S-PACK: A Modular and Modifiable, Comprehensive Predeparture Preparation Curriculum for Global Health Experiences

Nicole E St Clair1, Sabrina M Butteris, Carmen Cobb

  • 1N.E. St Clair is associate professor and director, Pediatric Residency Global Health Track, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5741-8542. S.M. Butteris is associate professor, medical director, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, vice chair of clinical affairs, and chief, Division of Global Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin. C. Cobb is assistant professor and codirector, Pediatric Residency Global Health Track, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6506-6620. E. Connolly is assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1671-3190. E. Groothuis is instructor and assistant program director, McGaw Global Health Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. A. Jones is clinical assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin. S. Lauden is assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7932-1680. K. Miller is adolescent medicine fellow and instructor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9130-578X. J. Winter is assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9143-8483. M.B. Pitt is associate professor and associate chair, Faculty Development, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7123-2613.

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