YGH SURGE wanted to collaborate with PUMS for their annual program. Yale Global Health Students United for Regional and Global Education (YGH SURGE) was founded in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. YGH SURGE is a student-run virtual educational series that brings together graduate and professional students from different countries around the world for weekly discussions on global health topics. Students represent various disciplines (medicine, public health, law, business, etc) with the goal of enriching dialogue and fostering innovative solutions for social issues that affect population health. To date, nearly 120 students from 18 different countries have participated in our program.
Based on their attendance, participants receive a certificate at the conclusion of the program. Now in its third iteration, this year's program will center around the theme "Structural Violence and Inequity". Potential discussion topics include Health Disparities, Climate Change and Migration, and any other angle that participants are interested in exploring. This 8-week program will consist of 90-minute weekly sessions that are tentatively scheduled for Saturday mornings Eastern Standard Time (GMT-4) between October to early December 2022. The exact day of the week and time may be modified to accommodate participant schedules.
Two spots were reserved for MD students and two spots were reserved for DDS students. Students that were interested in applying for this incredible opportunity, had to fill out the google form ) by Thursday 13th October (midnight). The opportunity was originally advertised on the 11th of October 2022.
The event was advertised on Facebook and Instagram. The actual program takes place on a weekly basis on zoom (8-weeks) for the 4 chosen participants.
