ISAC offers in-depth medical internships in the areas of Rural Health, Traditional Medicine and Clinical Urban Program in India.

The program combines work on a mobile health vans, small local hospitals - clinics, Aids/HIV projects, health outreach work and field trips to see leprosy projects and cataract surgeries. This program offers great learning opportunities for pre-meds, medical students, public health students and nursing students who are interested in International health.

The program offers an excellent overview of the Indian rural health care system.

• HIV/ AIDS Intervention: The HIV/AIDS interventions are targeted towards migrant workers, fishermen, truck drivers, and youth in colleges and high school. Students can work in this department and also help out with documentation, putting together training materials, grant proposals, and reports for social workers.

   

• Hospital Rotations: Work in the government hospitals that provide health care services to poor patients. Students shadow doctors in outpatient clinics, on hospital rounds and observe surgeries.

   

• Leprosy: Day trip to nearby leprosy hospital can also be organized for those interested in infectious disease. This allows students to see a disease that is no longer present in the west. Students get a chance to see patients and understand the social and medical aspects of this once dreaded illness.

   

• Health Camps: Work in health camps organized in the villages. Past students have conducted health camps for children and due to their help the organization was able to see over 3000 children in 3 months!

   

Even if you are a pre-medical student and don't have clinical skills there are many ways to give back to the community. Past students have helped with conducting health camps for children, medical data collection and analysis, report writing for foreign donors and project evaluation in addition to working in the field.