Here is a list of organizations and web sites that offer or publicize international health experiences. This is not an endorsement, but a listing of programs that some CHM students have used. Included are notes from the International Health Projects student meetings held in 2004 and 2003.
IHP Meeting 10/4/04 |
Meg Lekander - Guatemala
Program: Medical Spanish Language and work on public health projects
Sponsored by: Self-designed, AMSA web site
Length of stay: 7 weeks
Cost: $3,000
Funding: Foreign Language Area Studies Scholarship (FLAS) through MSU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies |
Adrienne Haggins - Costa Rica
Program The Latin Spanish Patient in the Environment of Tropical Medicine (Medical Spanish)
Sponsored by: IHCAI
Length of stay: 4 weeks
Cost: $500 air, program $1,500
Funding: Enrolled for independent study credit and received $2,200 in financial aid |
Karen Song - Ecuador
Program: Reproductive Health, Spanish language class
Sponsored by: CFHI
Length of stay: July 31-August 28
Cost: $2,600 ($700 air, $1725 program) |
Yvonne Butler - South Africa
Program: Capetown, healthcare system
Sponsored by: CFHI
Length of stay: 4 weeks
Cost: $1,700 plus air
Funding: Enrolled for 4 independent study credits and received financial aid |
Zack Hickner and 2 other Y1 students - United Kingdom: History of Health Care and Medical Ethics
Sponsored by: MSU Office of Study Abroad, Center for
Ethics and Humanities
Length of stay: 5 weeks
Cost: $2,508 program fee for 2005 plus air, etc.
Funding: Enrolled for course credits and received financial aid |
Tanya Pulver - Peru
Program: Week in Lima shadowing, 2nd week observe surgical team do cleft palate surgery in province, assist CHM physician in work with patients
Sponsored by: Self-designed, second week with Peruvian surgeon
Length of stay: 2 weeks
Cost: $500 air, $500 - $700 for lodging, board, trips
Funding: Raised money |
IHP Meeting in Fall, 2003 |
Kristin Batty - India
Program: Traditional Indian Medicine (classes) and helped provide care in rural clinics in Himalayan foothills
Sponsored by: CFHI
Length of stay: 4 weeks
Cost: $1600 program, $1400 air
Funding: Enrolled for independent study credit and received financial aid |
Charlotte LaRue - Mexico
Program: Tropical Medicine on the Coast of Mexico
Sponsored by: CFHI
Length of stay: 4 weeks
Cost: $1250 program, $750 air, $500 homestay
Funding: Financial aid and self-pay |
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