I joined the GHHM course without keeping any assumptions of what it would contain and what it could teach me. However, before i start describing the course I have to mention about Dr. Ankur and the ease in which he helped us organise and get ready for the course and helped us through out the course regarding all matters of the course at micro level especially considering the fact that he was a participant in the course himself.
The course with its lectures, group discussions etc. broadened my view on how to manage a case, emergency, outbreak etc. holistically rather than just a clinical approach and the diverse opinions and views of my peers who were all established professionals aided tremendously in improving my outlook with regard to all aspects of medicine and various aspects of life. The practical approach to all aspects of medicine in all manners of setting and circumstances that was imbibed in us through the wonderful and engrossing lectures will remain with me through the length of my career. Special mention of the week spent at CMC Vellore is absolutely necessary as the Lab and clinical training and the interaction between RCP, MSF,CMC Vellore faculty and GHHM participants provided a wealth of information that is incomparable to what one learns purely by means of academic stream.
Following my completion of GHHM, I worked in an ICMR measles and rubella project and am currently working as Surveillance Medical Officer for W.H,O in Bihar, India. I am extremely glad that i attended the GHHM course as the knowledge and experience that i gained during the course aids me in almost all spectrum of my day to day work especially with regard to investigation of VPDs, outbreak investigation and management, holistic management of cases with special focus on careful approach to mental health of people and patients involved, emergency management as is seen in the current Corona situation etc.