Evaluation of a global health training program for pediatric residents. Clinical pediatrics

States from other countries.2 The mobility of our society increases our likelihood of exposure to dis-eases, which were formerly more localized, and we will be challenged to recognize and treat health con-ditions previously only rarely seen in the United States. Also, as physicians who care about the well-being of children, it is incumbent upon us to give perspective to future pediatricians on the state of health of the majority of the world’s children in the hopes that we can contribute toward improvements in their health. International health electives for 3 to 8 weeks during training for both medical students and resi-dents have been in existence for more than 20 years and have been one of the methods of providing inter