The Amsterdam International
Medical Summer School. In 2008, two courses will be presented Health informatics
and patient safety, from admission to discharge July 6 – 18, 2008, and
Medicine: Heart failure and repair (a four week course) July 6 – August
1, 2008 http://www.amsu.edu or email: office@amsu.edu
University of Amsterdam Medical Informatics (MSc programme) A two year Master
of Science program. http://www.mikenik.nl
CENTRO PANAMERICANO
DE IDIOMAS (CPI) a Spanish immersion language school located in Costa
Rica, offers specialized medical Spanish course options for the spring semester.
The “Medical Spanish Course” consists of two separate sessions;
the first session is scheduled at the CIP Flamingo Beach campus site and the
second at the CPI Monteverde Cloud Forest campus. Each course is two weeks
in length with specialized Spanish classes (5.5 hour of class per day). The
sessions offered consecutively as an option of four successive weeks of medical
Spanish classes. Dates are: May 19-30, 2008 (Flamingo Beach) and June 2-13,
2008 (CPI Monteverde Cloud Forest). A three-week course is scheduled for August
4-22, 2008 at CPI Heredia. For more information: www.cpi-edu.com
or phone (506) 265-6306 (ext. 108), email: gruposmv@cpi-edu.com
Volunteer Medical Opportunity - Rural El Salvador
Clinical, Project Management, and Public Health opportunity in a clinic and
community health project in rural El Salvador
* Contribute significantly to social justice and the health of the poor through
work with a growing community-based organization
* Employ advocacy, creativity, and clinical problem solving skills to secure
basic human rights for your patients
* Experience a wide range of clinical work and learning opportunities, especially
in pediatrics and OBGYN.
* Share clinical responsibilities with and learn from experienced locally
trained health promoters
* Learn about and use local natural medicines
* Take part in public health campaigns and interact with a vibrant group of
community health workers
* Enjoy in-depth contact with your patients and participate in the life of
the community
* Explore local culture and experience rural Latin American life
Location: The communities of Estancia, a rural village in a beautiful mountainous
area of eastern El Salvador, in the Departamento (state) of Morazán.
Sponsoring Institutions: You will work with the Asociación de Campesinos
para el Desarrollo Humano, an up-and-coming Salvadoran grassroots NGO that
is run entirely by local campesinos, as a volunteer sent by Doctors for Global
Health (DGH - see www.dghonline.org).
(Posted 9/20/07)
Interhealth
South America, Ecuador Beginning Spanish Speakers **Rural Track** June
24 – July 21, 2007, February 3 – March 1, 2008, March 30 –
April 26, 2008 Program Prerequisites: Students must have completed at least
their first year of medical school. Have an interest in taking part in international
education programs in a group context. No previous study of Spanish language
required. www.InterhealthSouthAmerica.net
Advanced Beginner/Intermediate Speakers: June 24
– July 21, 2007, February 3 – March 1, 2008, March 30 –
April 26, 2008. Program Prerequisites: Students must have completed at least
their first year of medical school. Have an interest in taking part in international
education programs in a group context. Spanish language speaking ability
at an advanced beginner level or better.
"Spanish-Medical.com is an organization that
helps premedical and medical students to participate in a medically-focused
Spanish language immersion program in Latin America. The organization has
partnered with three separate Spanish language schools, and have campuses
in four countries: Argentina, Chile, Guatemala, and Mexico. Each location
provides students with a unique opportunity to simultaneously be immersed
in the rich culture of the area, participate in an intense Spanish language
training program (usually 20-30 hours per week of private or small group classes),
stay with a local family, and also shadow a physician for several hours each
week. The organization works with medical schools to ensure that the necessary
paperwork is completed in order for students to receive academic credit for
their experiences." Website: www.spanish-medical.com. Contact Info: E-mail
for more info: info@spanish-medical.com Phone: Telephone: (970) 412-7245 Program
Coordinator: Steve Foster, e-mail: steve@spanish-medical.com."
Summer Courses in French Language Universite’
De Geneve http://coursete.unige.ch
Geneva, Switzerland
CHILD FAMILY HEALTH
INTERNATIONAL - a nonprofit organization in San Francisco, California
that builds and strengthens sustainable healthcare services for underserved
communities worldwide. Contact this site for information about internships
and nternational health electives for medical, premedical, residents and nursing
students. South Africa, Ecuador, India, Mexico and Bolivia Website: http://www.cfhi.org
GLOBAL
HEALTH CONFERENCE: Unite For Sight Fifth Annual International Health Conference
"Building Global Health For Today and Tomorrow", April 12-13, 2008,
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/2008
Join 2,000 conference attendees and 130 speakers for a stimulating
conference.
HIMALAYAN
HEALTH EXCHANGE 2007-08 International Health Expeditions Schedule
Himalayan Health Exchange in conjunction with 'Central Maine Family Medicine
Residency Program' will organize the following medical/dental camps in the
remote regions of north India and Indo-Tibetan Borderlands in 2006-07. Participation
is open to: residents, dentists, pharmacists, nurses and medical, dental,
nursing and public health students from the US, UK and
Canada. Each trip is designed to provide care to approximately 1,500 underserved
patients and an opportunity for international health exposure to participants.
Resident and student participation is limited to 30 on each trip. NOTE: Participants
are responsible for arranging their own funding to meet expedition cost and
must be willing to put in a minimum of 6-8 hours of
clinical work, each day, for the duration of each clinical period.
For details, e-mail:
mailto:info@himalayanhealth.com web URL: http://www.himalayanhealth.com/
Phone: (404) 929-9399
Ravi I Singh
or
Guy Nuki MD "Guy Nuki"
Adjunct Faculty
Central Maine Medical Center
Family Medicine Residency Program
Clinical Instructor
Boston University
MAP International Medical
Fellowships are for students who hear a different drummer – who
are considering a career in international health in the context of Christian
medical missions. Since 1971, over 1,800 third and fourth year medical students,
interns and residents have received travel assistance fellowships from MAP
for externships in mission hospitals in developing countries. The benefits
for the externs have been many and varied. The students’ reports are
enthusiastic as they recount busy days in the wards and surgical theaters,
as well as medical safaris into the bush or to far-off villages where people
lack access to basic medical care. The hardships and frustrations, as well
as the joys of medical missions are brought home to them in an eight week
(or six week for interns/residents) period of service in the developing world.
Further information as well as an online application is available from their
website www.map.org. Contact MAP International
for an original application and additional information at 404-880-0540 or
email mstevenson@map.org
International
Health Internships and Volunteer Programs Global Service Corps Email:
gsc@earthisland.org Phone: (415) 788-3666 x128 Fax: (415) 788-7324 Website:
http://www.globalservicecorps.org/
In our information age, the world’s geographical boundaries are shrinking
while its population is growing. There are many challenges facing the earth?s
inhabitants in the next century, and health care is a major component of building
a peaceful and sustainable future for all. Global Service Corps (GSC) Health
Programs in Tanzania and Thailand seek to address the challenge of health
care in the developing world, while providing opportunities for students and
professionals that cannot be found in the classroom, textbook or laboratory.
Global Service Corps seeks students and health professionals who are ready
to tackle the difficulties and challenges of human health and education in
environments very different from those they are accustomed to in the West.
Our primary program goals are not to impart our Western methods and customs,
but rather to provide communities with appropriate services that have a real
impact, and most importantly, to share the knowledge and compassion that comes
through listening and learning from one another. These programs expose participants
to health issues in developing countries. Both health professionals and pre-med,
health and medical students are welcome to participate in the International
Health Internship Program. Internships are available year-round.
UNITE FOR SITE:
Volunteer Opportunities in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe Unite
for Site volunteers prescribe eyeglasses, screen for eye disease and coordinate
and fund diagnosis treatment, and surgery by teachers and educate children
and adults about eye health and ways to prevent blindness. For additional
information contact: Jennifer Staple email: JStaple@uniteforsight.org. Website:
www.uniteforsight.org
CHINA ELECTIVE (MDCN 2201)Western
& Traditional Chinese Medicine in the People's Replubic of China. Four
week elective available for fourth year medical students. Students provide
their own transportation. Stipend of approximately $3,000 will help pay living
expenses during the rotation. Contact Dr. John McCabe, Department of Emergency
Medicine, IHP, Phone 464-9500 or email: mccabej@upstate.edu
MEDICAL SPANISH/INTERNATIONAL
HEALTH COURSE Antigua and San Lucas Toliman, Guatamala Sponsored by the
Office of International Studies and Programs, University of Nebraska Medical
Center
MEDSPANISH PROGRAM
The MedSpanish program is proud to be closely affiliated with The Pan American
Collaborative Emergency Medicine PACEMD Development Program. San Miguel de
Allende, Mexico Contact info: Info@MedSpanish.com website: www.pacemd.org
or www.MedSpanish.com
MEDICAL SPANISH/INTERNATIONAL
HEALTH We have openings in our four-week July and August courses. See
full details at http://www.unmc.edu/isp;
be sure to read the Additional Information section. After checking the web
site, interested applicants can contact me at sepirtle@unmc.edu
if there are further questions.
LOS CHAVALITOS
MCH CLINIC IN NICARAGUA I am the volunteer coordinator for Los Chavalitos
maternal child health clinic in Managua, Nicaragua, which offers a unique
summer volunteer program for first and second year medical students. Volunteers
come for four or more weeks and participate in, or conduct, a public health
research project or study approved by the clinic physicians. The typical study
involves interaction with the residents of the communities served by the clinic.
There is clinical exposure with this elective, but the primary focus is non-clinical.
Students live with Nicaraguan families and must be comfortably conversant
in Spanish. For additional information about the programs listed above, contact:
Sara E. Pirtle, MBA, Coordinator, International Studies & Programs, University
of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5735, 402 559 2924, 402 559 2923
(fax) sepirtle@unmc.edu, http://www.unmc.edu/isp
SERVICE LEARNING
AND COMMUNITY RESEARCH IN SOUTH AFRICA AND MEXICO Both programs focus
on health and education, support group projects, mental health projects, education
for children and adolescents, women's health issues, nutrition and other topics
and services identified by the local community that affect their well being.
IASE participants may choose Mexico program or South Africa program. For information
visit www.iaseco.org or e-mail at info@iaseco.com,
phone 415-982-1296.
DIRECTORY OF INTERNATIONAL
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS. The directory
is published as a service to U.S. students interested in arranging overseas
internships in reproductive health, women's health and family planning services.
RHI Directory is unique from other directories in that it specifically targets
reproductive health, and family planning services.
INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE
IN SERVICE AND EDUCATION, a non-profit public benefit corporation in San
Francisco, CA promotes health and education in underserved communities and
provides service learning opportunities abroad for students to reflect on
international moral responsibility.
SWAZILAND
ELECTIVE an elective coordinated by a member of the Dept. of Family Medicine
of the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA for students and residents
interested in providing service - and learning in that process - a variety
of settings in the Kingdom of Swaziland, South Africa. Offered to English
speaking medical students from within and beyond the US who will be final
year students at the time of participating in the elective.
The International
Health Central American Institute Foundation invites you to visit their
new IHCAI web page which they have just recently re-launched. Their website
address is: www.ihcai.org. You can download
the PDF file containing the courses and rotations prospectus. They also have
an electronic registration form and several Scholarships available for students
from different schools and one for one student from any School IHMEC institutional
member. In the website, you will be able to find out more about other programs,
however, not all the information is in there yet.
AWHS OVERSEAS ASSISTANCE GRANT - American Medical
Women's Association available to a National AMWA student member completing
their 2nd, 3rd or 4th year of accredited US allopathic or osteopathic
medical stchool. Program must be sponsored by the school another school or
an outside agency. The grant will provide assistance with transportation costs
up to $1500 connected with pursuing medical studies in an off-campus setting
benefiting the medically underserved. For additional information and an application,
contact Marie Glanz: mglanz@amwa-doc.org
INTERHEALTH SOUTH AMERICA, ECUADOR, SOUTH AMERICA
(For more information contact: Don Wedemeyer, MD, Marta Alarcon, MD, Interhealth
South America, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., USF 30404, Tampa, FL 33620, 813-935-3480,
dwedemeyer@pol.net)
INTERNATIONAL
SERVICE LEARNING: International Medical Rotations: Central America, Mexico,
Trinidad, Tanzania. Four week field experience in Medical/Dental/Veterinary
clinical work. Teams are scheduled throughout the year, see www.ISLonline.org
This team program presents a unique and exciting opportunity for students
to experience medical/dental/veterinary clinical work first hand in the challenging
context of both "outback" and urban Central American, Mexico, Caribbean
Basin and Tanzania. You may be traveling by 4x4s, motorized river canoes,
horseback (optional), bus, cab and foot. Experience the irony of profound
natural beauty amidst profound poverty and make a difference! Teams of ten
to fourteen students are accompanied by professional medical staff in addition
to resident medical staff at most locations. Contact Vanessa Mendoza info@ISLonline.org
or 361-937-2878.
Dr. Jerrold Abraham (abrahamj@upstate.edu),
Department of Pathology
Japan, Brazil, London, Belgium, Scotland, Israel, Canada
Dr. H. Hesham A-Kadar Hassan (heshamh@aol.com)
Department of Gastroenterology & Nutrition
Egypt
Dr. Scott Tatum (Tatums@upstate.edu)
Plastic Surgery
Germany, China, Russia, Croatia
Involved with Face-to-Face, a program similar to Operation Smile with opportunities
in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Dr. Gary G. Wang (Wangg@upstate.edu)
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
China
