SUMMER GLOBAL HEALTH ROTATION FOR FIRST YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS.

Direccion de Salud Mental, San Salvador de Jujuy, Hospital Militar de Salta and FULTRA Foundation, San Salvador de Jujuy and Salta, ARGENTINA, South America

Dates: The didactic program will start on or around June 1st and run for 4-6 weeks (However, these dates are flexible).

Maximum Number of Students: 3-4

Coordinators:

Dr Maria Calvo, Director Division of Mental Health, San Salvador de Jujuy.

Dr. Di Pasquo, Medical Director, Center FULTRA, Salta.

Dr. Gabriel de Erausquin, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Requirements:

Intermediate Spanish.

Students need to Submit CV’s.

RWJMS will send an official letter.

FULTRA will send letters of approval/invitation

DIDACTIC PROGRAM:

The program will run for four to six weeks and will include:

1- Lectures on “Public Health” and the Health Care System in Argentina.

2- Clinical Rotations:

a-Military Hospital in Salta (primary and specialty care); b- Mental Health Clinics, San Salvador de Jujuy (mental health and primary care). These experiences will be supervised by Drs. Calvo and Di Pasquo and will be provided exclusively for our students. Each rotation will run for one week.

3- Rotation through community/rural clinics with particular emphasis on pediatrics, primary care and infectious diseases will be provided at two community clinics in rural areas of Jujuy, in the Andean Mountains (Maimara and Humauca ) at least one day per week while students are in the Jujuy region.

4- A total of 20 hours of tutoring in Medical Spanish (to be arrangend) distributed over the four weeks of the program (about 2 hours each session).

CULTURAL PROGRAM

A guided historical and anthropological tour of the cities and the region will be offered during the last week of the program.

HOUSING ARRANGEMENTS:

There are hotels in the Salta and Jujuy areas that will offer reasonable prices to our students. We will be also seeking families interested in hosting our students

TRANSPORTATION:

There are several non-stop flights between Newark and New York Airports to Argentina. The price ranges between 600-1,000 dollars RT. Local transportation between Salta and Jujuy and also to the rural areas will be provided at a low cost. This will be coordinated by the FULTRA foundation.

IMMUNIZATION: See CDC’s website recommendations for travel to Argentina (We will provide the link)

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

BUDGET*

The Estimated Costs (daily and total) of the Program Are:

--Food: About $25 USD (Total 750 USD)

--Transportation: About $ 10 USD (Total 300 USD)

--Housing:

a-$ 500 total per student when staying with families.

b-Shared Apartments will cost about USD $35 per student (when three students share it).

c-Hotel Rooms will cost about $ 80 daily per room ($ 45 USD or so if 2 students share

the room).

--Airfare: $ 750-1,000 USD RT.

--Medical Spanish Tutoring = about $ 25 per hour for each group of five students (about

$ 150 total per student).

ESTIMATED TOTAL COST PER STUDENT = $ 2,500 USD