Boston Medical Student Provides Care in the Dominican Republic
In March, a group of students from New York Institute of Technology’s College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM), including Alexis Bloedel from East Boston, traveled to the Dominican Republic with the medical school’s Center for Global Health. Under the supervision of the school’s practicing clinicians and local healthcare providers, the medical students helped care for underserved patients, gaining invaluable clinical experience and honing their physical exam skills. Among other activities, the future physicians visited a maternity hospital and an orphanage catering to children with special needs.
NYITCOM’s Center for Global Health is dedicated to developing healthcare professionals who are empathetic leaders and change agents, ready to tackle the global burden of disease and health disparities at home and abroad.