Care in Columbia: What we can glean from South American Medicine

The information presented is the product of a two month international rotation at Medellin General Hospital and the non-profit pediatric clinic, Santa Ana through an academic affiliation with La Universidad CES in Medellin, Antioquia. The goal of the rotation was to obtain an understanding of healthcare in Columbia and identify potential practices that could be utilized in the U.S

Building Interprofessional Global Health Infrastructure at a University and Health System: Navigating Challenges and Scaling Successes

Mission: Global Jefferson will create sustainable programs of global distinction through collaboration that position Jefferson as a local and international destination and resource for education, research, and clinical activities. Global Jefferson is supported by the Associate Provost for Global Affairs, part of the Office of the Provost. Global activity at Jefferson includes: Global Health Initiatives Committee (GHIC) Service Learning Global Research & Exchange between institutions Pre-clinical, translational, clinical, and applied research Poster presented at: 8th Annual Global Health Conference of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH)https://jdc.jefferson.edu/globalhealthposters/1000/thumbnail.jp

A Global Health Framework Based on Competencies and Learning Opportunities in Graduate Health Education

Poster covers: What is Global Health? The Changing Global Landscape Why Invest in Global Health Education? Growth of Global Health Education Programs What is Covered in Graduate Education? Future Challenges and Opportunitie

Engaging Your Students In Global Health Education and Practice Experiences Built Into Your Curriculum

Objectives: 1. Describe mechanisms and tools available to enhance global health education experiences within your program\u27s curriculum. 2. Advise students who are interested in global health how to get engaged in global health learning and practice activities. 3. Cite how global health can be infused into your program\u27s/College\u27s education initiatives. Presentation: 55:0

College within the College: Population Health

Rationale: The current approach to educating health professionals has not kept pace with the needs of our growingly diverse population. -Health Professional Education for the 21st Century-The Lancet -Institute of Medicine -APTR/CDC/AAMC-Patients and Populations. Public Health in Medical Education JMC Leadership and Curriculum Committee-one year planning process-2009-201

A View of Global Activity at Jefferson

Nicholas Leon, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP (Moderator) Nicholas Leon is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the Jefferson College of Pharmacy in Philadelphia, PA. Clinically, Dr. Leon provides direct patient care services as an ambulatory care clinical specialist at the Penn Center for Primary Care where he delivers a number of pharmacy disease state management services. He currently serves as Vice-President of the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association and was elected Chair of the Board of Directors for the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Care Network. Additionally, Dr. Leon has volunteered annually as a clinic pharmacist for Global Medical Brigades in Tegucigalpa, Honduras since 2008 and is Board Certified in Pharmacotherapy (BCPS) and Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Practice (BCACP). Dr. Leon received his Doctor of Pharmacy from University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. In 2014, he was honored as the recipient of the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association’s Distinguished Young Pharmacists Award. Louis Hunter, PT, DPT Louis N. Hunter is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy in the Jefferson College of Health Professions at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Hunter’s primary teaching responsibilities in the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) curriculum include the global health and pediatric physical therapy content. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, he is a pediatric physical therapist with 15 years’ experience in clinical, research, and community based settings. Currently, Dr. Hunter is co-chair of Thomas Jefferson University’s Global Health Initiatives Committee (GHIC) and on the leadership team of the American Physical Therapy Association’s Global Health Special Interest Group. Dr. Hunter also serves as the faculty advisor to Hands of Hope, a Jefferson student-run organization that provides physical therapy (PT) services at a homeless shelter, pro bono clinic, and refugee clinic in Philadelphia. In addition to these services in the local area, Dr. Hunter coordinates a service-learning experience in Guatemala for Jefferson PT students. Lucille B. Pilling, EdD, MPH, RN Lucille B. Pilling’s passion is access to health care, particularly for women. She has over 30 years of global public health experience managing complex, multi-organizational initiatives. Pilling was vice president of International Programs at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, senior program officer for a Bill \u26 Melinda Gates initiative, managed primary health care programs in Africa and Latin America and provided short-term technical assistance around the world. Dr. Pilling teaches at Thomas Jefferson University College of Population Health and conducts research with the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. She serves on the boards of the Non-communicable Disease Roundtable, the Reproductive Health Access Project and the Tequila interchange Project and volunteers at Planned Parenthood Southeastern PA and Christ Church. Dr. Pilling is a graduate from the University of Pennsylvania with a BS in nursing and from Columbia University with an MPH and EdD. Robert Simmons, DrPH, MPH, MCHES, CPH Rob Simmons has been a public health educator and health promotion leader for 45 years working with government, community health organizations, private health foundations, healthcare organizations and academic public health programs in California, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Latin America. He is an Associate Professor and Director of the Master of Public Health (MPH) program at Thomas Jefferson University College of Population Health. Dr. Simmons’ professional background and research interests are in chronic disease health promotion and disease prevention, public health policy and advocacy, health literacy, healthy aging, and global health. Dr. Simmons is engaged in a multi-year hospital and community-based health literacy initiative funded through the Pennsylvania Department of Health. He is a Fulbright Specialist Scholar in Public and Global Health, and has served in public health and community leadership roles throughout his long career. He will be “retiring” from U.S. public health work in July 2017 and will be moving to Medellín, Colombia and will be continuing his global public health work with universities, government and NGO’s in South America