international career paths and research: taking a year off alan rosenbaum
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International Career Pathsand
Research: Taking a Year Off
Alan Rosenbaum
Taking A Year Off
Funding Options
Student Status Timing
International Career Paths
Reasons
International Career Paths
International Career Paths
Research
Research
Research Research
Research
International Career Paths
Research
Clinical
Education Public Health
Int’l Organizations
International Career Paths
Research
Peds ID OBGYN
-Research Dollars-Academic Medicine
-Home or Abroad
International Career Paths
Clinical
Missions Long(er)-Term MSF (France)
Emergency (Italy)
International Career Paths
Clinical
Missions Long(er)-Term MSF (France)
Emergency (Italy)
When are you not useful?A: Medical Student
B: InternC: Resident
D: All of the above
International Career Paths
Clinical
Missions Long(er)-Term MSF (France)
Emergency (Italy)
When are you not useful?A: Medical Student
B: InternC: Resident
D: All of the above
International Career Paths
Education
Clinicians Students Educators
International Career Paths
Public Health
Ministries of Health USgov/DHHS GH Policy Think Tanks
International Career Paths Int’l Organizations
UNWHO
Specialty Groups
Taking A Year Off
Student Status
International Career Paths
Taking A Year Off
Student Status
International Career Paths
What it means
How to get it
Taking A Year Off
Student Status
International Career Paths
What it means
Why do we
care?
Loan repayment
Grace Period (6month)
Residency Application Explanation
Taking A Year Off
Student Status
International Career Paths
What it means
Definition: An approved leave of absence in which you are doing
something productive for your degree
Functional def’n: School has to tell the US gov that you deserve to have
student status
Taking A Year Off
Student Status
International Career Paths
How to get it Degree Program
“Winning funding from a nationally competitive award that provides enough funding for the
time you are on your LOA”
Taking A Year Off
International Career Paths
Reasons
Taking A Year Off
International Career Paths
Reasons
Research Clinical Degree Internship Personal
Taking A Year Off
International Career Paths
Reasons
Clinical Internship
PAHO/WHO (link)Volunteer websites, professional organization (link)
Taking A Year Off
Timing
International Career Paths
Taking A Year Off
Timing
International Career Paths
After 1st Year
After 2nd Year After 3rd
Year
Aug-Aug
May-May
Taking A Year Off
Timing
International Career Paths
-Publishing-Career changes
-When will you want a break-Forget coursework
-Step 1/2
-Acting Internships-Applying for match
-Debt Burden-Particular Project
Taking A Year Off
Funding Options
International Career Paths
Taking A Year Off
Funding Options
International Career Paths
Location
Amount/TimePrestige Project
Fulbright-Student Program vs
undergrads-Anywhere
-Differences in competitiveness
-Any research topic
Fogarty(now Fulbright-
Fogarty)-Apply to be in the
program and project(Used to be Match)-Infectious Disease
-Mostly basic science
Boren-Primarily language
program-Must have plan to
learn language-Generally no
Spanish/French
NIH (Global Health Program for Fellows
and Scholars or Global Health Equity Scholars)
-Operated by a few universities
-Apply for a project
Doris Duke-Only East Africa (Tanzania, Kenya)
-3 students per year
Specialty Groups?National Medical
Societies?Departmental
Funding?Mentor Funding?
Summer Funding??Partial Funding??
Links:1) PAHO/WHO Link: http://new.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1489&Itemid=4245&lang=en2) Damien House (Leprosy Clinic): http://www.thedamienhouse.org/contact.html3) Volunteer Compiling Website: http://www.planetgapyear.com
Funding:1) NIH: http://www.fic.nih.gov/Programs/Pages/scholars-fellows-
global-health.aspx2) Fulbright-Fogarty: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/fulbright-fogarty-
fellowships-in-public-health3) Fulbright: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/fulbright-us-student-program4) Boren: http://www.borenawards.org/boren_fellowship5) Doris Duke: https://www.globalhealth.duke.edu/education-and-
training/medical/doris-duke
International Clinical Experience
Pediatric Neurosurgery In Kijabe, Kenya June 2013
Zoya VoronovichMS-4, University of Pittsburgh
September 12th, 2013
Four keys to having a good experience:
Have low expectationsBe flexible
Have a sense of humorBe patient
Neurosurgery in Kenya
Africa: 1 billion people 1,200 neurosurgeons
142 in sub-Saharan Africa 10-12 peds neurosurgeons
Kenya: 38 million people 16 neurosurgeons
4 are outside of Nairobi 2 of which are in Kijabe
Neurosurgical Training: Started in 2006 23 trainees 6 year training program
AIC Kijabe Hospital 280 bed general hospital
5 bed ICU Owned by Africa Inland Church “Health care to God’s glory”
Hosted at AIC Kijabe Hospital 2 operating rooms 50 beds
New 85 bed facility under construction Dozens of mobile clinic dates per year Pediatric surgery and neurosurgery training and rotations
Bethany Kids
The TeamLong-timers:A. Leland Albright, MDHumphrey Okechi, MDSusan Ferson, NPVeronicah, CONursing teamsMoms
Short-timers:Sylvia Shitsama, MDMartin Situma, MDKimberly Foster, MDLiana Beni-Adani, MD
Operations
2011 Cases: 1,328 total operations
410 shunt operations 131 endoscopic third ventriculostomies 253 operations for spina bifida 69 operations for brain tumors
My Cases: 27 cases
9 shunt operations 6 operations for spina bifida 6 I&D/wound revisions 4 craniotomies for tumors 1 craniotomy for tuberculoma 1 endoscopic third ventriculostomy/
choroid plexus coagulation
Getting There Allow plenty of time for planning
Traveling through a mission organization? Passport and visas Airline tickets Housing Immunizations and prophylaxis Expect that things may not be set in stone Funding
Talk to people who have previous experience with: Country and culture Geography, including weather Work site Team
Find ways you can help Medical supplies you can bring Equipment you can help transport Fundraising
Acknowledgements
A. Leland Albright, MD Susan Ferson, NP Peter J. Veldkamp, MD Kimberly Foster, MD Elizabeth Tyler-Kabara, MD
PhD Kenneth Clark, MD My family University of Pittsburgh
Medical Alumni Association Global Links
Donors to BKKH: Allison Berndtson, MD Susy Kohout, PhD Kai Larsen, PhD Judy Lozano Kaarin Michaelsen, PhD Anna Vavilova Valentina Vavilova, PhD Alexander Voronovich,
PhD Anonymous donors
Thank You!
Questions?