Global Health Pathway

The Global Health Pathway is a concentration available to selected students in the Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions who seek a rich, transformative experience learning about and working with diverse populations, whether locally or abroad.

By integrating knowledge with action, Pathway students will gain invaluable insight into contemporary global health issues through course work, as well as global health service learning and clinical experiences in both local and/or international areas – all while satisfying their primary degree program requirements.

How it Works

Global Health Pathway students apply in the early part of their program. Students will integrate the Global Health Pathway Competencies into their primary degree requirements by focusing on global health issues through coursework, service, interprofessional reflection, local and/or international global health immersions.

The GHP is a largely student-driven, independent study with advising through the Global Health Pathway Committee.

Current Immersion Experiences

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La Ciudad de la Esperanza – Coban, Guatemala

This international immersion in Coban, Guatemala, focuses on collaborative education with Guatemalan health care providers, including primary care, nursing, pharmacy and rehabilitation professionals, in clinical, community and potentially educational settings. This immersion includes a focus on health education, prevention and rehabilitation with the primary community partner: La Ciudad de la Esperanza medical clinic and school. All students and faculty participate in direct care, service projects, clinical observation and interprofessional education and learning.

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Haven of Hope – Denver, Colorado

This domestic immersion with Haven of Hope, a Denver-based day shelter supporting guests experiencing homelessness, near-homelessness and/or poverty, provides students the opportunity to experience, reflect and respond to the health and well-being needs of Haven of Hope guests. All students and faculty participate in direct care at the GHP clinic on the first and third Wednesdays of the month, provide compassion care/meal service, participate in service projects, facilitate organization staff continuing education, and experience interprofessional education and learning. This immersion addresses urban homelessness and poverty.

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La Puente – Alamosa, Colorado

This domestic immersion with La Puente, an organization serving guests experiencing homelessness, near-homelessness, and/or poverty, throughout the San Luis Valley, provides students the opportunity to experience, reflect, and respond to the health and wellbeing needs of La Puente guests during a weekend immersion. All students and faculty participate in direct care at the GHP health fair and clinic, provide outreach to unhoused/tenting community members at the city encampment and along the riverbank in Alamosa, participate in service projects, facilitate organization staff continuing education, and experience interprofessional education and learning. This immersion addresses rural homelessness and poverty.

Past Experiences

Ipalamwa, Tanzania

Health care professionals from all disciplines worked in Global Volunteers' 8-bed health clinic in Ipalamwa, Tanzania. The clinic focuses on maternal and child health care and offers services, including health screenings and checkups, to nearly 20,000 citizens, the vast majority of whom are children.

Huancayo, Peru

In partnership with Regis University, the Catholic Medical Mission Board built two interprofessional community-based rehabilitation programs as part of their mission to transform the lives of vulnerable women and children

Program Framework

The Global Health Pathway is built on student experiences framed within three pillars: Service, Education and Clinical Practice. These pillars help students see health care systems through many lenses to achieve competencies that will transform their work.

Students engage in coursework, service learning and immersion experiences to complete the GHP Competencies through the established assessment process.

Contact GHP

For more information, contact the Global Health Pathway staff at globalhealth@regis.edu or 303.964.5754.

Download Program Application