Welcome back to Feinberg!

We hope you have had both an educationally enriching and eye-opening international experience, and we would love to hear about it!

Keep the following in mind as you transition back into Feinberg,

• Write thank-you notes to those who contributed significantly in making your international experience successful for you.
  
  
• Share your experience by...
  
• (required) Filling out a Trip Evaluation form or submit your travel diary to Maria Sferruzza, Global Health Programs Coordinator.  As an FSM student, you will have a chance to comment freely about your international/rotation or research experience, social and cultural aspects, quality and cost of the experience. You can rate your experience and pass along valuable information to both students and administration. Pictures of your experience are always welcome. Your comments will be posted to the forum for rising students' reference.
  
  Trip Report form        
       
  
• (optional) Fill out information to be in the Feinberg Spotlight, and be featured on the home page.
  Submit a form.
  
  
• Introduce yourself to some of our partner students here as visiting students on away rotations. As an M4, you may run into these students on the wards. They are students in their final year of medical school from many countries and would be happy to meet FSM students. You may sign-up to access the Abroad Experience forum where partner student contact information is listed.  This is a great way to keep up your language skills while being a Feinberg ambassador.
  
  
  
• If you are an M4 and requested elective credit for your international rotation, please turn in your completed evaluation form to Barbara Reiffman, Medical School Registrar. This evaluation should have been filled out by an attending who supervised you during your rotation.  If the form needs to be mailed in, be sure to follow up with your program/institution. 
  
  
  
• Participate in Feinberg's Community Health opportunities through the Office of Minority and Cultural Affairs and the Department of Family Medicine. This is a good way to keep up those language skills that improved abroad!
  
  
  
• There are student-run organizations that provide outreach services to the Chicago community and borders beyond. In addition to providing a service, these experiences are also great ways to practice and improve language skills.
  
  
• Browse the Global Health Education Consortium (GHEC) website. Since Feinberg School of Medicine is an institutional member, students can access GHEC resources. There are ongoing projects, such as teaching modules, and information about their annual conference.
  
  
• Write an article for The Lancet, an online resource that connects students from across the globe in a discussion of global health issues, seeks student contributions for the Articles section on topics including: Conflict, Health and Human Rights, and HIV/AIDS.
  
  
• Write an article for Global Pulse, AMSA's international health journal.