International fellowships

[pezzang]

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Does anyone know any legitimate international fellowship programs to serve in third world countries for premeds who are taking a year off before medical school?

I have been trying to find some programs but can't find anything medical related. They are all building houses and etc but nothing medical or health care related. I realize as a non-med student, I won't be able to get any medical work, but nevertheless I was hoping to do something basic that's health-related. If anyone has a link or any info, I would be greatly grateful.

Thanks!!

 

[Candlestick Man]

You can look into the Fulbright Scholarship - it is a funded year for research of your choosing (international), though it is quite competetive. One of my friends got one for a health-related project in Zimbabwe. If you can spare two years you might want to check out the Peace Corps.

 

[nskittles57]

Does anyone know any legitimate international fellowship programs to serve in third world countries for premeds who are taking a year off before medical school?

I have been trying to find some programs but can't find anything medical related. They are all building houses and etc but nothing medical or health care related. I realize as a non-med student, I won't be able to get any medical work, but nevertheless I was hoping to do something basic that's health-related. If anyone has a link or any info, I would be greatly grateful.

Thanks!!

There aren't many international opportunities (as you discovered...) but have you already applied/gone through the application process and you want to defer?

I am volunteering in the US because I needed to be around to fly to interviews and such. I only wanted to take one year off (which I am very very glad I did) but if you go internationally you are going to have to take more than a year or defer an acceptance (which many schools offer!)

There are plenty of inner-city volunteer programs in the US with healthish related opportunities...

 

[pink scrubs]

Here are some programs that I looked into last summer…ones that let undergraduates help out. You still have to pay your way but I heard that it can be a great experience.

1) Child Family Health International
http://www.cfhi.org/
Students in pre-med, clinical med, masters of public health, nursing, dentistry, psychology, naturopathy, osteopathy, physicians assistant, senior undergraduates. Medical residency. Clinical rotations, 4 week electives. Ecuador, Bolivia, South Africa, India, Mexico. Some Spanish needed in some locations.

2) Projects Abroad
http://www.projects-abroad.org/projects/medicine.php
Experience the stark contrast between medical practice in the West and developing countries, and gain unparalleled experience of a number of conditions which have been left untreated and have developed into advanced pathological conditions. For medical, elective, pre-university and pre-med students, etc. China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal and Russia. (at least 4 weeks)

3) Unite for Sight
http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/

There are others here (http://www.missionfinder.org/medstudents.htm) but you’ll have to sort through them and see which ones are only for med students. Good luck!