UNIV - Clinical Instructor - Global Health Fellow - Department of Emergency Medicine
About The Position
The Department of Emergency Medicine is recruiting a Global Health Fellow for a one-year program intended for graduates of Emergency Medicine residency programs. The fellowship prepares participants to become Global Health directors and leaders in Global Emergency Medicine. The fellow practices clinical medicine in resource-limited locations, including work with Masindi-Kitara Hospital in Masindi, Uganda, either in person or through a remote continuing medical education project. The role includes clinical teaching and supervision, research development, public health and quality-improvement work, staff training, and collaboration with interdisciplinary teams. The fellow also develops skills in tropical disease diagnosis and treatment, medication formulary management, cultural and spiritual sensitivity, medical needs assessment, and acquiring equipment and resources abroad.
Requirements
- Graduation from an Emergency Medicine residency program.
- Ability to work rotating shifts.
- Ability to work overtime as required.
- Ability to maintain a valid driver's license.
- Computer literacy.
- Ability to learn and use new processes, tools, and equipment as required.
- Ability to meet the listed physical requirements, including lifting and carrying up to 150 pounds unassisted and assisting with moving patients weighing up to 300 pounds.
- Ability to be physically qualified by medical personnel for respirator use, initially and annually.
Responsibilities
- Practice clinical medicine to a global standard in resource-limited locations.
- Train and supervise medical students and residents in Global Health and Emergency Medicine.
- Lead one to two journal clubs for the resident Global Health track.
- Develop at least one research project and participate in its conception, protocol authorship, IRB approval, consent and data forms, study advertisement, patient recruitment and enrollment, follow-up, data and statistical analysis, and manuscript authorship.
- Learn to diagnose and treat common tropical diseases and manage medication formularies.
- Work with Masindi-Kitara Hospital in Masindi, Uganda, in person or through a remote CME project.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, including PT/OT, Public Health, and Nursing.
- Implement public health interventions.
- Initiate quality-improvement projects where necessary.
- Train clinical staff in Uganda, Nicaragua, or other locations in Emergency Medicine.
- Develop sensitivity to spiritual and cultural differences abroad.
- Develop an understanding of how to perform a medical needs assessment for an area.
- Supervise research projects and clinical practice of students and residents on Global Health rotations.
- Develop insight into equipment and resource acquisition abroad.
- Complete medical student and resident evaluations for Global Health and Emergency Medicine rotations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
