Study Abroad Programs

ICDS, in coordination with Hospital Clínica Bíblica and Universidad Latina de Costa Rica, offers students the opportunity to explore health care in a developing country while improving their Spanish speaking skills. This four-week program gives students and health care professionals the necessary language proficiency to work and interact with Spanish speaking patients, their families, as well as future colleagues. Through courses taught at Hospital Clínica Bíblica and Universidad Latina, participants learn about the unique health care model in Costa Rica and the way global public health issues unfold in the region.

Clinical rotations at Hospital Biblica for advanced Spanish speakers or community service in social welfare services for lower to intermediate level Spanish speakers are eye-opening, experiential learning components of the Spanish and Health in Latin America program. Spanish classes before, during, and after these hands-on experiences are designed to provide students with an on-the-job Spanish skill set specifically for careers in the health care industry.

• — Health Care Systems in Latin America
• — Spanish for Health Sciences (Intermediate and Advanced)

• — Minimum 2.75 GPA
• — One year of college Spanish (desirable but not required)
• — Advanced Spanish level is required for observational clinical rotations

CFHI offers individual trainees and university partners opportunities to learn about global health while embedded in existing health systems and social services sectors alongside local community members and leaders. CFHI places participants in appropriately scoped and supervised health settings and within sustainable Fair-Trade partnerships. They prioritize helping participants learn about context and the determinants of health so as to impart a broad-based understanding of the interplays between disease processes, social circumstances, poverty, resiliency, geopolitical realities, historical contexts, culture, and the complexities of health and wellness.

Atlantis allows students to shadow abroad for 20+ hours each week in different hospital departments. All hours are observation-only, following AAMC guidelines for pre-health experiences abroad (doing otherwise would jeopardize your Med/PA applications). Students typically (but not always) shadow departments in pairs. Some fields will be surgical but more often non-surgical. Some fields will be more engaging than others (and this varies from person to person), which is also what students will experience later on during their medical training.

The Doctors in Italy Fellowship Program was created to introduce students to the practice of healthcare in an international environment, as early as possible in their academic career. In a world that is increasingly borderless, the next generation of young leaders in healthcare will need to build cooperation and trust across different cultures and backgrounds. The Doctors in Italy Fellowship Program enables undergraduate and graduate students to shadow healthcare professionals, in top-ranked government and private healthcare facilities across Italy.

Loop Abroad is a student travel organization that began with a singular mission: provide the best hands-on study abroad for students pursuing careers working with animals. Loop is partnered with world-renowned conservationists in their efforts to protect endangered animals. While Loop's programs and geography have expanded, they remain committed to global animal welfare.

Loop's mission is to make a positive impact on animal welfare and marine and wildlife conservation around the world by partnering with responsible, local organizations to support them in their efforts while at the same time offering our students unprecedented opportunities for hands-on learning across all programs.

At CELA Belize, we provide a wide variety of experiential learning programs focused on animal science, wildlife conservation, nursing, and other facets of One Health!

We love sharing the wonders of Belize while providing educational services to students. We are thrilled to see the sense of awe when students experience new knowledge first hand through their field work and community services. Belize challenges students to move outside their comfort zones. Watching a student grow personally with a new view of the world makes us feel CELA Belize has accomplished something worthwhile.