eMagazine June 2023
OUR PEOPLE, OUR MISSION Global Health eMagazine June 2023 Perspective Global Health Academy Highlights Philista educated us about Uganda and helped us navigate our way, but what Philista doesn’t know is that she taught us beyond that. She showed that no matter where in the world you come from, whatever you’ve experienced, the differences dissipate and the similarities in spirit and love predominate. And without a doubt, we would go back to Naggalama, just to visit our sister, Philista. Reflections Welcome Global Local Hispanic and Latinx Communities Voices of Ugandan Students Global Health Mental Health Art to Rwmind Us of Who We Can Be Our Beautiful Planet Innovation and Technology Nursing Division Women’s Health Education Among the Letters Announcements Article of the Month Video of the Month Congratulations Phoro News Calendar of Events Resources Kent Falls, Kent CT (Olwen Gurry) 8
OUR PEOPLE, OUR MISSION Global Health eMagazine June 2023 Perspective Global Health Academy Highlights Reflections Welcome Global Local Hispanic and Latinx Communities Voices of Ugandan Students Global Health Mental Health Art to Rwmind Us of Who We Can Be Our Beautiful Planet Innovation and Technology Nursing Division Women’s Health Education Among the Letters Announcements Article of the Month Video of the Month Congratulations Phoro News Calendar of Events Resources Reflections Reflecting on My Global Health Journey During Medical School Written by Jett Choquette, MD, Class 2023 Near graduation (May 21, 2023) from the Larner College of Medicine at Vermont University, I find myself reflecting on the role global health played throughout my medical school career. Soon I will start a new adventure, internal medicine residency at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, VA. As I reflect on the large role global health has played in my life so far, I’m also curious how it will continue to be part of my training at VCU. I started medical school knowing I wanted to be part of global health, but I was still formulating what that meant to me. I’d been a community health volunteer in the Peace Corps in Paraguay prior to starting medical school. From my time in the Peace Corps, I knew several things: I wanted to be based in the US, I believed in equal partnership, and (when I worked abroad) I ultimately hoped to develop a long-term relationship with one community to which I’d return over the years. The Nuvance/LCOM Global Health Program welcomed me as I started my first year of medical school. I was set to go to the Dominican Republic (DR) the summer after my first year of medical school, something I couldn’t have been more excited about. I couldn’t wait to see what global health from the medicine perspective was like as the Peace Corps had already given me a glimpse of global health from the public health perspective. Then COVID came and everything changed. My trip to the DR was canceled. Further no one, new or seasoned, in global health could travel easily as the COVID pandemic raged. The leaders in global health around me, who had previously looked abroad, looked inward to their local communities as they could no longer travel. Was it possible to address global health on a local level? I helped with flu clinics for migrant workers in Vermont. I took part in early discussions and projects of the UVMMC Emergency Department Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee as part of the New American Subcommittee. I helped develop longitudinal global health curriculum to be included as part of the LCOM regular curriculum. I found a community in the Global Health Program, but still hadn’t found a project that blended my love of health and Spanish in the way I hoped. I moved to Connecticut for my clinical years of training (years three and four of medical school), as a member of the LCOM Connecticut campus 2023 class cohort. Dr. Sadigh connected me with Elvis Novas, a leader of the Dominican Community Center (DCC) in Danbury, CT. The DCC is a non-profit that seeks to empower the Dominican community and other Hispanic/Latinx/ Latino communities in the Danbury, CT area. Working together over the past two years, the DCC and I built a partnership between the Latinx community and the Global Health Program. As part of this partnership, we designed projects to promote health literacy. I was grateful for the kind welcome and dedication of the DCC members as our partnership blossomed. Earlier this spring, a new third year medical student took over my role as the Community Liaison from the Global Health Program to the DCC, as my graduation was looming. The DCC is currently planning a summer youth leadership academy that will include a health literacy component. Despite the unexpected twist the COVID pandemic caused in my global health journey, I ultimately found my medical school global health home in Danbury, CT working with the DCC. The opportunity to collaborate with an important population within the community where I was training as a medical student resonated with me as especially important. I was glad that the Global Health Program was prioritizing local global health efforts. 9
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OUR PEOPLE,<br />
OUR MISSION<br />
Global Health<br />
<strong>eMagazine</strong><br />
<strong>June</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
Perspective<br />
Global Health Academy<br />
Highlights<br />
Philista educated us about Uganda and helped us navigate our way, but what Philista doesn’t<br />
know is that she taught us beyond that. She showed that no matter where in the world you<br />
come from, whatever you’ve experienced, the differences dissipate and the similarities in spirit<br />
and love predominate. And without a doubt, we would go back to Naggalama, just to visit our<br />
sister, Philista.<br />
Reflections<br />
Welcome<br />
Global Local<br />
Hispanic and Latinx Communities<br />
Voices of Ugandan Students<br />
Global Health Mental Health<br />
Art to Rwmind Us of Who We Can Be<br />
Our Beautiful Planet<br />
Innovation and Technology<br />
Nursing Division<br />
Women’s Health Education<br />
Among the Letters<br />
Announcements<br />
Article of the Month<br />
Video of the Month<br />
Congratulations<br />
Phoro News<br />
Calendar of Events<br />
Resources<br />
Kent Falls, Kent CT (Olwen Gurry)<br />
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