With diverse academic courses, global learning experiences, virtual and in-person global health talks and hands-on projects, KU Medical Center offers valuable opportunities for students in public health, medicine or nursing to incorporate global health into their education.

Goals and Benefit of Global Education

Global health education and research build the knowledge, skills and perspectives needed to address health challenges in an increasingly interconnected world. It builds an understanding of how health is shaped by social, economic, political and environmental factors across countries and communities. It exposes students to interdisciplinary methods and complex real-world health challenges. Together, these experiences prepare students for a wide range of careers and equip them to address health inequities both locally and globally.

• Global Health Courses at KU Medical Center
• Other Global Health Academic Offerings

Understanding cultural contexts

Cultural understanding is the foundation to effective, ethical and sustainable global health work. Health behaviors, beliefs and systems are deeply shaped by culture. Understanding the cultural context in which global health work is implemented is essential to improve acceptability and uptake, build trust and ethical engagement, support sustainability and local ownership and ultimately to more effectively address health inequities. Learners looking to engage in global health work are encouraged to become familiar with the cultural contexts in which they are engaging. They can do so in several ways:

• Foundations of Global Health Series
• Pillars of Global Health Training
• Other Global Academic Offerings at KU and KU Medical Center (NEED Link)

Featured Global Health Educational Opportunities

Facilitating cultural and educational exchanges in orthopedic trauma throughout Africa

Dr. Archie Heddings, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, KU School of Medicine

Global Educational Exchanges: Facilitating virtual global collaboration in nursing education

Dr. Michelle Cochrane, KU School of Nursing

Featured Global Health Student Projects

Provider and caregiver perspectives of administering pediatric anti-retroviral therapy via oral dissolvable strips in Kenya

Oluoma Obi, Abstract at APHA, MPH Internship

Evaluating Barriers to Accessing Cervical Cancer Care: A Qualitative Study

Joshua Lee, Qualitative Study