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| Course Title |
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Diploma in International Health |
| Institution |
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Beer-Sheva: Medical School for International Health |
| Country |
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Israel |
| Type |
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Diploma |
| Topics |
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Public/Global Health: International Health Issues and Development
Health Determinants: Poverty
Health Determinants: Socio-cultural aspects |
| Language |
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English |
| Degree,
Credits |
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| Location |
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Beer -Sheva, Israel |
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Objectives/
Content |
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International Health and
Medicine (IHM) is incorporated within the standard
four-year medical curriculum. Students take a full-year
course in Clinical and Global
Medicine during Year I, which provides a historical and
conceptual overview of current
practices and emerging issues in the field. Each week,
a Clinical and Global Medicine Day
exposes students to a variety of clinical settings throughout
the Negev region and specific
health issues affecting populations in the developing
world.
First and second year students at the
MSIH take a series of IHM modules on global health topics
such as disaster relief, poverty and health, bio-terrorism,
and nutrition in the third-world. Second year students
take a required course in clinical communications skills,
preparing them for the patient interviews and conducting
physical examination in multi-cultural settings.
In Year III, students also complete clerkship
rotations at Soroka University Medical Center. At
Soroka, they are exposed Beer Sheva’s diverse patient
population including Israel’s Bedouin and Ethiopian
communities and recent immigrants.
As a capstone of the MSIH experience, Year IV
students participate in the International Health
and Medicine Clerkship, a uniquely tailored two-month
clerkship that exposes MSIH students to lesser-developed
regions of the world. Under the supervision of an academic
coordinator, students spend two months with local students
at a university teaching hospital and/or a community health
center and complete supervised research projects addressing
health-related issues of local populations. |
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| Next
Beginning |
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July 2009 |
| Appl.
Deadline |
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Applications are reviewed on
a rolling basis beginning June 1st for admission to the
following year's class. An application fee of $85 US must
accompany all applications.
Apply here:
Mark A. Thomas
Tel: +1 (0)212 305 95 87
Email: bgcu-md@columbia.edu |
| Duration |
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4 years |
| Requirements |
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All applicants must complete
a four-year undergraduate degree from an accredited institution.
Students from countries where the MCAT is offered must submit
MCAT scores obtained within the preceding four years. Applicants
with graduate degrees and residents of countries where the
MCAT is not offered may submit equivalent alternatives as
approved by the school. Selection is based on the applicant’s
overall potential for successful completion of the degree
as indicated by undergraduate GPA, MCAT scores, extra-curricular
experience, recommendations, and interview assessments (Average
MCAT: 29; Average GPA 3.6). Individuals with degrees from
universities where the language of instruction is not English
must submit results of the Test of English as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL) taken within one year of the application
date.
Students who have completed a Masters degree in public health
(M.P.H.) are encouraged to apply. |
| Structure |
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Three years are spent in Israel
at Ben-Gurion's Beer-Sheva campus. During the fourth year,
students take clinical electives at Columbia University
Medical Center and a required international health clinical
elective at an approved site in Ethiopia, India, Kenya,
Peru, or Vietnam. |
| Cooperation |
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The Medical School for International
Health (MSIH) is a collaboration between Ben-Gurion University
of the Negev Faculty of Health Sciences and Columbia University
Medical Center to graduate doctors with special skills in
primary care and community, preventive, and population-based
medicine. Established in 1996, the unique medical school
prepares physicians to work with diverse populations throughout
the globe, and enrolls more than 120 students from around
the world. |
| Course
fee |
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US $ 27,200 |
| Scholarship |
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Applicants who wish to be considered
for partial tuition scholarships must submit a completed
application, transcripts, MCAT scores, and recommendations
by February 1st of the year for which admission
is sought. |
For
further
information |
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IHM Course Coordinator
Michael Karplus, M.D.
Tel: +972 (0)8 647 99 12
Email: karplus@bgu.ac.il
Internet: Click
here |
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| Last
update |
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28/12/2007 mas |
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