Travel with a Purpose!
COMMUNITY HEALTH
Medical Assistant


Plan Prep Time:          21 days min required before arrival date
Service Term:              14 days min required  - 32 hrs/week required
Spanish Skills:             Intermediate
Experience Required:  Students and/or Professionals may apply
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​Community health is a major field of study within the medical and clinical sciences which focuses on the maintenance, protection, and improvement of the health status of population groups and communities as opposed to the health of individual patients. During In this rotation you will experience how Colombian health professionals from different specialized fields view Colombian community health.  You may choose 1 or 2 of the following work settings:
  • Retirement Homes - Elderly Care
  • Public Health Campaigns 
  • CNA Tech School - Teacher Assistant
  • Regional Hospitals - Rotations​
  • Sexual Health - Outreach
  • Rural Medical Clinics - Shadowing
  • Physical Therapy Clinic 
  • Traditional Medicine Shop 
  • Special Education Center
  • Sex Workers Childcare Center
  • Nutrition Program
  • Pharmacy & Health Store
  • HMO Internship
  • Health Products Laboratory
  • Dental Clinic
  • Emergency Medicine – First Responder 
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