Recommended for study and discussion


Latin American Medical School - Resources & Links

Articles & Media

Cuba Trains Hundreds of Haitian Doctors to Make a Difference
Kovac, A. Cuba Health Reports. 2007; August 6. [free full text]

Health Workforce Makes History in Havana
Giraldo, G. & Gorry, C. Cuba Health Reports. 2007; July 28. [free full text]

Julian Bond at Havana's Latin American Medical School.
Reed, G. Cuba Health Reports. 2007; Jan 30. [free full text]
 
Studying medicine in Cuba: First impressions.
Giraldo, G. Cuba Health Reports. 2007; Jan 15.  [free full text]

American students, Cuban medical schools [Audio].
Nussbaum, P. Philadelphia Inquirer,  2006; Dec 1.

The Cuban solution.
Loose, C. The Washington Post, 2006, July 23; Sect. W:12. [free full text]

Forum with U.S. ELAM students and Ellen Bernstein of IFCO/Pastors for Peace.
Philadelphia Inquirer online, December 3-4, 2006.  [free full text]

Innovative project brings permanent medical services to Honduran Mosquitia.
Gorry, C. Cuba Health Reports. 2006; Nov 30.  [free full text]

Path to becoming a doctor via the third world.
Nussbaum, P. Philadelphia Inquirer. 2006; Dec 3.  [free full text] 

Thumbs up for Cuba degrees.
NationNews.com.
2006; Dec 9.  [free full text]

Doctors for the (developing) world.
Frank, M., Reed, G. MEDICC Review. 2005;7(8):2-4.  [free full text]

Profiles in commitment: Conversations with ELAM students.
MEDICC Review. 2005;7(8):5-8.  [free full text]

Where there were no doctors: First MDs graduate from Latin American Medical School.
Reed, G.  MEDICC Review. 2005;7(8):28-30.  [free full text]

Affirmative action, Cuban style.
Mullan, F. New England Journal of Medicine, 2004;351(26),2680-2.

US medical students in Cuba. 
[Youth Radio broadcast.]  Miroff, N.  2005.


Books & Reports

Defining and measuring the social accountabilty of medical schools.
Boelen C. Heck JE. World Health Organization. Geneva: July 1995. WHO Publication WHO/HRH/95.7


Links

Official ELAM website

Medical School Scholarship Program at ELAM
Part of the IFCO/Pastors for Peace organization, this is for US students wishing to learn more and apply to the school.

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