The Georgetown University School of Medicine, located in Washington, D.C., maintains the tradition of "cura personalis", meaning to care for the social, psychological and spiritual aspects of an individual in addition to the physical body. The school emphasizes research, as there are over 400 working scientists employed in the field of clinical research working on more than 300 clinical trials as of 2009. The research focuses on child health and development, cancer, neuroscience and global health. The international programs attract students who wish to practice medicine in underdeveloped countries. They are offered as course electives in which students travel abroad to one of over 20 countries across five continents to experience first-hand medical care with the supervision of professors and other medical professionals. Programs are available to fourth-year medical students for either a duration of four to eight weeks or six to eight weeks.
Georgetown University School of Medicine
3900 Reservoir Road, NW
Washington, DC 20057
202-687-7251
georgetown.edu
Northwestern University (NU) has been ranked as the 12th-best college in the nation (2010) and the Northwestern Memorial Hospital was ranked as one of America's Best Hospitals in eleven clinical specialties by consumer magazine U.S News and World Report in 2009. The school has implemented its International Program Development (IPD) with 24 programs within 10 countries across six continents. The IPD has teamed with NU's Feinberg School of Medicine and NU's School of Law. Medical students are eligible in their first year to complete public-health research or observational rotations abroad and in the their fourth year to complete research and clinical rotations. The medicine international program is available for study in Mexico, South Africa, China and Uganda.
Northwestern University
1800 Sherman Ave Suite 4-700
Evanston, IL 60201
847-467-6953
northwestern.edu
The U.S News and World Report ranked the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine in the top 10 among eight primary-care services in 2009. The only other institute to rank as highly in both primary care and research is Harvard Medical School. UW's International Health Opportunities Program (IHOP) is designed for medical students to spend 10 weeks in a developing nation to gain first-hand experience working in global health. The training program sends students to Mongolia, Uganda, Madagascar, India and Peru. Students are responsible for developing a health-promotion project and witnessing the practice of medicine among the community population. Students also complete journal entries and articles through an on-line curriculum.
UW Medical Center
1959 N.E. Pacific St.
Seattle, WA 98195
206-598-3300
washington.edu