• RayessFadya ElFEWarren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Department of Family Medicine., Anna Filip, Anna Doubeni, Calvin Wilson, Cynthia Haq, Marc Debay, Gowri Anandarajah, Warren Heffron, Neil Jayasekera, Paul Larson, Bruce Dahlman, Olga Valdman, and Vince Hunt.
• Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Department of Family Medicine.
• Fam Med. 2017 Feb 1; 49 (2): 106-113.

Background And ObjectivesMany US medical schools and family medicine departments have responded to a growing interest in global health by developing global health fellowships. However, there are no guidelines or consensus statements outlining competencies for global health fellows. Our objective was to develop a mission and core competencies for Family Medicine Global Health Fellowships.MethodsA modified Delphi technique was used to develop consensus on fellowship competencies. A panel, comprised of 13 members with dual expertise in global health and medical education, undertook an iterative consensus process, followed by peer review, from April to December 2014.ResultsThe panel developed a mission statement and identified six domains for family medicine global health fellowships: patient care, medical knowledge, professionalism, communication and leadership, teaching, and scholarship. Each domain includes a set of core and program-specific competencies.ConclusionThe family medicine global health competencies are intended to serve as an educational framework for the design, implementation, and evaluation of individual family medicine global health fellowship programs.

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