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Leveraging Economies of Scale via Collaborative Interdisciplinary Global Health Tracks (CIGHTs): Lessons From Three
Megan S McHenry1, Jennifer T H Baenziger, Lori G Zbar
1M.S. McHenry is assistant professor of pediatrics and director, Pediatric Resident Global Health Education, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6753-0928. J.T.H. Baenziger is assistant professor of clinical medicine and pediatrics, assistant director of education, Indiana University Center for Global Health, and director, Interdisciplinary Global Health Track, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9221-5401. L.G. Zbar is assistant professor of medical education and pediatrics and director, Student Health and Wellness, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3643-341X. J. Mendoza is assistant professor of pediatrics, University of Virginia, and is patient safety and quality improvement officer, University of Virginia Children's Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2994-7594. J.R. den Hartog is associate professor of medicine and program director, Global Health Leadership Track, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9903-7089. D.K. Litzelman is D. Craig Brater Professor of Global Health Education, Indiana University School of Medicine, director of education, Indiana University Center for Global Health, and senior research scientist, Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2162-8756. M.B. Pitt is associate professor, director of Global Health Education, and associate residency program director, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7123-2613.
Collaborative Interdisciplinary Global Health Tracks (CIGHTs) offer a solution for residency programs facing challenges in global health education. These tracks leverage shared resources and interdisciplinary learning to enhance training quality and resident engagement.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Global Health
- Interdisciplinary Studies
Background:
- Increasing demand for global health education in residency programs presents challenges in delivering high-quality training.
- Traditional global health tracks often struggle with limited faculty support, resources, curriculum development, and inconsistent resident interest.
Purpose of the Study:
- To highlight the benefits of interdisciplinary global health residency tracks.
- To present three established U.S.-based Collaborative Interdisciplinary Global Health Tracks (CIGHTs) as models for other programs.
Main Methods:
- Described three established U.S.-based Collaborative Interdisciplinary Global Health Tracks (CIGHTs) as exemplary models.
- Highlighted the unique aspects and advantages of interdisciplinary collaboration in global health training.
Main Results:
- CIGHTs address challenges such as lack of institutional support, resource limitations, curriculum development needs, and ensuring safe international rotations.
- Non-discipline-specific global health competencies are effectively addressed across departments within CIGHTs.
- Interdisciplinary learning within CIGHTs offers trainees novel perspectives on global health issues.
Conclusions:
- Collaborative Interdisciplinary Global Health Tracks (CIGHTs) offer a feasible and effective model for residency programs.
- CIGHTs leverage economies of scale and foster collaboration, overcoming common barriers to global health education.
- Residency programs with limited institutional support can benefit from implementing or modifying global health offerings using the CIGHT model.
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