International Courses and Electives

• Child Family Health International (CFHI)

  http://www.cfhi.org
      The website has detailed information about programs in Bolivia, Ecuador, South Africa, Mexico and India. To apply go to http://www.cfhi.org/student_entry.php4 and for scholarship information connect to http://www.cfhi.org/scholarships.php4

• Healthcare for Street Children in Bolivia

  http://www.cfhi-news.c.topica.com/maacL4Jaba3MtaaaaaabaeQytn/
      The city of La Paz is home to 20 percent of Bolivia's population, including a dramatic number of street and working children - unattended children and adolescents who struggle to survive on the streets as well as children of desperately poor families in which all members must contribute to meet basic survival needs. CFHI's Pediatric Health in La Paz program offers a chance to experience first-hand the health needs of these vulnerable and underserved children.

• Hillside Health Care Center - Belize Elective

  http://www.hillsidebelize.net
      The Hillside Health Care Center International Medical Elective, Eldridgeville Toledo District Belize, Central America. Those eligible to apply are third and fouth year medical students, physician assistant students and medical residents. Hillside serves the population of the Toledo District, 79% of whom live below poverty level, through its fixed clinic structure, mobile clinics to remote villages and a home visit program for the elderly and disabled. The clinic also is active in community health programs. Hillside maintains a strong affiliation with the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and has continued to build upon the educational program started in southern Belize by MCW in the early 1990's. Hillside also welcomes physicians of all specialties, PAs, nurses and other health professionals, to volunteer their services at the clinic. This is an opportunity to lean the practice of medicine in a resource challenged, muti-cultural tropical setting. More information and online applications can be found at http://www.hillsidebelize.net. Nick Akgulian, M.D., Hillside Medical Director.

• International Health: Clinical & Community Care

  http://www.globalhealth.arizona.edu
      The University of Arizona summer course is a small group, problemsolving course preparing third and fourth year (North American) medical students, primary care residents, and other health care students for health care experiences in developing countries. This is a full-time (80 class hours), intensive, interactive course.

• International Mission Board - Southern Baptist Convention

  http://www.imb.org
      The Medical receptor program was designed to give future doctors a chance to use their skills in short term missions, to see what career medical missions is like and to consider realistically the possibility of serving, as well as to provide skilled short term assistance to career missionaries in the field. The program is open to medical students who have completed their third year and residents who have completed their second year who belong to a Souther Baptist Church. Application and instructions can be found at www.thetask.org/students/Apply/individual.htm.  Funding provided.

• News from the Association of American Medical Colleges

  http://www.faimer.org/resources/opportunities/index.html
      The AAMC, the foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research and the Global Health Education Consortium (formerly the International Health Medical Education Consortium) have produced an online resource on international medical education activities at U.S. and Canadian allopathic medical schools. The resource contains information on the extent and nature of international oppotunities for medical students, residents, and faculty. It lists the names of schools providing international opportunities, how these programs are funded, and in which geographical regions they occur. Users of this resource are encouraged to contact these medical schools individually for additional information on the programs listed.

• University of Nebraska Medical Center International Studies

  http://www.unmc.edu/isp
      Medical & Health Electives in Central America:  Belize - Wilderness & Tropical Medicine Rotations Basic & Advanced  |  Guatemala - Medical Spanish/Internation Health Courses Phase l & Phase ll levels  |  Nicaragua - Public & Medical Researcher/Voluteer Pre-clinical and clinical opportunities.

• Zambia Mission

  http://www.zambiamission.org
  photos available from former UTMB participant at http://zambia.smugmug.com/gallery/202616