SUMMER GLOBAL HEALTH ROTATION FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS AND OTHER

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), LIMA; PERÚ

School of Public Health and Administration and School of Medicine—Summer of 2010*

Dates may vary in following years.

Dates: The program will start June 28th and run through, July 23rd

Number of Students:

Spanish Up to 12 students 28 June to 16 July

Community Field RotationUp to 12 students 28 June to 2 July

Public Health rotations Up to 12 students 5 July to 9 July

Clinical Rotations Up to 8 students 12 July to 16 July

Basics in Global Health Up to 12 students19 to 23 July

Coordinator:

Dr. Patricia J. Garcia

Assistant : Gabriela Morales Morazzani

Requirements:

Basic to intermediate Spanish

Students need to Submit CV’s and a brief statement of topics of interest.

Students will need to contact Claudia Morales by email () and confirm their visit at least 1.5 to 2 months prior to the date of the beginning of the program, and should send a non refundable $100 in advance by April 5th (details of the deposit will be given to those contacting Claudia)

DIDACTIC PROGRAM:

Previously to the rotation, the coordinator will provide the participants with information by email, regarding who will be the students with whom they will pair, will introduce them to the faculty members and will discuss with them their topics of interest.

The program will run for four weeks and will include:

  1. Tutoring on Medical Spanish: This is a 30 hour module with theory and practice which will allow the students to get the basic terms related to anatomy, systems, signs and symptoms, public health issues and the tools to be able to perform a basic medical interview to a patient. The course will run for 3 weeks, 2 hours daily, 5 days a week.
  1. Community Field Rotation: Students receive a short training on methods for public health field work. Students will share experiences of community work with the Peruvian Medical and Public Health students from the IRIS program (IRIS: Spanish acronym for Rural Intervention of Research and Sanitation),will visit a local community and will participate in a variety of field work experiences.
  1. Public Health rotation: offers an introduction to health and development issues in a developing country. Peru, like several other Latin American countries, is in the midst of an epidemiologic transition, characterized by a shift in the principal causes of morbidity and mortality in the population, from being predominantly infectious diseases to chronic diseases. We will visit shanty towns, NGOs, community health centers, a popular market and other common places in Lima, discussing the public health implications.
  1. Clinical Rotations at the Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humbolt” which will include different specialties and diseases (i.e. infectious diseases, dermatology). Faculty from UPCH works directly supervising students in these rotations. Students will see hospitalized patients, outpatients, will rotate to the Malaria and parasitology lab and will participate in a journal club and case discussions.
  1. Course “Basics in Global Health 2010”. The course is a hands-on fast-paced immersion into the complexities of global health. It includes lectures, readings, informatics training, and a research workshop. Participants are given the opportunity to develop a research proposal and become involved in field work inside and outside of Lima. Topics include globalization, determinants of global health, health problems with global impact, systems, programs, politics, health services, and research in Global Health. It also includes a field trip to Ticlio, and around, 16 000 feet above sea level at Peruvian Andes, for a look at some real health challenges. The course is all in Spanish. Each international student will have a peruvian student as a peer during course. (

CULTURAL PROGRAM

A guided historical and anthropological tour of the city of Lima and surroundings will be offered within the program. This will be led by a faculty member with the participation of the Peruvian students.

Movie nights will be included.

HOUSING ARRANGEMENTS:

Family housing will be provided by the families of the students from the Students’ scientific society of the school of medicine (SOCEMCH), and includes lodging and a peer Peruvian student that will help the incoming international student with information about the transportation, food and other issues.

The UPCH has also dorms for students in two different locations which could be reserved and used by international students.

Cost will vary between $150 to $200 per student for the 4 weeks.

TRANSPORTATION:

Students could use public transportation (buses) as well as taxis which are inexpensive. They could learn about the transportation system from their peer Peruvian students.

IMMUNIZATION: See CDC’s website recommendations for travel to Perú ( Since most of the activities will be developed in Lima, no yellow fever vaccine or Malaria prophylaxis or any specific vaccination is needed.

PASSPORTS AND VISAS: A Valid Passport is required. Visas are not needed for US Citizens

DRESS CODES AND CLINICAL “ETIQUETTE”:

Casual and white coat when visiting the hospital or clinics.

BUDGET

The estimated costs are:

Airfare from US to Lima (Aprox) / $750
Transportation $10/day / $300
Housing (includes breakfast) / $200
Meals $10/day / $300
Spanish Tutoring ($150/month/student, $25/hr per group of 4 students min) / $150
Clinical rotations (tuition/student) / $250
Public Health rotations (tuition/student) / $200
Community Health Rotation / $200
Course: Basics in Global Health (tuition/student includes costs of field trips)/ / $500

Total $3000 per student

Final version March 2009