title: Global health opportunities in surgery: a guide for medical students and faculty.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A four-week surgical rotation at the Clinica Universitaria Teleton in Chia, Colombia, was arranged for a U.S. student at the completion of the first year of medical school. The rotation resulted in a supervised intense early clinical exposure to surgery resulting in advancement in five of the six clinical competencies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  International medical experiences can provide great benefit to U. S. medical students.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California 94110, USA.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guzman
authors.forename: William P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Schecter
mesh_terms: D003105:Colombia; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D008297:Male