Pediatric and Medicine-Pediatric residents interested in international health can take advantage of our unique international health (IH) residency track. The IH track has two major goals: to teach residents about the health needs of children in developing countries and to equip them on how to address these needs.

Rainbow has designed the IH track to be comprehensive and flexible. You have the option for an overseas rotation, but you can fulfill IH track requirements without it. The track centers on a core curriculum of essential international health information, but also includes interactive components like a journal club, teamwork on a Handbook of Tropical Pediatrics and small group sessions on disaster management.

If you decide you do want to do an overseas elective, The Rainbow Center for Global Child Health has ongoing research, clinical and educational collaborations with health centers in Africa, Southeast Asia and Central America. Residents in the IH track consider their elective rotations at these health centers among the most valuable experiences they had during their residency.

If you choose to stay in the country, you have the option of elective time in the International Adoption Health Clinic, the Child Traveler’s Clinic, Infectious Disease inpatient and outpatient rotations or Indian Health Services elective. You can also be volunteer as part of the Intervol team, helping to provide medical supplies for clinics and hospitals in the developing world.

Alumni of the IH track have gone on to do almost everything, from private practice to humanitarian and missions work to academics, but almost all of them still have some kind of connection to international health. The more pediatricians we have who are working on improving child health globally, the better it is for children globally. Come join us!

Listed here you will find our program components, noon lecture series and sample of resident overseas experiences.

Track Components

• International Health Lecture Series
• International Health Journal Club
• Management of Disasters Course (optional)
• Protected elective time for international or Indian Health Service Rotation (optional)*
• Mentoring in international health RBC faculty and overseas IH mentors
• International Child Health Track Certificate upon completion of pediatric residency training.
  * Rotation occurs during 3rd year - can take between 4-8 weeks of electivetime (6 weeks strongly recommended)
• Research project with the International Adoption Health Services