Global Health Pathway

I was in a city called Mzuzu at Mzuzu Central hospital! I was working mostly in their pediatric intermediate care unit because they knew I was interested in doing critical care, mostly did inpatient care and help in the pediatric ER! I got to see a variety of pathologies and a lot of malaria. I also did a safari at the end and really enjoyed!

Daniela Bravo Araujo, 2024

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St. Louis Children’s Hospital established the Pediatric Global Health Residency Pathway in 2014 to support pediatric residents with specific interest in global child health.

In the second half of their intern year, residents are invited to apply. During second year, residents from pediatrics, internal medicine, and emergency medicine unite for a 2-week didactic course including a global health lecture series, simulations and local St. Louis tours.

Pathway residents are encouraged to complete an international elective in the second half of their residency, with call-free elective time and financial support for airfare, vaccinations and living expenses. In the years prior to the COVID pandemic, residents traveled for international electives in Malawi, Ethiopia, Liberia, Ghana, Dominican Republic, Togo, Honduras and Nepal. We have been able to resume international electives!

Global health experiences are not only limited to Global Health Pathway residents. If not part of the formal pathway, global health is included in the residency curriculum as well in the form of lectures and journal clubs.

Curriculum

Two-week global health rotation: As a dedicated two-week rotation in the Fall of second year, pathway residents participate in an intensive didactic block with lectures, simulation labs, case-based discussions, ethics conferences, journal clubs, laboratory training, and hands-on clinical training.

Individualized pediatric residency curriculum: All pediatric residents have the opportunity to individualize their curriculum to meet their specific career goals. In collaboration with their program director and global health mentor, pathway residents will have the opportunity to partake in a number of clinical rotations that complement their training in global child health.

International experience: Pathway residents will have the opportunity to participate in an in-depth clinical experience for two months during their final year of residency. As a participant in the global health pathway, funding of travel and accommodations will be provided.

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