GLOBAL IMPACT

Health challenges do not stop at national borders. They are shaped by migration, poverty, conflict, disease, environmental stress, and the conditions of daily life. Physicians cannot solve these forces through clinical care alone, but they must understand how these forces shape the lives of the people they serve.

Global health, service-learning, and community-engaged experiences help students and faculty develop the humility, cultural understanding, collaboration, and resourcefulness needed to care across differences. Students learn to work with communities to address their self-identified priorities and drive lasting change.

The BYU School of Medicine works hand-in-hand with humanitarian organizations, ministries of health, healthcare institutions, universities, and community leaders who understand their communities best. We strive to improve health through education, service, research, and local capacity strengthening.

Through a structured four-year curriculum and supervised immersive global experiences, students and faculty learn within existing local frameworks while contributing to ongoing efforts designed to improve health and relieve suffering. Our work is guided by humility, sustainability, mutual learning, and respect for community-identified priorities.

Global health and humanitarian service are not simply programs at the BYU School of Medicine—they are foundational to how we prepare physicians.

Our medical education program is designed to cultivate physicians who pursue clinical excellence while demonstrating compassion, integrity, humility, and a commitment to lifelong service. Through ongoing learning, humanitarian engagement, and immersive experiences, students gain the practical skills needed to work effectively across cultures, communities, and healthcare systems.

Ultimately, we hope to prepare physicians who measure success not only by what they accomplish, but by how and whom they serve. This can lead to a career of seeking to follow the Savior’s example of healing, service, and love.