Medical Experience in Thailand for High School Students
Frequently asked questions
Medical Experience in Thailand for High School Students is open to participants aged 14 to 18.
The program runs for 2-4 weeks.
Yes, the program includes housing. Participants stay in hotels or with a host family.
The program fee includes accommodation, activities, meals, and transportation.
Medical Experience in Thailand for High School Students is located in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
About Program
Participants in our programs are delivering healthcare and health education, hands-on every day. They are not watching, shadowing or observing and they are not conducting research. They’re making a difference!
Participants arrive into Thailand and will travel as a group, including GPSA staff, to our volunteer site. Students live with GPSA staff in groups of five or six with a host family in villages. Living with a host family creates a perfect atmosphere to learn and experience the Thai culture.
For their clinical service, students are divided into teams led by trained college graduates (premeds from Duke, Johns Hopkins or similar universities) or faculty. Students learn to facilitate several medical interventions and screenings and complete an important introductory cultural and language training.
Program Highlights
- Work at a local health center and deliver healthcare related to non-communicable diseases.
- Learn to facilitate medical interventions and screenings (how to measure infant height and weight, how to measure blood pressure, blood glucose, heart rate, etc.).
- One to four week programs are offered in the summer and winter time.
