NICARAGUA – ON HOLD

This program is currently on hold due to the pandemic.

Clinica Verde has partnered with the University of Alabama at Birmingham to offer a program in International Education. This medical enrichment program allows students to gain a cross-cultural understanding of global healthcare, assist underserved populations, foster research and educational partnerships, rotate on inpatient medical wards and outpatient clinics, and engage in community outreach activities. The program is designed to encourage and develop humanitarian attitudes and cross-cultural understanding among physicians-in-training. Clinica Verde provides all logistics for this elective opportunity, including transportation to and from the airport, coordinating host family accommodations, meals and laundry services, and providing students with weekend activities and/or excursions. For more info, email mzayzafoon@uab.edu

Overview

• Introduction to Nicaragua, Clinica Verde

• Technical Training: Vital signs, immunizations, cervical cancer screening and prevention, HIV prevention and sexual health and well-being in youth, family planning, risk pregnancy care, postpartum care, illness care of children, disease care of adolescents, care for chronic noncommunicable diseases, infectious diseases and adult counseling on healthy lifestyles

• Give charlas (educational talks) in the waiting room

• Visit schools (elementary and high schools) to give charlas/educational talks

• Work with partner NGO’s in the field

• Individually-designed research and field projects

Fees: $5,000 for the 4-week medical education program plus airfare.

For longer-term rotations, please email Rafael Morales at: clinicaverdegm@gmail.com

"The time I’ve spent at the clinic has helped me become a better person all around and this trip has helped me create new friendships and strengthen old ones. I am extremely thankful that God has given me this opportunity to become a better and stronger person."

-Antonio Ferrini, HIGHER 2012

"If there’s one thing this trip has taught me, it’s to be grateful. One of the things I have done while working at the clinic is take surveys on the patients’ experience in the clinic. Through this, I’ve come to see the clinic through their eyes. In a world where doctors have to bring their own soap if they want to wash their hands, women are not respected, and people are educated to a level that would be considered barely functional by society in the United States. Clinica Verde is amazing."

-Helena Herber, HIGHER 2012

“The clinic surveys gave me an opportunity to see the clinic’s message unfold within these women ... empowered by the message of the clinic and its mission, excited by their newfound respect and discovered voice. It was those women who I wanted to sit with and talk to for hours."

-Camille Sacristan, HIGHER 2012