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Effective teaching, mentorship, and leadership skills are essential for faculty success in academic medicine, but these skills are rarely taught in medical school and residency training programs, particularly in low-resource settings. To address this gap among anesthesia educators in Ethiopia, a 13-week course was developed and piloted in a virtual platform from September 2020-January 2021.

2016 Meeting Dates Global Cancer: April 4, 6:30 p.m. Hosted by Drs. Sten Vermund and Douglas Morgan, and the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health Global Pathology: June 13, 2016, 6:30 p.m. Hosted by Dr. Quentin Eichbaum and the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology Ethics in International Collaboration: October 3, 2015, 6:30 p.m. Hosted by Dr. Elizabeth Heitman and the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society

The Vanderbilt International Journal Club (VIJC) is a quarterly forum for faculty, residents, fellows, and medical students from all disciplines interested in international health care issues. 2015 Schedule Download PDF flyer: VIJC 2015

Vanderbilt University has received a $3 million grant from the GE Foundation’s Developing Health Globally program to fund international medical education and research in Kenya and other low-resource regions of the world.