The Department of Psychiatry in partnership with the Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health and the Duke Global Health Institute offers residents the opportunity to participate in several Global Health training programs and activities, including:

• Duke Global Health Residency and Fellowship Program, Global Health-Psychiatry Pathway
• Global Health Elective Rotations
• Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Signapore

Global Health Elective 

There are 4 ways to do a global health elective:

1)      Apply as a PGY-2 for the 18-month Psychiatry track of the Duke Global Health Residency Program.  This track occurs during PGY-3 and PGY-4, and includes 9-months coursework towards a Master of Science degree in Global Health, mentored research and 9-months in-country international experience.  Locations for the GHR track in Psychiatry include Moshi, Tanzania and Eldoret, Kenya. 

http://dukeglobalhealth.org/education-and-training/global-health-residency/fellowship-pathway

2)      Apply as a PGY-2 or PGY-3 for a short-term (3-month) Global Health elective through the Duke Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health.  Locations for the Hubert-Yeargan elective open to Psychiatry include Moshi, Tanzania; Eldoret, Kenya; Galle, Sri Lanka; and Northern Navajo Medical Center (Indian Health Service), Shiprock, New Mexico.  http://dukeglobalhealth.org/education-and-training/global-health-elective-rotation

3)      Work with Dr. Thrall to arrange a global health elective at a site with whom we already have a Training Letter of Agreement, such as Auckland, New Zealand, or the Institute of Mental Health, Singapore.  These sites typically host residents for 6 to 12 months.

4)      Work with Dr. Thrall and a faculty advisor to design a global health elective at a site with whom we will need to write a new Training Letter of Agreement.   

Where is Duke engaged in Global Health?

Use this interactive map, designed to facilitate communication, encourage collaboration and enable the sharing of resources by faculty, staff and students here at Duke:  http://global.duke.edu/admin/map/index.php

 The map shows country specific information on program, unit and school activity; partnerships and agreements; faculty areas of interest; traveler and alumni information as well as highlighting activity in a specific country.

Pictures of Duke MDs working in Global Health

Kristen Shirey, MD

Maria Almond, MD

Grace Thrall, MD  and  Victoria Carroll, MD