Global Health
Preparing globally minded pediatricians through longitudinal education, community engagement, and ethical international partnerships.
The Children's Mercy Global Health Track is a longitudinal educational program designed to prepare pediatric trainees to thoughtfully incorporate global health into their future careers - regardless of specialty, practice setting, or location.
Residents in the track engage in a two-and-a-half-year curriculum focused on global child health, immigrant and refugee health, ethical partnership development, culturally responsive care, health equity, systems-based thinking, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
The program combines structured didactics, immersive local community engagement, mentorship, and opportunities to participate in established international institutional partnerships.
Who we are
The Global Health Track is designed for pediatric residents, Med-Peds residents, and child neurology residents.
Core Principles
- Ethical engagement
- Longitudinal relationships
- Local-global learning
- Bidirectional collaboration
- Cultural humility
- Sustainability
Learn more about the Global Health curriculum
Global Health leadership team
Ryan Northup, MD
Director, Global Health Education
Kourtney Bettinger, MD
Associate Director, Global Health Education
Anik Patel, MD
Associate Director, Global Health Education
Shelby Kaup, MBA
Program Manager
It was relatively new for residents yet on the cusp of becoming a critical thing people were asking about and looking for...There were only 7 programs in the country at the time, and most of them relatively new as well. One of the unique things we had to offer was that I was able to work with the residency program but also all of our fellowship programs – all of the GME programs – and adapt Global Health to all of the programs and offer it to everyone.