The GHEC Guidebook:
Advising Medical Students and Residents
for International Health Experiences

Copyright 2000

The GHEC Guidebook (c) 2000 is in PDF format, and you will need Adobe Acrobat Viewer 4.0 or higher to read it.  Each section has been set up as a separate file to aid in download time.

*** Please note: References in the publication to the location of the GHEC Secretariat are outdated. The GHEC Secretariat is now located in San Francisco . ***

Table of Contents

• Cover Page (185k)
• Introduction (11k)
• Editors and Contributing Authors (13k)
• What Is IHMEC? & Officers (38k)
• Planning and Preparation (119k)
• Advising Students on Selecting Rotations (35k)
• Health Preparation (52k)
• Language Learning (39k)
• Safety Abroad (26k)
• Evaluation (28k)
• Cultural Aspects of Health Care in International Context (23k)
• Finances (26k)
• Liability and Ethical Issues (53k)
• Curriculum (26k)
• Institutional Organization of International Health Programs (17k)
• Establishing International Partnerships (27k)
• Careers in International Health (47k)

Revised on 05-10-01