Burnett School of Medicine at TCU Students Get Global Health Experience

Students from Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University spent four weeks in Bengaluru, India and saw first-hand what health care looks like outside of the United States. 

“I think that a global health clinical elective such as this one really helps the students appreciate their medical education in the United States,” said Hari Raja, M.D., Professor at Burnett School of Medicine at TCU.  “I think this will open their eyes to a whole different world of healthcare.” 

For Bhavana Sreepad, MS-4, the trip was a chance to return to where she was raised.  “Coming back was a very wonderful opportunity for me,” said Sreepad, who participated in the global health away rotation with classmates Jessica Ericson, MS-4, Simar Goyal, MS-4, Joel Raj, MS-4, and Akhila Sonti.

Sreepad still has family in Bengaluru and said helping patients in India was her way to give back to the community she grew up in. 

“I was surrounded by so much love with all my people around me,” said Sreepad, who matched in anesthesiology at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. “This was an incredible experience, and I think this will help me be a better doctor for my future patients.”