This past summer, over 30 first year students from the UBC Faculty of Medicine participated in Global Health Initiative projects across the globe. From conducting mental health workshops in Kenya to sickle cell disease education in Nepal and health screens at a boarding school in India, the work the students performed was as diverse as the locales they visited. One thing is for certain, though: for all of the GHI participants, their summer abroad taught them lessons that no university lecture ever could.
Learn more about their exciting stories here!
E is for Elephant: Spiti 2016
An Assault on the Senses: Health Trek Nepal 2016
One Door at a Time: Kenya 2016
A Comparison of Healthcare and Culture: Taiwan 2016
An Ever Changing Series of Events: Uganda ACCESS 2016
Shifting Focus: Nepal Sickle Cell 2016
