GLOBAL HEALTH FELLOWSHIP

The Ventura faculty group is proud to partner with Ventura Global Health Project in offering a fellowship in global health. Our fellowship is designed to provide experiences at several international locations in addition to working with our local underserved populations in Ventura County. Our goal is to support high quality, sustainable medical care in the communities we serve.

BACKGROUND

The core curriculum consists of hands-on clinical care in a local urgent care in an underserved setting with primarily latino and/or migrant workers, project management of outreach and intervention in vulnerable populations in Ventura County, as well as many clinical and educational opportunities for both resident teaching and your personal education.

OPPORTUNITIES AND REQUIREMENTS

Additional Curricular Opportunities

Certification in tropical medicine through the West Virginia School of Tropical Medicine is required.
Lecture at the residency core didactic conference at least once on a global health topic
Serve as a mentor and participant in the VCMC residency global health interest group
Present at AAFP Global Health summit on a research topic
Reading list review and discussion with faculty mentor

Eligibility Requirements:

Due to our transition to the 4-year Advancing Innovation in Residency Education (AIRE) program, only internal candidates will be considered for the 2026-2027 academic year and beyond