2-Week Summer Pre-Med Program in Greece:
Managing Health Emergencies
in the Land of Hippocrates
Program Description
“Managing Health Emergencies in the Land of Hippocrates” is designed for students interested in gaining practical pre-med experience in the outdoors, healthcare, or a science-based field. Students planning to pursue a medical career will learn skills to prepare for, and respond to, emergencies in a variety of limited resource environments.
This program is an interdisciplinary and integrative science course that explores the provision of medical care when challenges exist with regard to transportation, communication, equipment, facility infrastructure, medication supply lines, and the affordability and availability of skilled healthcare providers.
The course is divided into three modules: 1) Wilderness Medicine; 2) Disaster Preparedness; and 3) Global Health. Students will gain a better understanding of the need for emergency medical care as a way to manage injuries in the wilderness, during manmade and natural disasters, and in low-income countries lacking medical personnel and materials.
There will also be extensive cultural immersion activities and visits to important archaeological sites. Students will be given a program textbook for assigned readings.
Location
This program takes place in Athens and the island of Kos, the birthplace of Hippocrates, the Ancient Greek “Father of Medicine.”
Meet Your Instructor
John Foggle, MD, MBA, is an emergency physician with 35 years of experience as a clinician and educator.
Dr. Foggle is currently an Associate Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine in the Global Health Division at Brown University and regularly teaches at the Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University.
Dr. Foggle, who was a recent recipient of a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award, has served as a consultant with Project Hope and with the World Health Organization. He is double residency-trained at Yale in both Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine and received his MBA from the Yale School of Management. His expertise is in medical simulation, wilderness medicine, trauma management, disaster preparedness, and international emergency medicine development.
Dr. Foggle has lectured and led medical workshops in numerous countries and on six continents.
Sample Program Structure
7:30 am - 8:45 am
9:00 am - 9:45 am
9:45 am - 10:00 am
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Estimated Cost
- Resort
- Three meals a day
- Transportation to and from the airport
- Transportation for excursions to archaeological sites and entry tickets
- Tuition
- Over 50 hours of close teaching and mentorship with with Ivy League-educated instructors.
