Mission Statement

Before GHIG, Tufts University School of Medicine lacked organization to help its medical students do international work. And Tufts does not lack the resources - the faculty have many international projects, and there are sources of funding available. Therefore, the main mission of GHIG is to organize this information in hope of getting students abroad.

Through international work, students enrich the underserved communities to which they travel and work, while simultaneously enriching their personal lives. Medical students can help people lacking the most basic medical care. Furthermore, students that have a positive international experience early in their training are likely to be in tune to issues of international health and are likely to engage in international work again. In order to achieve this goal, we are:

• Informing students on prominent issues of international health through a monthly seminar series. Past guests include Jon Spector of Doctors Without Borders, Sue Lautze of the Feinstein International Famine Center and Dr. Sheri Fink of International Medical Corps and author of War Hospital.

• Promoting internships, research, clinical experiences, rotations, and other international experiences for medical students

• Providing resources upon which medical students at TUSM can build an international health experience. This web site is one such resource.

• Bringing Tufts alumni to speak about their international experiences, knowledge about global health, and especially how to balance a career in international medicine with practical concerns such as debt repayment and having a family.

• Providing a scholarship for students to work abroad or domestically with related work in the area of global health. This scholarship would be used to help defray living and/or travel expenses.

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