Available to LUC MPH students!
US-Mexico Border Electives 2015-2016
University of Texas Health Sciences Campus San Antonio
(Harlingen Campus)
The University of
Texas Health Sciences Campus San Antonio in Harlingen, Texas offers two
comprehensive and quite competitive electives to educate students around the
complexity of factors which contribute to and result from the realities of
health and justice at the U.S.-Mexico Border.
Please explore
these opportunities and apply EARLY if you are interested in participating.
Process:
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Visit the websites
(listed below) for a more thorough description of each elective
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Please inform CCGH of
your interest, even before you apply
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Contact the
organization (and copy CCGH) to express interest and inquire about the specific
application process required by the particular elective in which you are
interested (be sure to include that you are a Loyola University Chicago SSOM
student) **for STEER, include completed application with initial email
(attached)
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M4 students apply
through VSAS, but the aforementioned steps precede formal application through
VSAS
Community for Children
Offered through the
Department of Pediatrics, this 4-week project-based elective introduces
students to the struggles of children in border towns, specifically with regard
to poverty, social inequity, and migration. In addition to experiential
learning, this elective encourages the participant to engage in action and
reflection exercises around compassion, social justice, and advocacy.
There are two
opportunities to participate in Community for Children in the coming academic
year:
- September 28-October 23, 2015
- February 1-February 26, 2016
Contact: Ginny McCarthy at the Loyola Center for Community & Global Health, vmccarthy@luc.edu, 708-216-0849
STEER PROGRAM (South Texas Environmental
Education and Research)
This 4-week
elective is offered through the Department of Family and Community Medicine and
consists of an interprofessional group of trainees from a variety of
health-related professions. The express purpose of this elective is to unite
medicine and public health at the intersection of theory and practice through
introduction to the realities of health and justice at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The STEER
rotation dates are as follows:
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August (Aug 3 – Aug 28,
2015)
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September/October (Sept
28 – October 23, 2015)
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February (Feb 1 – Feb
26, 2016)
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May/June (May 23 – June 20, 2016)
