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CIEE: Buenos Aires - Summer Community Public Health

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Program Provider:
CIEE
Location:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Language Requirement:
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The Argentina Community Public Health program is designed for students whose academic objectives include learning about health and healthcare from a social science perspective, and is intended for undergraduate students with intermediate and advanced Spanish language skills. This program is primarily oriented toward students focusing on Public Heal...
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The Argentina Community Public Health program is designed for students whose academic objectives include learning about health and healthcare from a social science perspective, and is intended for undergraduate students with intermediate and advanced Spanish language skills. This program is primarily oriented toward students focusing on Public Health, Biology, Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work, Psychology, Education, Political Sciences, Communication, and Environmental Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Veterinary Sciences, Health Management, among others.

Over the course of the program, students should expect to learn about strategies for overcoming challenges in the health arena by comparing the context of public health in developing nations (Argentina & Uruguay) with that of the United States and Canada. Additionally, participants will be able to improve their Spanish language skills significantly.

The program involves intensive classroom-based theory, language instruction, and field work placements in diverse public health sites throughout Argentina and Uruguay.


Program Snapshot

* Three weeks of Public Health and Spanish courses, followed by four weeks of public health field work placements
* Intensive Spanish language courses with a focus on public health terminology
* Study with experts and university researchers in specially designed interdisciplinary courses in public health
* Learn about healthcare in Argentina and Uruguay through hands-on field experience guided by local public health practitioners and academics
* Analyze the connections between healthcare and the social environment
* Immerse yourself in Argentine and Uruguayan life through a home stay with local families
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Sarah_6447
01/11/12
¡ Exploramos la Salud Publica de Argentina !
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If you are even considering this program DO IT! The faculty and staff are incredible, Buenos Aires is a beautiful city with plenty of history and fun neighborhoods to explore after class and on the weekends. If you are interested in public health, medicine, pub health administration or healthcare policy this program would be highly valuable. You learn about a health ca... view full review
Grecia
10/05/11
Uruguay is not Argentina's Little Brother: Different Cities with different rhythms’ :Amazing
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The work was appropriate and helped me in learning about the health care systems of Argentina and Uruguay and how it compares and contrast from our health care(USA). The faculty were great. They were knowledgeable, supportive, and understanding of the different academic abilities of each student. This program was great and definitely one of the best decisions I have ever m... view full review
Zoe5
08/04/11
I think the original does the best job
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This program really allowed me to explore not just the big city life of Buenos Aires but the small rural life of Concepción del Uruguay as well. If you are looking for a progam where you actually learn and become a part of a different culture, this program is for you. That being said, this program is also what you make of it. If you go to class in the morning, come bac... view full review
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