As a physician, you can incorporate global health into your practice as little or as much as you want. There are a ton of different ways to get involved: from short-term trips here and there to devoting your whole career to global health. If you’re thinking about pursuing a career in healthcare, See here to […]
Global Health: Getting Involved in Medical School
This is a tricky subject because there are less (or no) regulations in clinics set up in developing countries than there are in US medical schools. This means that there are more chances to take advantage of patients in an unethical way. By that, I mean that students will inevitably have opportunities to perform procedures […]
Global Health: Sustainability
Sustainability is a big buzzword in global health, and rightfully so. Global health is all about improving medicine and increasing access to healthcare on a global scale. If we have short-term fixes that aren’t sustainable, we aren’t fulfilling this goal. Beyond that, short-term fixes can actually have really bad long-term consequences. When people think of […]