Student Experiences

Links to Programs by Continent

Africa
Asia
Australia
Central and South America, Carribean
Middle East
Programs with Worldwide Locations

A Few Selected Organized Programs for Medical Student
and Resident International Health Electives
(all places where UNC students have been in the last 5-8 years):

Operation Smile (www.operationsmile.org)
International Service Learning (www.ISLonline.org)
Shoulder to Shoulder (www.shouldertoshoulder.org)
Child Family Health International (www.cfhi.org)
Himalayan Health Exchange (www.himalayanhealth.com)
Vanter Cruise Health Services (Cruise Ship Medical Health ) (www.vanterventures.com)
Medical College of Wisconsin – FP International Program in Belize (www.hillsidebelize.net)
University of Arizona international health summer course (www.globalhealth.arizona.edu)
University of Auckland medical elective in New Zealand (www.health.auckland.ac.nz)
Jamkhed International Institute medical elective, India (www.jamkhed.org)
Hospitalito Atitlan, Honduras  (www.puebloapueblo.org)
Community for Children (sponsored by U of Texas at San Antonio – international pediatric organized elective on the Texas/Mexico border) Course Director – Dr. Marsha Griffin (griffinmrmd@yahoo.com)
Family Health Ministries – Haiti (see: http://familyhm.org) Kathy and David Walmer (family.hm@usa.net)
University of Arizona:  http://www.globalhealth.arizona.edu/Default.htm; every July U. of Arizona offers a tuition-FREE
      preparatory course for medical students and others in health care fields who plan to work in a developing country.