{"id":3,"date":"2008-08-29T20:58:30","date_gmt":"2008-08-30T00:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ghbusm\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T09:30:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T14:30:25","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ghbusm\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Health Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Goals of the Global Health Program at Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine are to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/ghbusm\/files\/2017\/10\/ThinkstockPhoto-GH-Program.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/ghbusm\/files\/2017\/10\/ThinkstockPhoto-GH-Program-451x300.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/file_thumbview_approve.php?size=1&amp;id=8798373\" width=\"251\" height=\"168\" class=\"wp-image-2447 alignright\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ghbusm\/files\/2017\/10\/ThinkstockPhoto-GH-Program-451x300.jpg 451w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ghbusm\/files\/2017\/10\/ThinkstockPhoto-GH-Program.jpg 725w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Provide <\/strong>clinical, public health, research and cultural\/language immersion experiences abroad to broaden students\u2019 perspective on health and human illness in diverse, underserved healthcare systems<\/li>\n<li><strong>Facilitate<\/strong> the exchange of ideas and practices through healthcare and clinical research with international partners<\/li>\n<li><strong>Promote<\/strong> the development of students into culturally competent physicians who are sensitive to the needs of underserved populations<\/li>\n<li><strong>Expose students<\/strong> to a multi-disciplinary global health team approach that includes collaboration among a variety of health care providers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>New for AY2025-26!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span><strong><\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ghbusm\/ayurvedic-medicine-in-india\/\">Ayurvedic Medicine in Bangalore, India<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ghbusm\/tibetan-himalayan-medicine\/\">Tibetan &amp; Himalayan Medicine in Kathmandu, Nepal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Global Health Equity &#8211; An Essential Article to Read!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This article is a great place to start for medical students who are planning global health experiences! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC10516162\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ten Questions to Guide Learners Seeking Equitable Global Health Experiences Abroad<\/a>. <span>&#8220;This article offers 10 guiding questions that learners should answer before selecting or codesigning a global health opportunity through a lens of global health equity.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Post-Experience Summaries by BU Medical Students<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ghbusm\/global-health-post-experience-summaries\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/ghbusm\/files\/2014\/08\/google-map-411x300.jpg\" alt=\"google-map\" width=\"123\" height=\"90\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ghbusm\/files\/2014\/08\/google-map-411x300.jpg 411w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ghbusm\/files\/2014\/08\/google-map.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/ghbusm\/files\/2016\/11\/PG_logo_2018.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwapp.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/enrichmentopps\/PostExperienceSearch.aspx\">Explore the map<\/a>\u00a0to see where our medical students have traveled for GH experiences (BU login required).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Goals of the Global Health Program at Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine are to: Provide clinical, public health, research and cultural\/language immersion experiences abroad to broaden students\u2019 perspective on health and human illness in diverse, underserved healthcare systems Facilitate the exchange of ideas and practices through healthcare and clinical research with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":910,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ghbusm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ghbusm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ghbusm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ghbusm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ghbusm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ghbusm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3414,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ghbusm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions\/3414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ghbusm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}