Global Health Track
The Global Health track of the Innovating Healthcare Solutions elective will focus on identifying health problems in developing countries and then innovating effective, sustainable solutions to improve the quality of life of low-income communities. In collaboration with our community partner Organisation Sove Lavi, a Dallas-based nonprofit organization, we will initially focus on designing solutions for Pont Sonde, Haiti.
We will begin the “breakout sessions” of this track by learning about the community of Pont Sonde. Through communication with friends in Haiti and Sove Lavi, we will get a perspective of the current state of healthcare in the community. As the elective progresses, we will discuss our observations, learn from case studies, and amass potential areas of improvement. Throughout the course, both course facilitators and guest speakers with experience in global health and development will provide insight into effectively brainstorming, assessing, evaluating, and implementing the proposed solutions that students design. Our goal is to come up with sustainable and practical solutions to the needs identified and presented, and hopefully obtain funding to realize these ideas as viable solutions over the long term.
We will conclude the course at the end of the year with submissions of the proposed project solutions to national development competitions and conferences. Additionally, at a campus-wide symposium, teams will present their idea to a panel comprised of leaders of various departments, as well as renowned physician-entrepreneurs and venture capitalists to broaden and attract sources of support from leaders in the field.
We will begin the “breakout sessions” of this track by learning about the community of Pont Sonde. Through communication with friends in Haiti and Sove Lavi, we will get a perspective of the current state of healthcare in the community. As the elective progresses, we will discuss our observations, learn from case studies, and amass potential areas of improvement. Throughout the course, both course facilitators and guest speakers with experience in global health and development will provide insight into effectively brainstorming, assessing, evaluating, and implementing the proposed solutions that students design. Our goal is to come up with sustainable and practical solutions to the needs identified and presented, and hopefully obtain funding to realize these ideas as viable solutions over the long term.
We will conclude the course at the end of the year with submissions of the proposed project solutions to national development competitions and conferences. Additionally, at a campus-wide symposium, teams will present their idea to a panel comprised of leaders of various departments, as well as renowned physician-entrepreneurs and venture capitalists to broaden and attract sources of support from leaders in the field.