Global health fellowship – pre-deployment training

A two and a half day learning event has been developed with Cambridge Global Health Partnerships to support staff before they take on roles abroad.

The training is designed for junior doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals planning to work or volunteer in a low-resource settings.

The course will include both classroom based learning at Hughes Hall, Cambridge University, and a day of hands-on surgical skills learning at Cambridge University Hospital’s simulation centre.

A range of speakers with significant experience working in low resourced settings will cover following topics.

• Working as a doctor in a different language and culture
• Looking after yourself as a doctor
• Helping babies breath, paediatric emergencies and malnutrition
• Managing infectious diseases including Malaria, TB and HIV
• Managing trauma

Find out more and sign up.

Health Education England’s Global Health Fellowship Volunteer Programme is open to all doctors in speciality training for general practice, paediatrics and acute care common stem (ACCS) in English deaneries. The aim of the programme is to make a contribution to the improvement of health outcomes in rural and resource-poor communities.

Find out more about HEE’s Global Health Fellowship Volunteer Programme.