Students are exposed to medical missions and are spiritually challenged to consider the option of medical missions early in their careers. The course is taught with the cooperation of Dr. Bradley Quist, a Calvin graduate and physician with HCJB World Radio Missions, stationed with the Hospital Vozandes Oriente in Shell, Ecuador. Students are paired with American and national physicians and health-care workers. Formal lectures, informal discussions, and on-site experiences constitute the bulk of the Interim. The course meets several times in the fall prior to the Interim session.
Student evaluation is based on a required journal, a paper, and class participation.
Knowledge of Spanish is helpful. Preference is given to students in a health-science program. Mr. P. Tigchelaar. Diversity and Conservation in Central America. Tropical ecosystems contain the largest concentrations of earth's biological diversity.