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Our Training Program

We offer opportunities for medical students, OBGYN residents and fellow physicians to travel to our partner sites for clinical and/or research electives during their training.

Recent Projects

Amanda Manorot spearheading class

In Ethiopia, Amanda Manorot spearheaded the development of a clinical quality improvement database to track maternal morbidity and mortality and led on-the-ground training and implementation during a four-week elective and later a four-week clinical elective.

residents doing a selfie

Beth Wole led on-the-ground training and implementation of the clinical quality improvement database, in Ethiopia, particularly focused on patient and clinician acceptability of the project. Also, helped to analyze c-section indications using data from the newly implemented database. 

Learn about arranging electives for:

Resident and fellow physicians

Medical students:

For more information:

Please contact Abbey Merryman, MD