Global Field Experience
Maryland - Dates to be Announced
If you require accommodations such mobility, diet, or any others, please contact the Office of Global Health to discuss options. As part of our commitment to equity, we are happy to try to identify solutions to accommodate your needs.
Please contact the Office of Global Health for more information:
globalnursing@umaryland.edu
UMSON, Room 480
The Office of Global Health is offering a global field experience for undergraduate and graduate students. Those interested are strongly encouraged to apply!
This experience can count toward an elective in either NELC 452 (undergraduate-level international field experience) or NRSG 611 (graduate-level international field experience) and will count toward the field experience requirement for students enrolled in the Global Health Certificate.
Eligibility
- Open to students enrolled at the University of Maryland, Baltimore who have completed a public or global health course.
- Priority selection is given to the following:
- Students enrolled in the UMSON Global Health Certificate
- Students active in the Nurses for Global Health student group
- Students who have taken NELC 408 or NRSG 609 or other global health courses
- Students graduating in the spring of the current year are not eligible to participate (that is, if you graduate before the field study takes place, you are ineligible to participate).
Student Responsibilities
- Participants are required to attend three pre-trip sessions in March, April, and May (dates TBD).
- Participants are required to attend two post-trip debrief/integration sessions in July and August (dates TBD).
- Participants will contribute a minimum dollar amount to cover the cost of meals and transportation. If this cost is prohibiting you from applying, we still encourage you to apply, and we will try our best to figure out solutions.
- Participants are encouraged to bring extra money.
Transparency About the Application Process
- Once all applications are submitted, a review committee composed of UMSON faculty will review the applications using a standardized rubric.
- Applications will be independently reviewed and scored by multiple reviewers to ensure fairness and then discussed as a group.
- Once acceptance decisions have been made, you will be contacted.
- Applicants have one week to confirm if they will be attending the trip or not.
- If a student declines acceptance, the next eligible student will be notified.
What to Expect for the Trip (Briefly)
- Travel within Maryland
- Work closely with a Maryland non-profit behavioral healthcare corporation.
- Meet the global health objectives that encompass harm reduction and mental health, as well as integrating rural health components.