Table 1.

Annual July orientation at the NIH for the Fogarty Global Health Fellows and Scholars Program

Objective	Activities
Field placement planning	Logistics, including transportation, visas, timetables, communications
	Safety, including vehicular travel and traffic, sexual assault, theft, evacuation
	Contingency planning and introduction to program leaders
Training and skill building	Quantitative methods (epidemiology, biostatistics) and qualitative methods
	Research design and statistical package (Stata®; StataCorp LP, College Station, TX)
	Introduction to mixed methods research
Scientific networking	Introduction to the NIH (e.g., NIH Director, and Institute and Center directors)
	Mentorship from alumni of Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars and Fellows and Global Health Fellows Programs
	Group/individual meetings with program staff of NIH institutes, centers, and offices
Team building and social interaction	Trainees room with a peer and have evening social activities
	Ice-breaker reception, banquet, evening monument tour in Washington, DC
	Country-specific break-out sessions for current/former trainees and mentors
Documentation and career building	Preparation of manuscripts for publication in indexed journals
	How to present one's work briefly and succinctly (the “elevator speech”)
	Photography and social media address style and ethics of engagement with photo subjects
	Grant writing, career development awards, other NIH grants including those available to foreign citizens
Current global health initiatives (examples, among many)	The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Research
	Scientific response to global health emergencies (e.g., Ebola virus)
	Scientific progress and need to extend to low- and middle-income countries (e.g., Rotavirus vaccine)

AIDS = acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; NIH = National Institutes of Health.