KCU-Kansas City's Global Health Track
Learn and experience firsthand the challenges and possibilities of international health care. Our application-based, competitive Global Health track, available at KCU-Kansas City, prepares to you practice on a global scale.
Components of the track include formal didactic sessions delivered synchronously and asynchronously and clinical experiences abroad, culminating with a required capstone research project.
The track begins in the spring semester of the first year and spans all years of the College of Osteopathic Medicine education.
International Health Care
KCU travels to Guatemala, Kenya and the Dominican Republic as a team, but students can also complete clerkships in other countries.
International Health Care
KCU travels to Guatemala, Kenya and the Dominican Republic as a team, but students can also complete clerkships in other countries.
- Approximately 20-30 additional hours of medical education
- Review of determinants of health and burden of disease in developed/developing nations
- Review of commonly seen tropical diseases and comparative health systems
- Selection of area of interest for research in your first year
- A minimum of three months in international rotations
- Completion of research capstone project
- Mentorship of first- and second-year students in the Global Health track
- Up to 15 students from each class may be selected
- Apply at the end of your first semester, first year
- Start during your second semester, first year
- Must be in the top third of your class to apply
- Grading is pass/fail
Discover the benefits to participating in KCU-Kansas City's Global Health track and how to get involved.