There are many different ways to explore global health. Grouped by type of experience, these links will connect you to different opportunities available to students at the UCF College of Medicine. While some are sponsored directly by College of Medicine faculty, others are sponsored by  partner institutions, other medical schools, or non-profit service organizations.

Global Health Conferences

CUGH – Consortium of Universities for Global Health

GHC – Global Health Council

INMED – Institute for International Medicine

UCF MedPACt – Global Health Conference

NIH – National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fogarty International Center

UNITE FOR SIGHT – GHIC (Global Health & Innovation Conference)

 

4th Year Opportunities

Designed for the senior student with greater clinical experience, these electives for credit are usually 4 weeks in duration and are based in teaching hospitals overseas.

AAMC – Visiting Student Learning Opportunities (VSLO)

Advent Health Sharing Smiles

CACHAMSI Medical Spanish Institute, Ecuador

CDC-Hubert Global Health Fellowship

Child Family Health International

Children’s Well-Being Foundation

Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town, South Africa

Floating Doctors

Francisco Marroquín Medical School (UFM), Guatemala

Global Health Fellows Program – The Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University

INMED Educational Programs

International Health Central American Institute Foundation (IHCAI)– Medical Spanish

Mayan Medical Aid, Guatemala – Medical Spanish

Medical Electives in Africa

NMF International Medical Scholars Program

Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Unite for Sight Programs

University of Colorado – Costa Rica Student Elective Wilderness Medicine

USAID- Global Health Fellows II

1st and 2nd Year Opportunities

CACHAMSI Medical Spanish Institute, Ecuador

Child Family Health International

CLIC – Medical Spanish in Seville, Spain

International Health Central American Institute Foundation (IHCAI) – Medical Spanish

Mayan Medical Aid, Guatemala

University of Colorado – Costa Rica Student Elective Wilderness Medicine

Short-term Medical Mission Trips

These trips offer a 1-2 week supervised international service experience and are available to students of all levels. 

Advent Health Sharing Smiles

Project C.U.R.E.

Unite for Sight Programs

Here is a great resource from Georgetown University – School of Nursing and Health Studies on how to prepare for a medical mission trip:  https://online.nursing.georgetown.edu/blog/humanitarian-nursing/

Summer Program

CACHAMSI Medical Spanish Institute, Ecuador

CLIC – Medical Spanish in Seville, Spain

Children’s Well-Being Foundation

Doctors’ Goodwill Foundation

INMED Educational Programs

Mayan Medical Aid, Guatemala

Project C.U.R.E.

Unite for Sight Programs

University of Colorado – Costa Rica Student Elective Wilderness Medicine