Overview
Initiated in 2017, our program has graduated several cadres of fellows and remains a unique, challenging, and rewarding experience in the frontiers of practice for emergency medicine.
This is a one-year rural fellowship with Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) at sites in Alaska, with an optional international-based 2nd year in Global Health.
In collaboration with the ANTHC, our unique program allows fellows to develop clinical skills in limited-resource settings throughout their one or optional international-based second year in Global Health, in an entirely field-based experience. The program includes:
- 12 months of clinical service in Alaska, including Alaska Native Medical Center (a hub referral site for ANTHC) and rural regional critical access hospitals and village clinics in Alaska.
- 12 months internationally with a renowned NGO or a UW global health program.
- Cultural immersion throughout the 1-year fellowship with an optional international-based 2nd year in Global Health.
- Curriculum in social medicine, MPH, humanitarian response, tropical medicine, and rural health.
- Mentorship/guidance from leaders in global health, medicine, and emergency medicine.
Our program is unique, flexible, and allows more international and field-based time than most others, with a robust and fully funded curriculum including MPH or DTM&H, and formal coursework in humanitarian response in addition to funding for educational endeavors of the fellow’s choosing.