UPONIC Naturopathic Medicine: A cultural adventure while gaining clinic
experience and hours.
UPONIC, a private national university in Nicaragua, offers a program custom designed for students interested in the health professions. UPONIC has its own school of naturopathic medicine and has combined that with opportunities for clinical time. It will be an academic experience at the base of the economic pyramid to help make your application to pre med and allied health programs different and special.
Med students prepare yourself for a very awakening experience, full of fieldwork experience, amazing individuals, cultural emersion, and great food.
Fully experiencing healthcare in a third world country, learning about medicine, and delivering medical supplies are the goals of this trip.
Esteli Innovation will bring roughly 10 GVSU students and 4 GVSU faculty to the city of Managua. We will experience the Nicaraguan culture by living with host families in Managua and Esteli. For the duration of the experience you will get the chance to observe their life style, while eating their food and feeling their culture. The group will take courses in naturopathic medicine and third world economics, while delivering medical supplies to and spend time in rural health clinics.
Upcoming Date: May 28th 2011 to June 25th 2011.
Destinations: Managua, San Juan Del Sur, Esteli, and Hacienda Merida.
All trips to Nicaragua are paid 100% by the students attending. Students do not receive funding of any kind, but do receive course credit for attending these trips. Students take these trips because they have a passion for improving lives of others while learning useful and interesting skills for future reference. All medical supplies delivered to rural clinics is made possible with donations. If you would like to support these student trips, help purchase medical supplies for rural health clinics, or simply learn more about Esteli Innovation, please contact…
Mark Becker
markrichard1981@gmail.com
