The Global Health Fellowship begins July 1 and lasts one year. We also have fellows that have done a two year fellowship that includes a MPH degree:  Fellows divide their time between international field work, education training, projects and research, and clinical work in the Emergency Department. 

Curriculum is tailored to fellows’ individual interests and is divided into five areas outlined below:

World-Class Faculty Currently, our faculty and trainees engage in mutually beneficial partnerships through Emergency Medicine education and training in Nepal, Vietnam, Haiti, Peru, Zambia, and Uganda. Of paramount importance, the knowledge and proficiencies that develop from international work directly translate to the population of San Antonio and the surrounding region. Our faculty and fellows regularly volunteer to staff the weekly San Antonio Refugee Clinic, where Dr. Skarpiak serves as the Medical Director. 


Our faculty are educators and support emergency medicine education globally. Within the past academic year, international projects from the Department of Emergency Medicine that focused on emergency medicine training and systems development include the following: World Health Organization Basic Emergency Care, Zambia The Emergency and Trauma Care Training Course for Frontline Healthcare Providers Conference, Nepal The Vietnam Society of Emergency Medicine International Conference on Emergency Medicine, Vietnam Helping Babies Breathe, Haiti Longitudinal Emergency Medicine, Uganda