"I worked in the military hospital and Health Center
Number 9. I greatly enjoyed the experience and feel that I understand
the medical system here. The doctors were very helpful and I learned a
lot. I have improved my Spanish by a thousand times over and loved the
home stay - I feel like a part of a family here and I want to return
one day to practice medicine as a volunteer."
Elaine Cox
University of
Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
Since its inception several years ago, the Erasmus
Medical Program has received many medical students from universities
across the United States such as the University of Alabama, University
of Massachusetts Medical School, University of California, University
of Colorado, and the General Hospital Institute of Health Professions
among others.
Our Spanish Medical Program is unique opportunity to
study intensive Spanish, and workin clinical Environments that
represent the rural and urban health care Systems in Ecuador. In the
hospitals, clinics and health centers the students will rotate through
different departments like: Internal Medicine,
Emergence, Pediatrics, Traumatology.
Our program offers an inexpensive way to study the language intensively
and to learn about a variety of medical treatments, including
non-Western methods.
Program Description
This program offers you the opportunity to learn about
medical issues in Latin America, learn Spanish, discover exotic places,
and live with local people, all the while absorbing Ecuador’s
fascinating culture.
The first week, students will have the introduction of
the Medical Program and the different activities organized by the
school. Every morning they will receive four hours of Spanish classes
daily Monday through Friday. (8:30 am -12:30 pm).
The second, third and fourth week after having had a
chance to improve their command of the Spanish language, the students
begin rotations in clinics and hospitals in Quito during the mornings
and receive three hours of Spanish instruction during the afternoons
(Monday to Thursday).
The second Saturday the students will participate in a
day excursion to the Jambi Huasi indigenous clinic in Otavalo to
observe the practice of alternative medicine.
Moreover, medical students of any level are welcome to
participate in our Erasmus Medical Program.
THE MEDICAL PROGRAM 2009 INCLUDES:
• Airport pickup
• Homestay in an Ecuadorian family
(private room +3 meals per day)
• Orientation to the program by qualified
doctor who will discuss
Ecuadorian Healthcare, issues and traditional medicine
• Registration fee
• 3 weeks of medical practice (15 days,
Monday – Friday part time)
• All hospital and coordinator fee
• Medical Program completion certificate
• 56 hours of mini - group Spanish
classes (includes medical terminology Spanish
3-4 hours per day, (monday-friday)
• Course materials
• Spanish School certificate
• Weekly salsa class
• Local cell phone for the
period you are in the program
• Excursion to the colonial
city (Quito)
• Weekend trip to the Otavalo
Indian market & visit to the Clinica Jamby
Huasy (traditional medicine)
• Free travel
information around Ecuador.
• Full time local
representative in Ecuador.
• 24-hour emergency
phone line.
Price: $1120 per student (mini group Spanish classes)
Price: $1250 per student (private Spanish classes)
Not included:
•
Airfare to Quito, Ecuador
•
Passport or visa fees
•
City transportation to and from clinic sites.
Under request we can tailor your program with a different type of
accommodation or without accommodation and in different dates.
DATES FOR THE 2009 - 2010 MEDICAL PROGRAM
June 29th to July 26th
July 27th to August 23rd
August 31st to September 27th
