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 The Saint Joseph Family Medicine Residency Program provides residents with the opportunity to pursue their interest in health care for medically underserved populations through our global health Track (GHT).
This elective track gives residents a chance to serve others within the borders of the U.S. or abroad. We seek to foster respect and compassion for the underserved and those from different cultures.
The GHT pushes our residents to expand clinical, diagnostic and management skills in environments with limited resources. The experience improves their skills in manual and surgical procedures and expands their knowledge of travel medicine and public health. Depending on the site, residents may even gain familiarity in treating tropical diseases.
Our program is one of the few global health tracks based at a community hospital where there are no other residency programs.
Locations our residents have visited for their Global Health Clinical Rotation.
Since 1990, our residents have
traveled all over the globe
including the following locations:
| Alaska
Argentina
Belize
Chile
China
Colorado
Crow Agency, Montana
Ecuador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
India
Jamaica
Kentucky |
Kenya
Lummi Indian Reservation
Malawi
Mexico
Montana
Nepal
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua, New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Tanzania
Trinidad
Uganda |
Elective Clinical Experience
Since it was established in 1990, residents and faculty have traveled to most continents in the world. Domestically, residents have worked at Indian Health Center sites and inner city clinics in the continental US and Alaska.
A great deal of flexibility is offered by the program:
- Residents may use two months of their elective time for GHT during their three years of residency.
- The time can be used in a single block or split into two separate blocks.
- Electives can be as short as two weeks or as long as two months.
- Substantial financial support is provided for each rotation.
Because we do not maintain a specific relationship with a medical facility inside or outside the US, residents have a wide range of options to develop their own interests. Extensive resources are available to help residents plan their electives.
Some residents choose to use their GHT elective time to attend tropical medicine or global health courses. Again, numerous options exist if the resident chooses this option.
Seminars in Global Health
During the course of three years, we not only want residents to take advantage of rotations and courses in global health, but also to learn about global health issues through didactic sessions. Seminars in Global Health gives our residents this opportunity.
These presentations expose residents to a wide range of global health topics, including HIV/AIDS, TB, malnutrition, and health and human rights. In addition residents are required to give a presentation about their rotation after returning from their trips.
The informal format of Seminars in Global Health allows for close interaction with the speaker and are open to residents and their significant others.
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