MSID—Health in Ecuador

Study Ecuador's unique and complex blend of traditional Andean health practices and newer Western medicine healthcare ideologies and policies. At the same time, practice your Spanish language skills through a 6-week internship or research placement that will give you hands-on experience in the Ecuadorian healthcare industry. Ecuador deeply values traditional Andean health practices and has recently seen a resurgence of these practices. It also has contrasting Western medicinal practices, and these two differing viewpoints create a unique and complex blend of healthcare policies. This program is based in Quito, a city frozen in time that will allow you to observe better this intersection between traditional and modern healthcare practices and ideologies.