MEDLIFE stands for Medicine Education and Development for Low Income Families Everywhere, and is a national non-profit organization dedicated to promoting medicine, education, and development in underprivileged communities in Latin America and Tanzania. As part of their attempt to bring healthcare to rural areas, MEDLIFE provides the opportunity for students to travel to these communities and provide assistance by working in mobile clinics. This course will serve to introduce students to topics in global health, and prepare them to be a volunteer on the MEDLIFE Service Learning Trip and global health leaders in the future. Although this course prepares students to go on the service trip, you are NOT required to go on it and are welcomed into our course regardless. We encourage anyone interested in global public health to enroll in the course! The course will focus on two major topics: 1) the importance of global health awareness and sustainability in health, and 2) medical and conversational Spanish skills that can enhance the experience of working with doctors, patients, and other members of these communities. In order to accomplish these goals, the course will meet once a week on Thursdays each meeting lasting 2 hours. Students will enroll when emailed the enrollment code after applying and will be expected to attend that section weekly on Thursday from 6-8 PM.

Students must apply before Sept 13, 2024:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchLmYpnTmapzdqJfz7law8OloSTy1XJtxy4adNctOxPxOwnw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Class is 2 units.
For more info: ucbmedlife@gmail.com

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