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placebased international electives build global health competencies existed decades however electives require travel infeasible many trainees around world particularly insufficient financial resources logistical complexities visa limitations emergence virtual approaches global health electives catalyzed travel pause related covid19 pandemic necessitates exploration learner impacts participant diversity curricular frameworks child family health international cfhi nonprofit global health education organization partners universities expand immersive educational offerings launched virtual global health elective 2021 elective drew faculty bolivia ecuador ghana mexico philippines uganda united states study aimed describe newly developed virtual global health elective curriculum evaluate demographics impacts trainee participants eightytwo trainees enrolled virtual global health elective january may 2021 completed 1 pre postelective selfassessments domains competency mapped elective curriculum 2 free text responses standardized questions data analyzed descriptive statistical analysis paired ttesting qualitative thematic analysis virtual global health elective 40 participants hail countries united states selfreported competency global health broadly planetary health low resource clinical reasoning overall composite competency significantly increased qualitative analysis revealed learner development health systems social determinants health critical thinking planetary health cultural humility professional practice virtual global health electives effectively develop key competencies global health virtual elective 40fold increase proportion trainees outside united states compared prepandemic placebased electives virtual platform facilitates accessibility learners variety health professions wide range geographic socioeconomic environments research needed confirm expand selfreported data pursue approaches greater diversity equity inclusion virtual frameworks