Wayne State University medical students participating in the School of Medicine’s Office of Medical Student Research Programs’ Academic Intensive Track were awarded the top honors in presentations at the annual meeting of the Global Health University Consortium held March 8-10 in Los Angeles. won the honor.
Ariel Wenocul, Class of 2025, won first place in the Global Health Education category of the Lancet Global Health Best Student Poster Competition for her poster “Assessing Knowledge of Global Healthcare Systems in Medical Education.”
This project targets students who have either taken a series of lectures on the topic organized by a global health concentration class, have had previous education or experience in global health, or have had none of the above. We analyzed medical students’ knowledge about the global healthcare system.
The analysis found that those who attended the lecture series had more knowledge, but those with previous education and experience were less likely to improve their knowledge, even if their results were comparable to the control group. It turned out that he had more confidence in himself.
“Based on this information, we concluded that global health care systems education should be incorporated into medical student curricula.According to the literature, global health education is a “It produces doctors who are more competent in that respect,” she said. she said.
The School of Medicine’s Global Health concentration builds on the Global and Urban Health Equity Certificate Program. It is a comprehensive two-year curriculum based on the Interprofessional Competencies of the University Consortium for Global Health and developed by the Wayne State University Global Health Alliance.
The Office of Medical Student Research Programs is dedicated to providing and guiding students through academic projects and research and is an example of the WSU Thrive Agenda. This includes accelerating mobility for all students by promoting opportunities such as research concentrations and supporting attendance at national conferences. Introducing related projects.
For information about academic concentration opportunities in the School of Medicine, please visit https://medstudentresearch.med.wayne.edu/sc.