This elective is offered in the second term. The elective consists of eight two hour interactive discussions led by faculty with a student moderator. Each event includes preparatory readings and videos related to the discussion topic. Each student is responsible for developing and moderating a one hour educational event as assigned by the course director.

This elective allows students to travel to India to collaborate with the Institute for Rural Health Studies (IRHS). Students will collaborate on a project identified by the IRHS, and with the guidance of the organization and the elective director, will contribute to their chosen project.

This elective course is focused at the intersection of interprofessional education, cultural diversity, and environmental justice in Puerto Rico. This longitudinal elective will help students understand the Puerto Rican healthcare system to better prepare them to work with diverse communities and to address health inequities. Topics covered in this course will include structural health inequities, and the impacts of colonialism on healthcare, the effect of climate change on healthcare and the complexities of providing ethical healthcare aid. Facilitated group discussions will focus on environmental justice, social determinants of health, structural racism and social justice. Students will gain the skills to not only identify health inequities unique to Puerto Ricans, but also how to mitigate their effects by working interprofessionally with nurses and social workers. The course will combine in person classroom instruction, self-directed online learning, and an optional onsite experiential learning opportunity in San Juan Puerto Rico within the El Cano Martin Pena (ECMP) community. Spots for the travel portion of this elective are limited.

This longitudinal elective will help students analyze our current healthcare system for structural health inequities. Facilitated group discussions will focus on implicit bias, social determinants of health, structural racism, and microaggressions and how they lead to health inequity. Students will gain the skills in analyzing the institution of healthcare for these inequities, and develop skills to mitigate their effects.

Participants will travel to Iquitos, Peru. The first two weeks will be spent in Iquitos at local hospitals and health care centers working with local physicians on inpatient and outpatient services. At least one day will be spent in the lab working with local technicians on diagnostic testing of tropical diseases. At least one day in Iquitos will be spent doing outreach clinics to the underserved population of the city. After completion of the first week the team will move to a remote location up the Amazon river to a tributary of the Yarapa river which will serve as our base. From there the team will visit 15-20 villages providing primary and urgent care to patients of all ages. Students will have an opportunity to work in our mobile lab and to work with portable ultrasonography. The team will be conducting multiple research projects and students will be able to participate in the development and implementation of those projects.

Students may develop an individualized course on a topic of their choice under the direction of a faculty member. Students should work with a faculty member to submit the form Elective Proposal to Educational Affairs at least eight weeks prior to the projected start date. This elective requires prior approval.

Clinical rotations in global health & education, international medicine and diseases of the tropics and resource limited areas in the Philippines.