Student Experiences

The Global Health course has been running since 2008, and many students have already been on field visits for example in India and Tanzania. At this website some of the students share their experiences, explain about the program of the field visit and tell more about what they think of the course.

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Unique Global Health Opportunity

Student blogs:

2015:
India: Jentene i Vellore

2014:
Uganda: Global helse i Uganda

India: Semester som gjester

2013:

India: Global helse i India

Uganda: Mzungi på tur

Tanzania: Tanzaniaturen

2012:
India: Bergensindianerne

South Africa: Ved Taffelbergets fot

Tanzania: Marie og Stine i Tanzania

2011: Karen in India
- Medical Student Karen was in India during the autumn 2011 with her fellow students. In the blog she explains what they saw and experienced.

2010: 70 days in India
-Lene was in India in 2010 and tells about her 70 days there. You can also read an interview with Lene here.

Time off at the field visit - bicycle ride in Mamalla-Puram.

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Unique Global Health Opportunity

During their medical student career, students at the University of Bergen have the option of taking an elective course called “Global Health”.

Student interview: Practice, education and leisure in India

Seeing how the beliefs, culture and resources affect the medical profession outside Western Europe part of the motivation for medical student Lene as she applied for the course Global Health at UiB. Here she tells us about what she experienced during the course.

18.10.2018