International Opportunities

HPAO Disclaimer

The unlicensed treatment of patients outside of the United States is unethical, possibly illegal, and most
certainly harmful to the communities that they are supposed to be serving. Please review the Ethical Principles Guidelines for Providing Patient Care for medicine and dentistry.

HPAO does not endorse the programs listed below, with the exception of the UMD Study Abroad Office.  Students should carefully research the programs they are considering.

Study Abroad

• UMD Education Abroad: Information for Pre-Health students can be found here or visit their website

Additional Resources

• Service Leader - http://www.serviceleader.org
• Transitions Abroad - http://transitionsabroad.com
• Volunteer Abroad - http://volunteerabroad.com
• Volunteer Match - http://www.volunteermatch.org
• Links to maps and reports on health conditions around the world
  
  • http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc100?OpenForm

International Volunteer Opportunities

• A Broader View - http://www.abroaderview.org
• Amigos de las Americas - http://www.amigoslink.org/
• Amizade - http://www.amizade.org/
• Australearn - http://www.australearn.org/
• Bridges to Community - http://www.bridgestocommunity.org/
• CARE - http://www.care.org/
• Child Family Health International - http://www.cfhi.org/
• CIEE - Council on International Educational Exchange
  
  • http://www.ciee.org/program_search/program_detail.aspx?program_id=125
• Cross Cultural Solutions - http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org/
• Explorations in Travel - http://www.volunteertravel.com/
• Gap Medics - http://www.gapmedics.com/
• Global Health Corps - http://www.ghcorps.org/apply/
• Global Health Education Consortium - http://globalhealtheducation.org/
• Global Medical Brigades - http://www.medicalbrigades.com/
• Global Medical Training - http://www.gmtonline.org/
• Global Services Corps - http://www.globalservicecorps.org/
• Global Volunteers - http://www.globalvolunteers.org/
• Global Volunteer Network - http://www.volunteer.org.nz/
• HealthCare Volunteer - http://www.healthcarevolunteer.com/
• Himalayan Health Exchange - http://www.himalayanhealth.com/
• International and Appalachian Outreach Programs - http://www.vcom.vt.edu/outreach/files/mission/index.html
• International Federation of Medical Students' Association - USA - http://www.ifmsa-usa.org/
• International Medical Volunteers - http://www.imva.org/
• International Opportunities in Medical Education www.faimer.org/resources/opportunities/index.html
• International Partnership for Service-Learning - http://www.ipsl.org
• International Scholar Laureate Program - http://www.scholarlaureate.org/
• International Service Learning - www.islonline.org
• International Volunteer Programs Association - www.volunteerinternational.org
• Love Volunteers - http://www.lovevolunteers.org/
• Med Spanish - www.medspanish.org
• Peace Corps - http://www.peacecorps.gov/
• Power Up Gambia - http://www.powerupgambia.org
• Project Medishare - www.projectmedishare.org
• Remote Area Medical - http://www.ramusa.org/
• School for International Training - http://www.sit.edu/studyabroad/
• SOS Children's Villages - http://www.sos-usa.org
• Spanish Medical - http://www.spanish-medical.com
• United Planet - www.unitedplanet.org
• USC Somos Hermanos - http://www.somoshermanos.org/
• Universidad de las Americas - Pueblo Spanish Program for Health Professions
  • http://www.udlap.mx/internacional/summerprogram/study.aspx
• University of Maryland Study Abroad - http://www.international.umd.edu/studyabroad
• Visions in Action - http://www.visionsinaction.org/
• Volunteer International - http://www.volunteerinternational.org
• World Teach - http://www.worldteach.org
• Washington University in St. Louis - France for the Pre-Med - http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~chwinn/