*This program has been cancelled for 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Please check back for updates regarding 2022.*
In partnership, with Child and Family Health International (CFHI) students can elect an internship experience in either Argentina or Ecuador. If you choose to go to Argentina, you will be in the university city of Cordoba and have two options: Hospital Medicine, or Primary Care and Social Medicine. Hospital Medicine consists of rotations at some of the oldest and most renowned teaching hospitals in Latin America, such as the premier infectious disease hospital and the largest public pediatric hospital in the region. Primary Care and Social Medicine students rotate alongside primary healthcare providers, the first point of access into the healthcare system, at clinics, community health centers, and hospitals. If you choose to go to Quito, Ecuador, you have three options: Urban/Rural Andean Health, Intensive Beginner Spanish & Healthcare in Ecuador, or Women’s Reproductive & Sexual Health. Urban/Rural Andean Health students spend half of their time in an urban Quito hospital or clinic, and half in a small rural town to discover how resources, diseases, and access to care differ vastly within this diverse country. Intensive Beginner Spanish & Healthcare in Ecuador students take intensive Spanish instruction during their first two weeks and participate in a community engagement project to learn the cultural and social context of Quito. The next two weeks is placement in clinical rotations at hospitals or community level clinics. In the process, students gain confidence communicating in Spanish within social and professional settings, as well as an understanding healthcare systems and how Ecuadorians access these services. Women’s Reproductive & Sexual Health students rotate at: 1) a public maternity hospital where high-risk pregnancies are managed, including prenatal and postnatal care, labor and delivery, and emergency care; 2) an adolescent clinic, where pregnant patients and new mothers between the ages of 12 and 18 are treated; or 3) a primary healthcare center providing women’s health services (e.g., pap smears, IUDs). Students not interested in a clinical health career, and interested in public health will receive excellent public health placements in Ecuador. All programs include Spanish instruction on-site. You can learn more at www.byuglobalhealth.org and www.cfhi.org
DATES
The starting date for this Spring Term program is May 1, 2021; it will run for 4 weeks.
HOUSING
Housing will be in a homestay arranged by CFHI, where two meals will be provided daily.
COURSES
Students in the program Summer Term are required to take a minimum of 6 credits from this list of courses: IAS 399, HLTH 403, HLTH 481, HLTH 492, HLTH 491, or LFSCI 199. Note: LFSCI 199 is for Life Sciences majors only and requires prior approval. Life Sciences interns may read the syllabi and apply at lifesciences.byu.edu/internships. Graduate credit for MPH coursework may also be available.
ELECTIVE
Students may be interested in investigating the local culture by taking IAS 380 Cultural Proofs for 1–3 credit hours. This self-guided course allows students to do independent intercultural research, interview locals, and experience local culture.
COST
$3,600-4,100
Includes LDS undergraduate tuition for six credits Summer Term, international health insurance coverage, homestay, two meals a day, airport pickup, transportation to program activities, orientation, placement and coordination of clinical/public health activities, and on-site coordination and support.
Does not include international airfare, passport, visa(s), immunizations, personal expenses, some meals, cell phones/international data, or personal excursions.
TRAVEL
Students are responsible for purchasing their own airfare to and from the program. Airfare reservations must be made through BYU Travel. Students should contact a BYU Travel agent.
BYU Travel
280 HRCB | (801) 422-6293 | travel@byu.edu
PREPARATION
An international preparation course (IAS 369R, 1 credit hour) is required to be taken winter semester (2nd block). The Intensive Beginner Spanish & Healthcare in Ecuador option does not require any previous Spanish. Students in other options in Ecuador require Beginner Level 1 Spanish. Beginner Level 2 Spanish is required for Argentina. You can assess your level with the guide found at cfhi.org/spanish-self-assessment-guide.
FUNDING SOURCES
Regular BYU tuition scholarships, Pell Grants, and Federal Insured Student Loans may be applied to study abroad programs. Academic departments and colleges may assist with scholarships and grants. Private grants and scholarships outside of BYU may also assist (see kennedy.byu.edu/scholarships).
APPLICATION PROCESS
Students must be 18 years of age or older.
Priority Deadline: 1 December 2020
Applications will remain open until program is filled. If spots remain open, the final deadline is anticipated to be 1 February 2021. Complete the online application at kennedy.byu.edu/apply. The application requires a $35 fee.
Applicants will be interviewed once the application is complete. Students will be notified via e-mail of their acceptance into the program. After acceptance by BYU, students must complete the CFHI application, be accepted by CFHI, and complete CFHI pre-departure requirements. The first payment is due upon acceptance.
Please refer to the 2021 Payment Information document (see kennedy.byu.edu/isp-forms/ISPpayments2021.pdf).
FACULTY
Randy M Page, Director of the Global Health Internship Program and Professor of Public Health, is the faculty director for the program. Tana Page, Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Public Health, will be the Assistant Director.
SCHEDULE AND TIME COMMITMENT
Students will be in country for 4 weeks. Students will also be required to complete academic assignments prior to this time and upon returning home from the program.
INTERESTED STUDENTS SHOULD CONTACT
International Study Programs
101 HRCB
(801) 422-3686
isp@byu.edu
kennedy.byu.edu/isp
Randy M Page
2030 Life Science Building
randy_page@byu.edu
Tana S. Page
2148 Life Science Building
tana_page@byu.edu
PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS
International Study Programs (ISP) reserves the right to cancel this program, revise its offerings, or make any adjustments to the preliminary cost. If it becomes necessary for ISP to cancel a program, all program payments made to BYU ISP will be refunded to the student’s BYU financial account. ISP is the only office authorized to cancel any of its programs.
