A long time in the making, finally, here it is… the Global Pulse blog!
This blog has many goals, among them:
1) To further discuss and follow up topics that have been covered in Global Pulse.
2) To discuss topics that are timely and important, but have not been discussed in Global Pulse for one reason or the other. For example, it is difficult obtaining an article from a medical student in the middle of a war or conflict.
3) To provide student leaders in global health a forum in which to communicate directly to medical students. For example, writing about a relevant and timely topic regarding their area of expertise, or the organization they represent, or of a project they have done.
4) To cover, in real-time (or at least a couple of days later!) events that are relevant to Global Pulse, for example, this year’s AMSA convention, March 12-16, in Houston, Texas!
5) Finally, it is a way for the editors of GP to directly communicate with our readers.
We will debut this blog covering the GHAC events of the AMSA convention. GHAC stands for “Global Health Action Committee” for all of you that are not quite used to all of acronyms we use at AMSA. As the name implies, the convention will feature outstanding events related to global health, and we will try to blog about them so y’all can read about them. I arrived in Texas a couple of hours ago, and “y’all looking for a cab?” was the first thing that was hurled at me at the airport, and now I’m stuck with y’all!
Additionally, we will also discuss the events of AMSA’s first Environmental Health Leadership Institute.
We are extremely excited to expand Global Pulse with a blog. Please add us to your blogroll, or subscribe to our RSS feed, and pass the word on to your colleagues!
Julio Bracero, Editor-in-Chief, Global Pulse