opportunities for future physicians to participate in clinical-based learning environments where they may contribute to VCOM’s Mission through patient care and preventive services. Medical students participating in these trips develop the skills to address healthcare needs in the face of poverty, adverse environmental conditions and political complexity. VCOM also offers one- week, one-month and year-long fellowship opportunities for students interested in international medicine. Partnerships C ollaboration is key to VCOM’s international outreach initiatives. In addition to approvals from local ministries of health, VCOM has medical school partnerships in each country that the College serves. The goal of these partnerships is to share medical knowledge in evidence-based medicine and new technology to advance medical education globally.

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