Emergency Medicine Global Health Fellowship Columbia - Program Details

Training in public health, research and tropical medicine

The Prisma Health Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship will provide fellows with formal training in public health, research methods, and tropical medicine in addition to ample time in the field for hands-on experience. With faculty mentorship, fellows will have the opportunity to work with a variety of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and international government health facilities to develop their own interests into a sustainable project. Fellows will work as attending physicians in Prisma Health Emergency Departments, supervising residents in addition to fieldwork and the pursuit of a masters-level degree in public health, global health policy, research or infectious disease.

The fellowship program partners closely with the nonprofit organization OneWorld Health Masindi-Kitara Medical Center (MKMC), a regional referral center located in Masindi, Uganda. The fellow will have the opportunity to work on a variety of ongoing clinical and public health projects at MKMC to improve the quality of care in Masindi. In addition, the program has ongoing partnerships with Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, nonprofit PIVOT working in Ranomafana, Madagascar, Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital in Mbeya, Tanzania and Corozal Community Hospital in Corozal, Belize. 

Length of training

The fellowship is designed to be completed over two years in conjunction with a master's degree from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine by distance learning. The fellowship may be completed in one year for applicants who already have a master's level degree.

Upon completion of training, the fellow will receive a certificate of fellowship training from Prisma Health Richland Hospital and the University of South Carolina.