Education

The Center for Global Pediatric Health is dedicated to training the next generation of pediatric leaders through impactful, immersive international experiences. Currently, we're facilitating a bidirectional, educational exchange between pediatric residents from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Bugando Medical Center in Mwanza, Tanzania, and we also support a Lurie Children's trainee experience at Centro Medico Susan Hou in Los Palacios, Bolivia. We invite eligible pediatric residents and fellows to participate.

Find more global health education opportunities, visit our Global Health Clinical Scholars page or our funding section to learn about global health experiencing funding for McGaw residents.

Current Programs

Support for Pediatric Short-Term Experiences in Global Health

Educational scaffolding for Bugando Medical Center Pediatric Residents rotating at Lurie Children's and for Lurie Children's trainees rotating at Bugando Medical Center in Tanzania and Centro Medico Susan Hou in Bolivia.

• Co-Leads: Kristin Van Genderen, MD, Elizabeth Groothuis, MD, Colleen Fant, MD, MPH
• Project Period: Ongoing annually

Focused Pediatric Echocardiogram Training at Bugando Medical Center, Mwanza, Tanzania

• Co-PIs: Angira Patel, MD, Shivani Patel, MD
• Project Coordinator: Colleen Fant, MD, MPH
• Project Period: 2023–2025

Trauma Care at Bugando Medical Center, Mwanza, Tanzania

• PI: Colleen Fant, MD, MPH
• Project Period: 2022–2023

Past Programs

Point-of-Care Ultrasound Detection of Pneumonia at Hillside Healthcare International Clinic, Southern Belize

• PI: Anita Muyle, MD
• Content Expert: Colleen Fant, MD, MPH
• Project Period: 2021–2022

Developing and Implementing Pediatric Emergency Medicine Simulation Program, Maseno University, Kenya

• PI: Colleen Fant, MD, MPH
• Project Period 2019–2021

Pediatric Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Tanzania

• PI: Colleen Fant, MD, MPH
• Project Period: 2019–2020