Global Health and Tropical Medicine Course (GHTM)
Learn the basics of practicing tropical medicine in low-resource settings
Virtual attendance is required to meet the course’s continuing education certification requirements, and we cannot accommodate any exceptions.
July 14 - August 23, 2025
CHSC continuing education courses are offered at no cost to CHSC healthcare professionals and active CHSC volunteers serving with the CHSC Reserve Corps.
Course Faculty
Our course faculty collectively have decades of experience practicing and improving the quality of care in low-resource settings around the world.
Course Facilitator: Dr. Sarah Pruitt
Sarah Pruitt
DO, PhD, MSc
Sarah is a board-certified ER physician who graduated from the Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine and then completed residency training at the Geisinger Health System in Danville, PA in 2011. She was awarded her PhD from Virginia Tech in Health Promotion with an emphasis on international health and completed her dissertation on HIV awareness and education in El Salvador in 2009. She has worked extensively around the world in low resource settings and has been a part of medical care in over 20 different countries, having engaged in several disaster responses including natural disasters and infectious outbreaks. She spent the last 6 years serving and working at the Hospital of Hope in Togo, West Africa as a staff physician. She has completed her Masters in Disaster Healthcare from the University of South Wales and has a passion to see high-quality care delivered, regardless of the setting. Her goal is to elevate the care that mission hospitals deliver through this new partnership with CHSC. “Quality care everywhere is achievable, and we exist to come alongside others to make this a reality. For we are all made in the image of God and what better way to honor that than to strive to deliver the very best care possible in each setting.”
Course Presenters:
Gregory Seager
RN, MSN
Greg holds a master’s in nursing and healthcare leadership from The George Washington University. His graduate thesis project was on patient safety in global health. Greg is a member of the Christian CEO peer group C12. Greg is a frequent keynote speaker on global health and international health development. His book When Healthcare Hurts: An Evidence Based Guide for Best Practices in Global Health Initiatives is the first book to look seriously at the challenges of supporting both patient safety and human dignity in global health volunteer work. It defines evidence-based guidelines through which we can address these issues.
Kelly Frazier
md
Kelly is a US Board Certified Pediatrician who completed training and residency at the University of Louisville. After residency she spent two years in Tsiko, Togo at the Hôpital Baptiste Biblique through Samaritan’s Purse’s Post-Residency program. At the completion of that program, she joined ABWE as a full-time medical missionary to serve at the Hospital of Hope in Mango, Togo. During her nine years in long-term missions she specialized in neonatal care and pediatric cancer care in the Low and Middle-Income Country (LMIC) setting. During this time she was also able to care for people with infectious diseases including Lassa Fever and Ebola. “I want to come alongside medical workers to teach, encourage and equip, so that we can together see quality healthcare reach those most in need, for the honor of Christ and His witness to the nations.”
Course Overview
- Best Evidence Based Practice in Global Health
- Overview of WHO International Guidelines
- Vaccine Preventable Diseases
- Malaria
- OB in LMICs
- Preemie/Newborn Cares and Bubble CPAP
- Diagnosis and Management of Malnutrition
- Diseases of Neuro System
- Parasites
- Surgery in Missions Setting
- NRP
- PALS
- ACLS overview for LMIC settings
- Ethical Considerations in international health settings
- Fever in the tropics
- Traveler health and safety
Course Contact
For questions regarding this course contact us: [email protected]
Phone: 903-962-4000
For questions regarding financials or registration, please contact:
Candi Seager CFO