Responsibilities

The responsibilities of the medical student during the mentorship process include:

1) Establishing initial contact with the mentor via email or phone, and establishing ground rules for contact.

2) Determining both an overarching goal and specific outcomes for the mentorship, and documenting these throughout the duration of the mentorship.

3) Building a body of ideas and information on a particular area of global health, as well as engaging in critical self reflection, ethical examination of global health, and collection of new resources and contacts in the field.

Information for Prospective Students

Students are selected to participate in the GHMP from a pool of applicants across Canada. Although previous experience in global health is not required, students must demonstrate dedication and interest in learning about issues within their identified area of interest.

Students in all years of medicine are encouraged to participate in the project. Through direct contact with a professional in the development sector, students can gain valuable practical knowledge that they can use as a medical student and future physician. In the past, mentorship has improved students’ knowledge and understanding of specific global health issues, global health resources and opportunities, and the ethics of global health work. This education is facilitated by discussions with the mentor, as well as an experiential component of the mentorship in which mentees volunteer their time to something that may add value to the mentor’s organization, such as a literature review, survey, or research.

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