Global Health

Travel Elective Setup (MS3s/MS4s)

Please explore our elective setup guide. Students should begin this process as far in advance as possible, but no later than 6 months prior to the academic period of intended travel. Global Health electives CANNOT be scheduled for Period 13. You do NOT have to be in the Global Health Scholarly Concentration to participate. C-forms are required for registration. Students will not be registered until all pre-travel requirements have been met and should hold their intended travel period with vacation. Students will be registered in INTL 4015—International Medical Field Experience (for up to 12 weeks of continuous credit) or INTL 4042—Medical Spanish Abroad, whichever is appropriate. Students wishing to receive more than 12 weeks of credit, will be registered in an additional 4 week elective—INTL 4006—Advanced Medical Field Experience.

Elective Setup Guide

Field Epidemiology in Northern Peru

A two-week training experience in Peru on simulated disease outbreak investigation and response is available to students in all four schools at UTMB, residents, physician fellows, and post-doctoral fellows. Medical students can receive elective credit for this course under INTL 4004 (registration and additional paperwork completed after acceptance). Graduate students can also receive GSBS academic course credit. Undergraduate health professions students may be able to receive academic credit as independent study. This experience is by application only. The call for applications will be each year in March. The course typically takes place in August. Scholarships for the course vary by year and will be detailed in the application for each specific year.