Welcome to M.ED: Medical Education for the practicing clinician. In this episode I had the opportunity to have an interesting conversation with Dr. Ty Dickerson.

Dr. Dickerson is Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Health for the University of Utah School of Medicine where he also serves as the Assistant Dean of Global Health Education. He practices as a pediatric hospitalist at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, where he combines the clinical care of hospitalized children with the education of medical students and resident physicians. Dr Dickerson’s interests include community based maternal and child health in resource poor settings. In addition to teaching clinical medicine, Dr. Dickerson directs the graduate certificate in global medicine, co-directs the Ghana global health learning abroad program and lectures frequently on clinical pediatrics in global health in a variety of settings. In this episode, we discuss Dr. Dickerson’s role in global health leadership at the University of Utah, his thoughts on leadership in the global health sphere and ways students can have a role in global health education as part of an equitable partnership with institutions in resource poor settings. Enjoy!