The Minnesota Model: A Residency Global Health Track Framework

Michael B. Pitt Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota;

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Tina M. Slusher Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota;
Department of Pediatrics, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota;

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Sophia P. Gladding Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota;
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Risha Moskalewicz Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota;

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Cynthia R. Howard Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota;

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Residency programs are increasingly responding to the growing demand for global health (GH) education by forming dedicated GH tracks. These tracks incorporate a targeted curriculum, support best practices surrounding GH electives such as predeparture preparation and post-return debriefing, and encourage meaningful engagement with international and domestic partners. The University of Minnesota’s pediatric residency has had a formal GH track since 2005, and although they have shared several curricular components in the literature, they have yet to provide a comprehensive summary of their GH track. In this article, the authors provide a thorough description of their evolving GH track model, highlighting outcomes and sharing free resources, with the goal of providing a concise, replicable GH track framework for educators seeking to provide more formal GH education within residency programs.

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Address correspondence to Michael B. Pitt, University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital, 2450 Riverside Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55455. E-mail: mbpitt@umn.edu

Financial support: As described in the article, the funding generated from the extramural sales of the G-PEDS online curriculum is used exclusively to support the hosting of international trainees as part of bidirectional exchanges.

Authors’ addresses: Michael B. Pitt, Risha Moskalewicz, and Cynthia R. Howard, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, E-mails: mbpitt@umn.edu, risha@umn.edu, and drcindy@umn.edu. Tina M. Slusher, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, and Department of Pediatrics, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, E-mail: tslusher@umn.edu. Sophia P. Gladding, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, and Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, E-mail: gladd001@umn.edu.

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