Global Health Education Course

Call for Applications: Global Health Education Course Project Advisory Committee

The Global Health Education Course (GHEC) Project Advisory Committee (PAC) is comprised of a multidisciplinary group of health care professionals with extensive experience in global health work, including education.

The GHEC PAC will work closely with AAP staff to develop GHEC 2024, a course that will educate providers residing in high-resource settings, primarily North America, to work ethically and intentionally in global settings. Past iterations of this course have been held virtually AND in-person and have included high-yield and thought-provoking topics, including emerging and re-emerging diseases, ethics and equity, culture shock and cultural humility, and more.

We are recruiting 6 PAC Members.

Candidate must demonstrate the competencies described below:

• Be a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
• Have extensive global health experience.
• Have experience with education course development.
• Be available August 10-11, 2024

PAC members will be required to:

• Attend PAC meetings, virtual and in-person
• Demonstrate leadership and advocacy around Global Health Education.
• Contribute to the course development process.
• Participate/lead working groups and/or projects related to GHEC’s mission and report progress on deliverables to the chair and AAP staff for accountability
• Vote on pertinent GHEC topics.

If you are interested in applying, please submit your application here: 

Applications will be accepted through March 8, 2024. The new committee member’s term will tentatively begin April 1, 2024. 

View the 2023 Course Agenda.

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