Worldwide: Healthcare in Developing Countries

This elective is to provide students with an increased understanding of the issues involved in health care in the developing world.

• The student will spend four to eight weeks in a low to middle income country working with a physician preceptor.
• 4-8 week placements for 4th year medical students

Previous placements include:

• Zimbabwe, home of the Victoria Falls, which became a World Heritage site in 1986
• Tanzania, home to Africa's highest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro and bordered by three of the largest lakes on the continent
• India, birthplace of the game of chess

• Getting Started Handbook

You may apply if you:

• are an undergraduate student at any Indiana University campus who is making normal academic progress
• This program is restricted to students of Medicine in their 4th year only.

Students must be able to demonstrate flexibility, resilience, and self-reliance.

Complete eligibility criteria and selection criteria are outlined within the Academic Policies and Procedures of the Office of Overseas Study. Selection is based on maturity, seriousness of purpose, and appropriateness of match between program and applicant. Students on disciplinary probation during program period are ineligible.

Short-Term 2015

Financial Aid and Scholarships:

• IU scholarships, grants and loans applicable to program costs with some exceptions. Please carefully check these exceptions before you commit to a program.

Please see our financial aid page for general information and links to additional scholarship opportunities.