REEI-R 300 12445/REEI-R 500 12446 International Health Care Delivery: in-country Russian Field Experience*

• COST: $4,264.90
  
  
• DATES:  May 17th to May 29th, 2009
  
  
• APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 1st.
  
  
• APPLICATION TIMELINE:
  
  • December 1st (5:00p.m.) - application deadline
    
  • December 4th, December 5th, and December 6th - individual interviews with finalists
    
  • December 7th - applicants are notified (via e-mail) about the selection committee decision
    
  
  APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: 
  
  
• GPA 3.0 or with the instructor's permission.
  
  Please note that the submission of official transcripts is not required. Student transcripts will, however, be reviewed via OneStart.
  
  
• On-line application.
  
  
• The names and contact information (including e-mail and phone number) of three references (studen'ts advisor, IU faculty member, etc).
  Send to:
  nrekhter@iupui.edu, nrekhter@lincolncollege.edu
  ochernis@indiana.edu
  
  
• Russian language course work - SLAV-S 498/540 Survival Russian class or SLAV-S 498/540 Specialized Russian: Public Health Care class (is strongly recommended but not required).
  
  
• REEI-R 300/500 Global Public Health Dialogue class (is strongly recommended but is not required).
  
  
• Finalists will be interviewed before being accepted in the International Health Care Delivery: in-country Russian Field Experience course.


• Valid PASSPORT for traveling abroad.
  
  
• Non-refundable deposit:  $500 (upon acceptance in the International Health Care Delivery: in-country Russian Field Experience class).

This course is for undergraduate or graduate students and can be used as an elective. Previous experience in health care is desirable but not necessary.  Taking REEI-R 300/500 Global Public Health Dialogue and either SLAV-S 498/540 Survival Russian or SLAV-S 498/540 Specialized Russian: Public Health Care is strongly recommended but is not required.

This course's focus is on institutional, economic, epidemiological, ideological, and political forces in the field of international health care. The emphasis will be on comparative analysis of countries with private health care delivery (USA), as compared to countries with social health care delivery and uniform access to care (Russia). The range of issues examined includes, but is not limited to: demographic profiles and the distribution of diseases, the social determinants of health, cultural and political aspects of health care delivery, health care financing, and health reforms.

Students will spend two weeks (in the beginning of May 2009) in Rostov-on-Don, a city in the southern part of Russia.  During their two weeks in Russia, the students will visit the Center for Social Services and Protection of Vulnerable Population, Socially Funded Camp/Resorts for Disabled and Financially Disadvantaged Children (where children receive necessary preventive and other health services), different types of hospitals (tertiary, community, rehabilitation, sub-acute, rural, etc.), the Compulsory Health Care Insurance Fund, as well as a private clinic, a rural clinic, a rural nursing station, the Center for Maternal and Child Health, Planned Parenthood, etc.  Students will also interact with medical personnel, students, and faculty, spent a weekend with families, and take part in various cultural activities.

* Students on the IUPUI-Indianapolis campus must complete the TEMPORARY intercampus transfer form at the following website to be able to register for this spring semester course. They can take the course on IUPUI campus, it will be facilitated by the distance-learning facility.
https://www.iupui.edu/~moveiu/moveiu.html

* IUPUI GRADUATE students wishing to enroll in this course should contact Tricia Wall at iuslavic@indiana.edu for permission to register.