Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship

The UC Davis Health Department of Emergency Medicine offers a fellowship program in Global Emergency Medicine. This fellowship strives to prepare future leaders of international health and emergency medicine health systems. Fellows develop skills in cross-cultural collaboration, international public health, teaching in low-resource settings and improvement of emergency medicine health systems and delivery of care.

This flexible program is designed for Emergency Medicine Physicians seeking a career which focuses on providing emergency medical care and education within low-resource settings. In additional to their work abroad, fellows will gain clinical and educational experience at the University of California Davis Emergency Department, a level-1 adult and pediatric trauma care center servicing the diverse population in Northern California. Fellows will also work in multiple low-resource sites during the course of their fellowship under the guidance of multiple faculty members

Fellows can pursue either a one or two-year fellowship track. While the two-year fellowship track is preferred, applicants may be considered for a one-year track on an individual basis or if they already possess an MPH. On a two-year track, fellows will have the opportunity to purse a distance Master of Public Health through the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene but may choose an alternative advanced degree depending on their area of interest and future career goals.

Fellows will participate in a monthly Global Health Journal Club and education sessions with global emergency medicine faculty. We have a strong division of Global Emergency Medicine and fellows will have the opportunity to work with a variety of Global EM faculty who specialize in a variety of areas of Global EM including ultrasound in low-resource settings, EMS, Disaster and Humanitarian Response, EM education, public health programming and medical infrastructure building. Fellows may also attend a variety of other educational sessions including quarterly fellow education and networking sessions hosted by Emergency Medicine faculty, Disaster and Humanitarian Response Courses, professional development courses hosted by UC Davis, etc. Fellows also support and teach monthly sessions for the residents within our Global Health Area of Distinction program where interested residents participate in a longitudinal curriculum focusing on low resource care and global health.

Sites and Educational opportunities

• Edward Frances Small Hospital, Bunjal, Gambia
• Vietnam Diploma in Emergency Medicine, Cho Ray Hospital and University Medical Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• Safari Doctors Partnership, Lamu County, Kenya
• Sacred Valley Health, Ollyantaytambo, Peru
• White River Indian Health Services Hospital, White River Arizona
• Humanitarian Response Deployments in partnership with International Medical Corps (IMC)

Interested applicants must have completed an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) – approved Emergency Medicine Training program prior to beginning the training program. Successful applicants must be board certified or board eligible in emergency medicine when they begin the fellowship.

Edward Frances Small Hospital, Bunjal, Gambia
UC Davis is working closely with colleagues in The Gambia to provide education around bedside ultrasound and emergency medicine. Fellows will have the opportunity to visit the country's leading teaching hospital located in Banjul and support the education of local medical providers

Vietnam Diploma in Emergency Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
As part of an ongoing collaboration, we have created the country's first Diploma in Emergency Medicine Program as of 2019. This is an 18-month intensive Emergency Medicine Training Program supported by US and Vietnamese-based faculty and Emergency Medicine Physicians. Fellows work closely to run the curriculum which includes virtual and in-person education while also gaining experiencing in the Emergency Department. This project is based out of Cho Ray Hospital, the busiest public trauma-focused hospital in Vietnam, as well as the University Medical Center, an academic and tertiary care center.

Safari Doctors Partnership, Lamu County, Kenya
Safari Doctors provides locally-led solutions for remote communities who lack access to vital health services in Lamu County, Kenya. Their team does this through mobile medical outreach and a Community Health Worker model. We are working to support the work of Safari Doctors through education, clinical outreach support and public health programming. Please visit their website for information about the amazing work they are doing

Sacred Valley Health, Ollyantaytambo, Peru
Sacred Valley Health (SVH) is an NGO located in Ollantaytambo, Peru a beautiful and remote area located with the Andean Region of Peru. Many communities within this region are isolated and must be self-sufficient. With a focus on empowerment and culturally competent education, Sacred Valley Health strives to train and support local community health workers, known as promotoras. In addition to supporting the mission and efforts of SVH, fellows will learn about the way NGO’s function while also gaining experience with community health curricula, delivery of medical care in austere environments, and assisting with monitoring and evaluation of ongoing efforts. Dr. Shakira Bandolin currently serves on the Executive Board of Directors of Sacred Valley Health

White River Indian Health Services Hospital, White River Arizona
Fellows participating in 2-year fellowships will have the opportunity to moonlight at the IHS Site serving Native communities in Arizona. This is an amazing opportunity to serve local communities within our own borders.

Humanitarian Response Deployments
Fellows will have the opportunity to train and deploy to disasters around the world and help with humanitarian response efforts in collaboration with NGOs specializing in Disaster and Humanitarian Response. Individuals will get extensive training before deployments.