Witness the delivery of healthcare in a rural setting and gain appreciation of the inherent logistical and cultural challenges to successful health maintenance. Gain insight into opportunities for collaboration between simple rural healthcare delivery and the highly ‘technologized’ medicine practised in the hospital.

Location:

Lake Atitlan,

Guatemala

Included:

Housing (with kitchen, solar shower, sauna, garden with space for Qigong, Yoga etc.),

classes, Spanish emersion classes.

Fees:

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Not Included:

Airfare, Meals, and CEU Credits Not Included

Spanish skills not required

Class availability may vary.

Interview required.

So many of the challenges to providing quality healthcare arise from the excesses of bureaucracy and the unsustainability of the life-style and medical approach of more developed nations. While rural healthcare has its own unique and specific set of problems to be overcome, nonetheless, individual and professionals/practitioners can experience quantum growth in their understanding of what works, what works better and what is a waste of time and resource – all of which are crucial to the reform of more developed nation’s medical systems. This is an opportunity that no one dedicated to medical practice wants to miss.

Calacirya International Experiential Learning Organization

CIELO is Spanish for 'sky' or 'heaven.'

The Calacirya Foundation was founded in 2002

to promote cross-cultural exchange and experiential learning.

www.calacirya.org

Contact: utzawatch@onebox.com

(866) 841-9139 x 1011