University of Minnesota Mankato Family Medicine Residency Program
101 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Mankato, MN 56001
Wendy Nowak, Program Coordinator
nowak.wendy@mayo.edu
(507)385-6572
University of Minnesota Mankato Family Medicine Residency Program
Contact Information
Description of Program
Global Family Medicine Pathway, available to family medicine residents in the University of Minnesota Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Mankato Family Medicine Residency Program.
Location(s) of international program: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Russia, India, Honduras and Nicaragua
Description of field experience:
Inpatient, ambulatory care, community health opportunities available in:
Description of field experience:
Inpatient, ambulatory care, community health opportunities available in:
- Africa (Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania)
- Asia (Russia and India)
- Central America (Honduras and Nicaragua)
- Others under development
Description of didactics: Comprehensive curriculum integrated throughout the three years of the residency including online web modules and lectures, journal club, book club, movie night and tropical medicine lecture series:
http://www.fm.umn.edu/education/residency/global/home.html
Pathway residents able to participate in the Tropical Medicine Course: http://www.globalhealth.umn.edu/onlinetrainingglobalhealth/index.html
GFM Pathway collaborates with Global Pediatrics, Global Health (Internal Medicine) and the School of Public Health.
Cost to individual resident: Travel, room and board costs minus a stipend if resident completes pathway curriculum and project.
Number of residents who have participated in the last two years: Program started 2011
Description of faculty involvement: Faculty with international experience at each participating residency site who have nurtured long-term relationships with a variety of communities around the world. Pathway residents will chose a faculty mentor. International experiences may or may not occur with UMN faculty.
Does the program accept medical students for trips? Some faculty-led trips are open to medical students.
Does the program accept residents from outside the program for trips? No.
Approximate time of year/duration of trips: Residents can do a one-month rotation during their second and/or third year of residency.
Who to contact if interested in applying:
Global Family Medicine Pathway
Director: Therese Zink, MD, MPH zink003@umn.edu
Coordinator: Erik Solberg, MA, MEd, (612)626-3124 solb0117@umn.edu
Mankato FM Residency Director: John McCabe, MD mccab007@umn.edu
Mankato Residency Coordinator: Wendy Nowak nowak.wendy@mayo.edu
http://www.fm.umn.edu/education/residency/global/home.html
Pathway residents able to participate in the Tropical Medicine Course: http://www.globalhealth.umn.edu/onlinetrainingglobalhealth/index.html
GFM Pathway collaborates with Global Pediatrics, Global Health (Internal Medicine) and the School of Public Health.
Cost to individual resident: Travel, room and board costs minus a stipend if resident completes pathway curriculum and project.
Number of residents who have participated in the last two years: Program started 2011
Description of faculty involvement: Faculty with international experience at each participating residency site who have nurtured long-term relationships with a variety of communities around the world. Pathway residents will chose a faculty mentor. International experiences may or may not occur with UMN faculty.
Does the program accept medical students for trips? Some faculty-led trips are open to medical students.
Does the program accept residents from outside the program for trips? No.
Approximate time of year/duration of trips: Residents can do a one-month rotation during their second and/or third year of residency.
Who to contact if interested in applying:
Global Family Medicine Pathway
Director: Therese Zink, MD, MPH zink003@umn.edu
Coordinator: Erik Solberg, MA, MEd, (612)626-3124 solb0117@umn.edu
Mankato FM Residency Director: John McCabe, MD mccab007@umn.edu
Mankato Residency Coordinator: Wendy Nowak nowak.wendy@mayo.edu
