Global Learning Partnership Program

Through the efforts of the U21 HSG UN Sustainable Development Goals initiative, there is a new opportunity for students to engage in an international health promotion project called the Global Learning Partnership in Nepal. Delivered in collaboration with the University of Kathmandu, the program consists of a 4-week global health experience for health sciences students which will include 1 week of university-based learning and a 3 week team-based community placement during which they will work alongside students from Nepal. The program will run from April 17th – May 14, 2016 (inclusive).

Where: Kathmandu, Nepal

Date: April 17th – May 14th 2016

What: 4 week global health experience

Cost: $800* USD per student (including accommodation, ground transport between Kathmandu and the community learning sites, learning materials, and some meals). Student participants are responsible for all other costs including airfares to and from Kathmandu, visas, insurance and any other associated costs. *program fee based on min of 5 student participants

Application Deadline: January 25; students will be information of their selection: Feb 12

The Program       

·Week 1: University-based learning:

Leadership in health care

Development of group learning objectives; and

Group planning community needs assessment and strategy development

Interprofessional case-based learning group activities–U21 UN SDG case studies

·Week 2-4: Team based field/clinical work:

Outreach clinical visit to rural location

Link in with existing outreach clinics currently conducted by Kathmandu University; and

Potential to conduct a needs assessment and team based community action plan.

Eligibility

Dentistry, Medicine, Midwifery, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Public Health and Rehabilitation Sciences students studying in a U21 Health Sciences Group member university

Students who have completed at least 2 years of study

Application Process

Students are requested to fill in the GLP application form (attached) and submit it before January 25 to Ms. WANG Xi from Fudan Foreign Affairs Office（wangxi@fudan.edu.cn). Find more information about this program on the website：http://www.u21mdg4health.org/student_involvement/?page=global_learning_partnership