Child Family Health InternationalPresenters: Alex Ahearn and Virginia Crowder (MS2s)

Child Family Health International

Clinical Sites: Bolivia Ecuador India Mexico South Africa

Number of Clinical Programs: 23+

Child Family Health International

Clinical Sites: Bolivia Ecuador India Mexico South Africa

Number of Clinical Programs: 23+

Infectious Disease Eradication in Amazonian and Highland Ecuador

2 weeks in Quito (includes medical Spanish course)

2 weeks in Puyo

Participant: Alex Ahearn

Quito Assist in minor surgery! Help deliver babies! Work in a lab!

Quito

Puyo Well-child exams! Rabies vaccinations! Malaria/Dengue prevention!

Puyo

Implementing Universal Healthcare From Highlands to the Coast of Ecuador

Objectives: Gain an understanding of the Ecuadorian

healthcare system through exposure to both urban and rural government institutions.

Obtain practical experience in the institutional barriers to providing free care.

Clinical Rotations: 2 weeks in Quito (includes Medical Spanish course) 2 weeks in Santa Elena

Participant: Virginia Crowder

Quito Maternidad Isidro Mayora:

Public, teaching hospital; 400 beds

Rotation in the Salo de Partos: →Morning rounds →Observed deliveries →Scrubbed in for C-Sections

Centro de Salud Public, primary care clinic and

community outreach center → Home visits →Ob/gyn, internal med, and peds shadowing

Santa Elena Hospital La Libertad

45 bed capacity Rotated through: →ER (minor traumas, ID, suturing)→ Outreach (Well Child exams)→General med →General Surgery (Assist in surgery!)

Application See CFHI website: www.cfhi.org Fill out online

Requires short essays, personal references Programs begin 1st Saturday of the month Go for 4,5,6,7,8 weeks Cost:

$95 application fee $2495 (depending on # of weeks) *Start early to help raise funds!

Contact Information CFHI:

www.cfhi.org

Alex Ahearn: marshall_ahearn@med.unc.edu

Virginia Crowder: virginia_crowder@med.unc.edu