UC Davis Health is uniquely positioned to provide education and training for medical students, residents, faculty, and scholars from around the world. Industry and health care leaders turn to us for multidisciplinary, high-quality, practical solutions and expertise to solve challenges of global health importance and to educate the international community.
Visiting Medical Student Program
The UC Davis School of Medicine's Global Health Program operates a Visiting Medical Student Program for students from Nicaragua, China, Kenya, and Hungary. UC Davis students may also travel to those four locations, as well as to Haiti, Nepal, Tanzania, and Sri Lanka. Students usually come to the United States for four to eight weeks, although the duration varies by home institution requirements.
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Faculty Scholar Training Program
International Affiliations is expanding upon the very popular classes offered by Michael Wilkes, M.D., at several medical schools on tools for continuous improvement of the curriculum. Wilkes is widely known for his efforts to introduce medical students to the humanistic side of being a physician and for working tirelessly to include public health and social sciences as part of training physicians. Wilkes is passionate about shifting away from lectures toward small group and interactive learning environments.