2007 Group in Kenya

SUMMER 2009

Offered every summer
(as part of a course taught at Davidson)

PROGRAM DATES:
*  mid-May - early June

ELIGIBILITY:
*  Jrs, Sophs, and some well qualified frosh

LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION:
*  English

LIVING ARRANGEMENTS:
* 

Each year, five to ten eligible Davidson students are selected for summer internships at a hospital in Kenya. Responsibilities include:

• Identification and research of human diseases common to Kenya and neighboring countries
• In-depth examination of disease effects and treatment at Wake Forest School of Medicine Observation
• group discussions of medical practice at a hospital with local physicians

Armed with a thorough knowledge of 10 diseases, the students will begin their observations of medical practice at the Hospital. They will be mentored by physicians and make comparisons and contrasts with American practices. In the evenings, students will discuss their findings. The physicians will be invited to participate in these discussions . These discussions will deepen participants' understanding of the science of disease and the art of medical practice in America and Kenya. This program is open to Davidson students only.

Additional Program Information
Davidson College reserves the right to cancel or modify part or all of a study abroad program should changing circumstances make it necessary to do so.  In cases where the college has security concerns, the program director and the Dean Rusk Program Director will gather information and make a recommendation to the Dean of Faculty.  The dean will take his decision to the president, who retains ultimate authority to decide whether or not a particular Davidson-sponsored trip should proceed.

Davidson admits qualified students without discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, handicap, gender, or sexual preference.

Please visit the Biology department's Kenya web site for more information.