Neurology Nuts and Bolts: Constructing Your Career, Types of Careers: Global Health

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Listen here to Neurology Nuts and Bolts: Constructing Your Career, a podcast from Creator and Executive Producer Sara Schaefer MD MHS about all the things that you wish you were taught about the practice of neurology. The podcast covers types of careers, contracts and worth, promotional development and CV building, continuing medical education and maintenance of certification, visas, billing and coding, challenges on the job, work/life balance, and more.

Originally released: July 22, 2025

Galina Gheihman discusses global health with Dr. Katie Holroyd, who performs global health research in Thailand and the Dominican Republic, and Dr. Michael Rubenstein, who has a longitudinal clinical global health practice in Tanzania. They discuss how they divide their time and manage funding and institutional expectations, the importance of mindset and humility when approaching global health work, and why they chose to do what they do.

Further resources:

1. Viewpoint article mentioned by Dr. Holroyd: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38165668/
2. Neurology Resident and Fellow Section Without Borders blogs by Dr. Holroyd sharing tips for trainees interested in global neurology: www.neurology.org/media/blog-post/five-questions-about-global-neurology-youve-always-had-but-were-afraid-to-ask-part-1-of-2; www.neurology.org/media/blog-post/five-questions-about-global-neurology-youve-always-had-but-were-afraid-to-ask-part-2-of-2
3. Dr. Michael Rubenstein’s Blog: www.michaelintanzania.com

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