Graduate global opportunities

Several UMSN master's programs offer opportunities for faculty-led clinical experience abroad as part of the curriculum. Locations have recently included Ghana, Liberia, the Netherlands, Honduras, Uganda and Thailand.

NURSING: MIDWIFERY IN THE NETHERLANDS

Estimated Dates: April 2023

This clinical immersion experience allows nurse-midwifery students to experience what midwifery looks like in the Dutch system.  The Dutch system is unique in the way that midwives are integrated into all levels of care and for offering Dutch women the opportunity to freely choose between home, birth center, and hospital birth.  During this experience, the nurse-midwifery student will be paired with a midwifery practice in order to attend prenatal appointments, births, and postpartum visits.  Students will be paired primarily with first-line midwives which means most of the care will be provided in the home.  

 

Graduate Midwifery Clinical Immersion at Kanad Hospital, United Arab Emirates 

Estimated Dates: January 6-26, 2023  

This clinical experience allows nurse midwifery students to experience what midwifery looks like at Kanad Hospital, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.

Clinical experiences:

• Labor & delivery
• High risk antenatal clinic
• OB ER
• Gynecology
• Labor support workshop
• Trends in birth choices
• Potential projects/presentations (fulfills a course assignment for N677)

Cultural experiences:

• Community visits with Arab women
• Visits with hospital staff
• Multicultural church services (optional)
• Site visits to Jebal Hafeet, museums, sand dunes, Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, Burj Khalifa, gold souq, spice market, abra ride across the creek in Dubai
• Persian Gulf beach day

NURSING: GRADUATE CLINICAL IMMERSION IN UGANDA

Tentative: Additional information coming soon. 

Like research opportunities, internship and service (e.g. volunteer) engagements provide a broad range of opportunities to those graduate students who make a commitment of their time to gain the global experience. These opportunities are available through U-M as well as through a number of other accredited colleges, universities and external organizations.

• The Office of Global Affairs recommends checking with nursing faculty regularly engaged in global research projects that may coincide with your academic interests, as there may be opportunities to integrate work on such projects with a required course or clinical integration. Visit the faculty global engagement page to learn more about faculty members and their geographic and clinical areas of experience.
• The Office of Global Affairs can help you set up a global internship/project with one of the UMSN global partners. If you are interested in exploring an internship/project with a UMSN Global Partner, fill out this form. The Office of Global Affairs will respond to your request after identifying potential opportunities that match your interests.
• PAHO Internship and Practicum program
  The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) trains young and energetic individuals entering the field of public health and who are interested in providing services to the World Health Organization on a voluntary basis. PAHO interns/volunteers are matched with appropriate technical or administrative programs based on their personal interests and skills. Placements opportunities include PAHO Headquarters in Washington DC, PAHO country offices, as well as the Pan American centers in the North and South America or in the Caribbean region.
• William Davidson Institute (WDI): Global Impact internships
  Housed in the Ross School of Business, the William Davidson Institute offers internships to students from across the University in one of two programs. In the first, students are responsible for setting up the internship, and can then apply to WDI for grants of up to $10,000 to fund their internship. Placements must be located in developing countries and are encouraged to focus on the business of healthcare. The second program consists of internships with organizations with which WDI already has affiliations. These are available on a rolling basis and come with awards of up to $10,000 plus up to $1,500 for travel to and from the internship site.
• The U-M International Center's Education Abroad Office serves as a clearinghouse for information on a broad range of education abroad options (e.g., study, internships, volunteering, etc.).

• U-M Center for Human Growth and Development: Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training program

  This U-M program, funded by the NIH, is dedicated to increasing the presence of underrepresented minorities in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. Students who are accepted embark on three-month research positions with U-M faculty to international placements where they conduct their research.

• Global Health Fellowship program
  This is an 11-month clinical research training program for post-doctorate trainees and doctoral students in the health professions, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health’s Fogarty International Center (FIC) in partnership with several NIH Institutes and Centers. U-M is one of four consortium universities in partnership with this program.