Clinical rotation program for Senior PAs students
This rotation is designed to allow the student to participate in the activities of the health team in the primary care network of Costa Rica. The goal of the International Health Elective is to offer students an opportunity to learn about health and healing with a more global perspective by living and working in another country. Students will have the opportunity to live in a new and different culture, usually with little of the technical and medical facilities they are accustomed to using. The student will have a chance to see a different way of organizing health care to achieve good results in the health situation of the population, as is the case in Costa Rica. The resources that are taken for granted in developed countries like the USA, Canada, and Europe may be lacking at times. The students have an opportunity to be of service to the community and to broaden their thinking about future medical practice.
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1. Overview
The goal of the international medical elective is to offer senior PAs students an opportunity to learn about health and healing with a more global perspective by living and working in another country, living in a different culture, usually with little of the technical and medical facilities they are accustomed to using. The student will have a chance to see a different way of organizing health care to achieve good results in the health situation of the population, as is the case in Costa Rica.
PA students will have the opportunity to participate in the activities of the health team from the first to the third level of care of the Costa Rican Health System (Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social – CCSS). In the first level, preventative services are emphasized, including immunizations, maternal and child services, prenatal care, growth and development of children, nutrition, community education, community sanitation and environment, as well as continuity of care in cases of chronic diseases. In the third level, the experiences vary according to the specialty.
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