Course Catalog

 
STP2136 CLINICAL MEDICINE IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Department FAMILY & COMMUNITY MEDICINE Campus Huntsville
Course Type(s) Special Topic Facility UAB Huntsville Regional Medical Campus
Course Director NANCY Y BLEVINS, MD Enrollment Limit 12
Contact LANITA CARTER, PhD Enrollment Minimum 6
Email lanitacarter@uabmc.edu Address UAB Huntsville Regional Medical Campus
301 Governors Dr SW, Suite 313A
Huntsville, AL 35801
Phone (256) 551-4432 Fax (256) 551-4451
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates		 44-44
Prerequisites * * * WRITTEN APPROVAL REQUIRED * * * Must be MS3 or MS4 student. Students must complete the UAB Study Abroad Pre-Departure Requirements. 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites:
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description The course will consist of one week in an international medically underserved area. The students will travel with a medical team to the Dominican Republic to attend to the underserved and impoverished in a medical clinic. Students will also spend time at a local orphanage learning how to evaluate and treat simple illnesses in a third world environment. Learning Objective: The student will gain experience in diagnosing medical illnesses and the challenges of treatment in a 3rd world country; the use of medical Spanish in attending patients; the role and impact of lay health education; and examining healthcare disparities in an underserved setting.
Where To Report Students will be notified. Flight and housing will be arranged.
Requirements Direct observation by preceptor and participation in all activities and discussions with preceptors. The final grade will be based on participation, an oral presentation and a written paper on a relevant clinical topic encountered during the course.
Evaluation Pass/Fail; presentation, written paper, and class participation/attendance.
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