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Dates: |
June 14 - June 27, 2009 |
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Application Deadline: |
March 1,
2009 |
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Medical Director: |
David S.
Drozek, D.O., |
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email:
drozek@oucom.ohiou.edu
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 First,
third and fourth year medical students will
participate in providing health care along with U.S.
and Salvadoran health care workers in inner city
clinics and village “brigades” . They will support
the ongoing work of CEDEINFA (Center for the
Complete Development of Children and Their
Families), a non-profit, non-denominational mission
that helps rescue high-risk Salvadoran children who
live in the poorest communities of San Salvador.
Medical students will be immersed in the Salvadoran
culture every day, working side-by-side with
Salvadoran doctors to provide medical care in some
of the poorest communities of El Salvador.
Eligibility:
This program is open to first, third and fourth year
medical students. OUCOM third and fourth year
students will receive two weeks of elective credit
for participation in the program. |
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Requirements: Students accepted into the program
will be required to participate in a short cross
cultural / medical orientation program. Spanish
language is helpful, but not necessary. Participants
need to be able to tolerate heat and humidity, and
to be flexible in regards to, time, transportation,
food and housing accommodations while in El
Salvador. |
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