Medical School for International Health

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The Medical School for International Health is an English-language collaboration between Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Faculty of Health Sciences and Columbia University Medical Center located in Beersheba, Israel.[1] Its stated aims are to graduate doctors with special skills in primary care and community, preventive, and population-based medicine. Established in 1996, the school enrolls more than 120 students per year.[2] Most of the students are from the United States, with several from Canada and other countries. The administrator is Mike Diamond.[3]

A joint global health and medical care program was established in 1997.[4]

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  1. ^ "Medical Students Pursue their Dream in Beersheva", Leora Eren Frucht, Israel 21c, August 13, 2006
  2. ^ Home page, Medical School for International Health, accessed 20 February [[2008
  3. ^ "Scratching the subsurface", The Jerusalem Post, February 5, 2008
  4. ^ "Global medicine - an Israeli speciality", JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH , The Jerusalem Post, August 8, 2004

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