IERC Education Foundation

Innovation is constant. IERCEF is undergoing a total rethink for 2018; more on this soon.

Broadening the market-focus has lead to discussions with a community college about the value of an international education component. More soon.

Disparities in Patient Experiences, Health Care Processes, and Outcomes: The Role of Patient-Provider Racial, Ethnic, and Language Concordance by Cooper and Powe (Johns Hopkins University). Haven't found this thesis extended to global health yet, but I assume the findings would be consistent.

Given the recent focus on Africa and countries like Haiti; US global health professional pipelines could use a strong MSI feeder program.

48 HBCU students studied abroad (of 283,332) in academic year 2011-2. Can US Global Health professional diversity increase without them? Please comment: http://diverseeducation.com/article/66815/

Went back to the drawing board. With partners: IES Abroad and the North Carolina Study Abroad/Global Engagement (NC-SAGE) Partnership, we are planning a 2015 public health course pilot. The likely venue: Costa Rica. Also, IERCEF is going through a bit of a re-org and will be relocating its HQ to Maryland. More later; sorry for the radio silence its been busy. Thanks Reggie for the the post, enjoy the Labor Day weekend everyone.

Launch of Public Health in Jamaica pilot scrubbed till 2015.Thanks everyone especially IES Abroad and Morgan State University alumus and NC SAGE Partnership Coordinator, Earl M. Brown for an incredible effort.

Recruiting students really means mentoring, that's what Earl M. Brown at Livingstone College is doing as NC SAGE Partnership Coordinator.

Here's a biology major considering entering Public Health. James McNeil, a Livingstone College senior (in the foreground), traveled to Peru last summer for a real field-study and inter-cultural experience. Our goal is to integrate study abroad with course work, boosting student learning and marketplace outcomes.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/public-health-in-jamaica-webinar-tomorrow-register--bring-skis-245233061.html Share with a public health major.

Public Health in Jamaica Webinar Tomorrow: Register & Bring Skis -- SALISBURY, N.C., Feb. 12,... SALISBURY, N.C., Feb. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Public Health in Jamaica Webinar Tomorrow: Register & Bring Skis.

https://t.co/CK3opcPBu5 This is open to all. Contact: Earl Brown NC SAGE Partnership Coordinator.

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