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Scholarly Concentration in Public Health: Global Approaches to Clinics and Communities

The Scholarly Concentration program supports the educational development of USF medical students by providing opportunities for scholarly endeavors in areas of special interest. Through this program, students can acquire a "minor" during medical school. To be eligible, students must maintain good academic standing throughout medical school. Students interested in the Scholarly Concentration in Public Health: Global Approaches to Clinics and Communities must submit a General Application and the Public Health Internal Application to Dr. Susan Pross during November of their first academic year. The Scholarly Concentration in Public Health: Global Approaches to Clinics and Communities includes two tracks: (1) public health and (2) international medicine. Students select a track following completion of year one. International Medicine students will participate in journal clubs and literature in medicine group discussions, complete an international field experience, and formally present their experiences or research findings to the USF Health community. Current collaborations through the Office of International Affairs in the College of Medicine allow for students to study abroad at partnering universities in the Dominican Republic, India, Thailand, Korea, and Panama.

Link to application: under Public Health

Schedule for Scholarly Concentration Fall 2009

Lectures: 5:45-7:45PM
Location: Suite 412 17 Davis Boulevard, Tampa Florida 33606

If you are interested in attending the Scholarly Concentration lectures and you are not currently enrolled in the concentration, please contact Brooke Engman at 813-844-8918 for more information and to RSVP. 
 
August 26: Influenza: The New Invisible Hand, John Sinnott MD

September 16: Global Disasters, Fred Heinzel MD       

October 14: Refugee Health, Dr. Dennis Kyle

November 18: Medical Tourism, Jose Montero MD

December 9: Poverty, Inequity and Health: A Global Perspective, Lynette Menezes PhD 

Medical Student Exchange

The medical student exchange program will begin accepting applications in 2009 for the 2009-2010 academic year. Rotations will be limited to one semester abroad. Initial exchanges will be restricted to participating universities in the Dominican Republic.

 Medical Student Exchange Application

Students in the Field

USF Health students share their international education experiences while traveling abroad in the Dominican Republic and India.

Read About Our Students' Experiences Abroad

Sharing Experiences at International Mixers

The biannual USF Health international mixers were inaugurated during USF's International Education Week in 2005, sponsored by the Division of Infectious Disease and International Medicine. The purpose of these events is to assemble faculty and students in an atmosphere in which the students could get to know the faculty one-on-one.

International Mixer November 16, 2005  

Students, faculty and staff from the Colleges of Medicine and Public Health gathered for lectures by Dr. John Sinnott, Dr. Lynette Menezes, Dr. Eknath Naik and Dr. Javier Marinez on various topics related to infectious disease and international health.

International Mixer May 18, 2006.   Students from the International Health Service Collaborative and the Infectious Disease Interest Group learned about infectious disease issues in the Dominican Republic from Dr. Monica Thormann, Chief of Infectious Disease for Dr. Salvador B. Gautier Hospital in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The themes of the evening were global responsibility for healthcare and how US physicians and public health officials can be a resource for other countries. One of the rewards of this responsibility is the opportunity to interact with fascinating people and learn from different cultures. View the web album below.

International Mixer May 06

International Mixer November 17, 2006 

The Division of Infectious Disease continued its tradition of hosting International Mixers with "International Health: New Developments, New Challenges," with presentations by Dr. Javier Marinez, Ms. Komal D'Souza, and Dr. Vilma Vega. Dr. Vega, an infectious disease physician from Sarasota, gave a keynote lecture on trends in international health and shared her experiences with an international humanitarian organization. The event provided a forum for the exchange of international healthcare knowledge and opportunities for all of those in attendance.