To be determined.

This will be an experienced supervised by two U.S. trained and board certified physician (orthopedics and pediatrics/neonatology), one of whom is a full time professor of pediatrics/neonatology in the University. The students will be engaged in patient care in a hospital with 250+ beds which has its foundational history in the U.S. tradition of care. There will be local government physician attending from the Congo and Rwanda, as well as the possibility of other visiting U.S. and European physicians during the 4 weeks. The hospital origins date to the late 1940?s and has been in continuous operation as a hospital for over 50 years.

The purpose of the global health selective rotation is to immerse students to the practice of medicine in resource limited and culturally unique settings. Global health and international medicine encompass development and delivery of acute care in resource limited settings, disaster and humanitarian responses, and global health research. The aim of the rotation is to provide students a clinical experience of acute care in resource limited settings.