IES Abroad Santiago – Health Studies

With a population of more than five million people, Santiago is both the capital of Chile and its largest city. Its residents have a community-centered public health system, one that you’ll be able to observe and experience first-hand when you study abroad in Santiago.

Designed for advanced Spanish students in health-related majors such as Pre-Med, Nursing, and Public Health, as well as students in other health-related fields, this program offers valuable insight into Santiago’s health care system. You will develop health care-related experience while improving your communication skills through a Spanish course for health care practitioners. While in Santiago, you also have the option to enroll in Spanish-taught courses at our partner universities: Universidad de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Courses offered include:

• Spanish for Health Care Practitioners – This course is designed to help you develop Spanish language skills for a career in health. It stresses the acquisition of medical vocabulary, as well as health-related and intercultural communication skills.
• Health Studies Seminar – This unique course includes a seminar that provides a background and context for health care in Chile, as well as an observership that includes 80 hours of relevant experience. You have three options for the practicum:
• Clinical Observation – Visit private and public clinics/hospitals and interact with different health care professionals.
• Community Health – Work with a not-for-profit organization that works in underprivileged neighborhoods to promote health education and improve living conditions. You will be matched according to your skills and experience.
• Clinical Public Health – Visit and observe up close the different specialties in Chile’s largest public hospital, Dr. Sotero del Río. You will be able to choose among the variety of hospital departments and environments to focus your experience even more.

Four semesters of college-level Spanish are required in order to participate in this program.

Application Procedure:

Applying to an IES Abroad program is easy—just follow the three study abroad application steps outlined below. If you have any questions during the application process, visit the FAQs or contact your Program Advisor at 800.995.2300. You can do this!

1.    Check the application deadline and review the application requirements for your study abroad or internship program of interest. Plan to submit all of the required information by the deadline.

2.    Create an account or log in to complete and submit the initial online study abroad application.

3.    After 1-2 business days, sign in to your MyIESabroad account to view and submit the rest of the application requirements. You will also receive regular emails about deadlines and missing items.

Something unexpected is just around the world. Are you ready? Apply now at: https://www.IESabroad.org/apply