Summer Programs from Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine:
El Salvador / CEDEINFA 2010!
Dates: June 13- June 26, 2010 and August 22-September 4, 2010
Program Medical Director: David S. Drozek, D.O. , email: drozek@oucom.ohiou.edu
Application Deadline: March 1, 2010
End of first, and third year medical students will be joining other health care professionals in training and practice to participate in providing health care 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 health care professionals to provide medical care in some of the poorest communities of El Salvador.
Eligibility: This program is open to end of first and third year medical students, interns, residents, practicing physicians, other health care workers in practice or training, as well as nonmedical students and volunteers.
OU students will receive two weeks of elective credit. Research opportunities are available
Requirements: Participants will be required to participate in a 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.
Estimated cost is $2200.
Details at: http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/International/index.htm
