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UTHSC News: The 2023 Herbert Shainberg Scholars Cohort Continued Medical Education in Israel

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For Monica Ogunsusi and Aditya Shah, studying medicine internationally is not only a special experience, but one that also elevates their future careers in medicine and global health care.

“The Ben-Gurion Multicultural Health elective offered the opportunity to be educated from Israeli physicians, form professional connections, and created the space for an enriching cultural experience,” said Ogunsusi.

The Center for Multicultural and Global Health in the UTHSC College of Medicine, established the Herbert Shainberg Scholars Program, in partnership with the Medical School for International Health at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba, Israel, that offers fourth-year medical students a month-long opportunity to enhance their education in global health. Ogunsusi and Shah were selected and recently studied at BGU.

“This experience cemented my understanding that the delivery of health care is on a one-to-one basis, in terms of the physician and the patient and the patient’s family,” Shah said. “However, we should not forget that health care is also delivered on a global scale, and collaboration across time zones, cultures, and languages is critical to the future of medicine and essential to how I want to practice medicine.”

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