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| Special Projects Global Health Working Group The Global Health Working Group is a new working group which formed in the fall of 2008 with a first meeting in October. The purpose of this group is to develop a comprehensive program of Global Health for the Department of Family Medicine, including core curriculum, eventual third year curriculum, and coordination of the Department’s Global Health initiatives. The three meetings in 2008 mainly focused on developing a coherent understanding and definition of Global Health, which was defined in broad terms as health for all, with a focus on health of the underserved, be they aboriginal Canadians, new Canadians, Canadians living in inner cities, or global citizens living in underserved situations in other countries. The concept of Global Health was framed around the CanMEDS-FM role of Healthy Advocate, and implicit in this formulation was the inclusion not only of purely “medical” skills, but also skills of advocacy, awareness building, research, and development of a global consciousness. Looking forward to 2009, the model was presented to and approved by the Department at the first Department meeting in January. The Working Group has been able to move ahead with setting up a Global Health Office and hiring an adjunct faculty member to work on initial curriculum development. The objectives of the Working Group for 2009-2010 will be to develop core curriculum for all Department of Family Medicine residents in Global Health, to develop Pre-Departure Training curriculum for residents planning clinical rotations overseas, and to start developing third year curriculum in Global Health with the hope of having a preliminary program in place by July 2010. In addition, the working group will continue to work on coordinating the Department activities in Global Health as well as building relationships with similar working groups in other departments within Queen’s University and within other Faculties of Medicine within Canada.
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