OBJECTIVES:

1. Identify and evaluate your own reasons for travel and global health participation to promote ethical involvement

2. Recognize key factors in developing effective/valuable short term trips

3. Describe common pitfalls in short term service trips

4. List key recommendations of the WEIGHT working group guidelines for academic Global Health programs and field experiences (Example: well-structured programs with reciprocal/equitable benefit; agreements/objectives clarified for senders/hosts, trainees/trainers, sponsors/recipients; etc)

INSTRUCTIONS:  

START by opening the Self-Reflection and questions, and complete it as directed. READ or WATCH the additional module components.  The Self-Reflection and questions will be submitted to the course instructor for course completion.

This module should take around 1 hour to complete.  

MODULE COMPONENTS: 

• START HERE: Self-reflection and questions

• READ: The Shoulder to Shoulder Model

• READ: Duffle Bag Medicine

• WATCH: Powerpoint/Video on Developing Short Term Trips

MODULE EXTRAS/REFERENCES:

• REFERENCE: Making Short Term Medical Trips Work

• REFERENCE: Global Health Training: Ethics and Best Practice Guidelines for Training Experiences in Global Health

• REFERENCE: Ethical guidelines for use of Social Media in STEGHs / Tool