The GLC Pathway certificate program supports Boston Medical Center/Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine psychiatry residents interested in global, local, and cultural psychiatry in the areas of service delivery, education and training, and research. We are focused on promoting and supporting trainees in developing a foundational understanding of the field, gaining the knowledge, experience, and skills to engage in global and local work in residency and their future careers, and the ability to incorporate these skills and understanding into their care of patients during training and beyond. We are invested in supporting the development of future leaders in psychiatry who use a culturally informed lens to address health disparities and improve mental health access and equity locally and globally.

Core Program Components:

1. Mentorship: Primary mentors: Residents will be tasked to identify their own pathway mentor, who can be a faculty, staff, or global fellow within the BMC/BUSM or collaborating institutions. Annual Pathway Meeting: Residents will meet with the Pathway Co-Directors on admission to the pathway and once yearly thereafter to review progress, goals, and mentorship experiences.

2. GLC Pathway Didactics: Core didactic topics are as follows:

   a)        Introduction to Global Psychiatry: Health Disparities and Inequity

   b)        Introduction to Global Psychiatry: Foundational Concepts

   c)        Introduction to Sociocultural Psychiatry

   Global and Local Center for Mental Health Disparities (GLCMHD) Grand Rounds Series: Residents are expected to attend the annual GLCMHD Global Minds, Local Insights Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds Series which occurs 3-4 times a year on Thursdays at 12pm.

   Yearly Didactic Series: Bimonthly GLC Pathway Didactics provide a curriculum on core global psychiatry topics taught by local and international lecturers and rotate over the 3 years of the pathway.

3. Optional training opportunities: Residents are also welcomed to engage in additional educational activities that will support their training in the GLC Pathway, including: Weekly Global Psychiatry Clinical Research Fellowship global didactics, Global Health Seminars through the BU School of Public Health, and Local, national, and global conferences

4. Area of focus: During their first year in the Global Local Cultural Pathway, residents will select a primary area of focus which will guide their pathway experience. Residents can select from the following areas of focus: (1) Service Delivery, (2) Education and Training, and (3) Research.

5. Global-Local Projects: As part of the Pathway, residents must complete a global-local project within the areas of service delivery, education and training, or research. Projects should be sustainable and promote capacity building, decolonization, bidirectional partnerships, local leadership, and epistemic justice.