Repository Citation
Lomeo, Katie; Conway, Katharine A.; Muterspaw, Kelly; Danner, Kaitlyn; and Keim, Virginia, "Global and Local Service Connection: Global Health Experiences and Local Community Engagement in Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine Alumni" (2021). Medical Student Research Symposium Abstracts and Posters. 2.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/msrs/2021/poster_presentations_6/2
Start Date
29-4-2021 7:15 PM
End Date
29-4-2021 7:25 PM
Document Type
Poster
Description
The Global Health Scholars Program (GHSP) at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine (BSOM) has been in place for 18 years. The GHSP gives medical students an opportunity to serve in various medical settings around the world. There are many reasons why healthcare professionals seek global health experiences. One main reason for global health participation is altruism and the desire to improve community health abroad. However, global health participants are widely criticized for neglecting their home countries’ problems to solve those around the world. The goal of this study is to assess the relationship between global health experiences and local community engagement in BSOM alumni. The relationship between the number of global health experiences a BSOM alumni has and their amount of volunteerism in their local community in the past 12-months will be explored. Based on prior research and motivations to do global health and be involved in one’s local community, it was hypothesized that those who participated in more global health experiences would also have more volunteer involvement in their local communities.
Abstract - Lomeo
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Global and Local Service Connection: Global Health Experiences and Local Community Engagement in Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine Alumni
The Global Health Scholars Program (GHSP) at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine (BSOM) has been in place for 18 years. The GHSP gives medical students an opportunity to serve in various medical settings around the world. There are many reasons why healthcare professionals seek global health experiences. One main reason for global health participation is altruism and the desire to improve community health abroad. However, global health participants are widely criticized for neglecting their home countries’ problems to solve those around the world. The goal of this study is to assess the relationship between global health experiences and local community engagement in BSOM alumni. The relationship between the number of global health experiences a BSOM alumni has and their amount of volunteerism in their local community in the past 12-months will be explored. Based on prior research and motivations to do global health and be involved in one’s local community, it was hypothesized that those who participated in more global health experiences would also have more volunteer involvement in their local communities.
