Int Med 350

There are specific and legitimate reasons for some students to study abroad. Students with a strong interest in differing health administration systems have spent time in countries with different health care systems. Others have gone abroad because of an interest in tropical medicine. Others, usually strong and very independent students, have done a primary care experience in a third world country. Others still have chosen to do an elective in the UK having heard that British physicians tend to be better physical diagnosticians, and rely less on tests and technology than their American Colleagues.

Students who have had academic problems should not plan on going abroad. Furthermore, we will not be able to approve clinical electives for any student in a country in whose language you are not fluent. It is hard to take a cardiac history from a German-speaking patient if you speak only English! Finally, we will not approve an elective simply to give a student a chance to travel. Please note the following persons on our faculty who can help you arrange an opportunity abroad:

1. Dr. Jorge Rios, Department of Medicine, Latin America, see 506 description in the Senior Directory
2. Dr. Skip Williams, Department of Anesthesiology. Africa
3. Dr. Glenn Geelhoed, IDIS 350
4. Dr. Dick Riegelman, Department of Health Care Sciences. Public Health opportunities in a number of countries