Global Health Survey Summary
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INTERNATIONAL HEALTH INTEREST, NEEDS SURVEY SUMMARY
of FACULTY, STUDENTS, RESIDENTS AND STAFF
November 2001
- 343 Responses – 72% from faculty and medical students
- 26 non-English languages spoken, with Spanish, French, German and Chinese spoken the most. List also included Japanese, Armenian, Hindi, Swedish and Ibo, among others.
- 17% had received or are receiving funding for international programming, work
- Limited awareness among respondents of current OSUMC international health activities. (Clinical care delivery to international patients – 19%, student exchange – 21%, scholar exchange – 9%).
- About half of respondents would like to participate in OSUMC international health experiences abroad, while 40% would like to help build OSUMC program growth, relationships abroad through conferences, other work. 20% would like to precept students during IH work abroad, 18% would provide orientation, travel med. programming for those interested in IH, and about 15% would help ID potential funding sources for IH programming, as well as host international students doing rotations in their homes.
- 138 provided perspectives, suggestions regarding areas OSUMC should be involved with.
In response to: What would you like OSUMC to focus on, related to education, research and clinical service initiatives involving international medicine?
Region/Country
- Latin (Central and South) America (26), countries mentioned include Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, among others;
- Africa (19), some other countries mentioned included Sudan, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya; Asia (17), countries mentioned include China, India, Thailand, Japan, Vietnam, among others;
- Middle East (6), countries mentioned include Jordan, Syria, Israel, among others;
- Europe (4), Eastern Europe in particular (4), also Finland and Britain;
- Developing countries in general (6)
Institutional Partners
Cambridge University; University of Tokyo; National Cancer Institute of Columbia,
Disease
HIV-AIDS (12); Major infectious diseases (5); Cancer (4); Tropical diseases (3); Malnutrition (2). Others include chronic diseases, oral health, pain therapy and palliative medicine, pediatric pulmonology, among others.
Service, exporting "product" initiatives
Study abroad/Student exchange (12)
Surgeon exchange (6)
Referrals from international locations (3)
Others include recruitment of physician scientists, graduate students; exporting CME, web-based, telemedicine, bioinformatics services/products; training of faculty, trainees in OSUMC Clinical Skills Lab; expanding consulting services abroad; web-based medical education; donation of texts and medical supplies; forming business partnerships; exchange of scientific research, among others.
In response to: What international medicine opportunities could be pursued that have not been?
Responses similar to first question with re: to "countries/regions" and "disease" focus. Other institutional partnerships suggested included WHO, Red Cross and PAHO.
Other service initiatives suggested included:
Courses in international medicine (3)
Patient referrals (2)
Collaborative graduate programs and research (2)
Working with local Somalian, Latino populations, cultural skills
Consulting services for international telemedicine
Sponsoring international conferences
Faculty exchange
Foreign language training, particularly Medical Spanish, culture and medicine
Health communications research, educational campaigns