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Global Health Experience

The Family Medicine Residency program at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital offers experience in global medicine. Nearly 40 residents have experienced rotations in developing countries over the past several years. Residents have recently traveled to Mexico, Haiti, Samoa, Ecuador, Kenya, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda and Liberia. Where will you go?

The program  offers a formalized curriculum that addresses multiple areas of global and travel medicine. You will learn to better understand the social, economic, cultural and environmental factors that contribute to health and disease throughout the world while working in the field and creatively using limited resources. You’ll also develop many other clinical and interpersonal skills in this rotation.

IU School of Medicine also offers a formal Residency Track in Global Health. The Global Health Track curriculum is co-curricular alongside each participant’s residency educational mission and requirements. 

Video

Jennifer Wilson, MD, details the global health experience available to residents in the Family Medicine Residency program at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital.

Past Trips
Kelly Givler Berkram talks with a young boy before giving him an exam.

During a global health trip to Mexico in 2007, resident physician, Kelly Givler Berkram talks with a young boy before giving him an exam.

Dave Amrhein examines a mother and child during a medical mission trip to Haiti in 2010.

Resident physician Dave Amrhein examines a mother and child during a global health trip to Haiti in 2010.

Katie Mullins spends time with a family to discuss medical concerns

Resident physician Katie Mullins spends time with a family to discuss medical concerns during a global health trip to Mexico in 2010.

Doshandra Nelson examines a woman during a medical mission trip to Haiti

Resident physician Doshandra Nelson examines a woman during a global health trip to Haiti in 2012.