Teaching Global Health at the Frontlines
Open Access
- 5 June 2007
- journal article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 4 (6), e130
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040130
Abstract
The authors discuss a unique project to teach medical students in Peru about global health, which included a trip to the mining town of La Oroya at 15,610 feet above sea level in the Peruvian Andes.Keywords
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