| Autor: |
Jose L. Burgos, Daniel Yee, Thomas Csordas, Adriana C. Vargas-Ojeda, Luis A. Segovia, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Jose A. Olivares-Nevarez, Victoria D. Ojeda |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2015 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Medical Education Online, Vol 20, Iss 0, Pp 1-6 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1087-2981 |
| DOI: |
10.3402/meo.v20.27260 |
| Popis: |
Background: The sizeable US Latino population calls for increasing the pipeline of minority and bilingual physicians who can provide culturally competent care. Currently, only 5.5% of US providers are Hispanic/Latino, compared with 16% of the US population (i.e., >50.5 million persons). By 2060, it is predicted that about one-third of all US residents will be of Latino ethnicity. Activities and outcomes: This article describes the Health Frontiers in Tijuana Undergraduate Internship Program (HFiT-UIP), a new quarterly undergraduate internship program based at a US–Mexico binational student-run free clinic and sponsored by the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California in Tijuana, Mexico. The HFiT-UIP provides learning opportunities for students and underrepresented minorities interested in medical careers, specifically Latino health. Discussion: The HFiT-UIP might serve as a model for other educational partnerships across the US–Mexico border region and may help minority and other undergraduates seeking academic and community-based enrichment experiences. The HFiT-UIP can also support students’ desires to learn about Latino, border, and global health within resource-limited settings. |
| Databáze: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
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