Created as an exchange for IU and Kenyan medical students, this program allows IU students to participate in the Kenyan medical and educational systems.
Based out of Moi University School of Medicine, this rotation occurs in the classrooms, clinics, and wards of a tertiary referral hospital (Moi Teaching and Referral). Key experiences of the rotation include participating in ward rounds in medicine and pediatrics, being exposed to the work of AMPATH, as well as living in the medical student dorms.
AMPATH is an ongoing program providing medical care to Kenyans in the hospital catchment area; students may observe both the AMPATH-associated medical clinics as well as ancillary development programs (Family Preservation Initiative, Orphans and Vulnerable Children, etc.).
Additional opportunities, with the effort of the interested student, may include surgery, ob/gyn, anesthesiology, and other medical specialties. The rotation is open 12 months of the year, with 6-8 positions each month. Students are selected by a completely random raffle system during fall MS-III. A mandatory orientation is provided the first three Wednesday evenings in May. Hospital.
