Student Internships


May Internship. 5/9/2010 - 5/29/2010. Pediatric Heart Screening and Clinics. Hong He State. Setting. Hong He is located southeast of Kunming. Most locations can be reached within eight hours by bus. Its terrain is mountainous and hilly and many slopes are covered with rice terraces which have been present for thousands of years. The main features of its weather are mildness and humidity without strong winds. May is likely to be dry and mild. Its inhabitants include the Yi, Hani and Miao minorities. Minority floks, especially the Yi and the Miao, dress in beautiful costumes and are very hospitable. Food is spicy and there are many unusual dishes like bamboo worms, stir fried bees and various wild vegetables. Logistics. We will be accompanied by Professor Marion Tipple MD, of the pediatrics department at The University of Vancouver. Professor Tipple will be lending her expertise in diagnosis and clinical management of the children that we see and will be teaching us about pediatric congenital heart disease. We will allot time for pediatric screening for congenital heart disease and arrange for screening children in elementary schools, clinics and village centers. We plan on screening at least 4000 children and expect to find about 30 cases of congenital heart disease. China Cal will provide help to needy families of these children so they can receive necessary surgical and catheter based interventions. Student after training and certification will actively participate in screening the children with their stethoscopes. Qualifications and Fees. We will accept no more than five interns for this trip. To participate, you must qualify. Please apply here and sign send us the signed waiver. You must be in good health and you must be in Kunming by no later than May 8. You are required to cover the cost of your round trip air ticket to Kunming city, local travel, local room and meals. Local expenses are usually about $150 per week. We also request a donation of $2000. August Internship. 8/16/2010 - 8/31/2010. Adult Research and Clinics. Jiao Tong State. Setting. Zhao Tong is located in the northeast corner of Yunnan province. Its terrain is mountainous. Fossils discovered in the mountain caves indicate that human settlers began to move here one hundred thousand years ago, and many Neolithic relics have been discovered. Zhaotong has a plateau monsoon climate. Due to the terrain, Zhaotong is sunny and warmer in the south region. Zhaotong has a great number of ethnic minorities. Among the 520 thousand minority people, Yi and Miao ethnic minorities dominate. Logistics. We will be accompanied by faculty from Kunming Medical College and Beijing University. We will meet first with local administrative and medical leadership and use standard epidemiologic methodology to choose a random sample of the adult population for study. We will then visit two or three villages where we will run daily research clinics to survey this random sample for blood pressure and ultrasound measurements of left ventricular size. Each afternoon and each market day will be devoted to adult and pediatric hypertension and cardiac clinics. Qualifications and Fees. We will not accept more than five students for this trip. To participate, you must qualify. Please apply here and sign send us the signed waiver. You must be in good health and you must be in Kunming by no later than August 15. You are required to cover the cost of your round trip air ticket to Kunming city, local travel, local room and meals. Local expenses are usually about $150 per week. We request a donation of $1400. Internship. 9/15/2010 - 9/29/2010. Pediatric Heart Screening and Clinics. Dali State. Setting. The 1,000-year-old town of Dali is known as a shining pearl inlaid in the southwestern highland. The town is located between Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake.A poet praised the ancient town in a verse, “Pavilions and towers appear above the cloud and the town spreads between the mountain and the lake.” The ancient town of Dali was originally called Yangjumie Town. It was built by the ancestors of the Bai ethnic group. For 600 years, during Nanzhao and Dali state, Dali was the political,economic, and cultural center in Yunnan Province, According to a textual research by an American scholar ,Dali held 13th place among the 14 major capital cities in the world in the year 1,000. The ancient town has survived the change of dynasties. It’s two city towers that face each other in the south and north; the time honored three pagodas; the residence of Du Wenxiu.commander of a peasant uprising during the Qing Dynasty (1644--1911),that was known as the “Forbidden City”; and the checkerboard-like anyout of the nine streets and 18 lanes show the charm of Dali as an ancient capital city. The China California Heart Watch has a residence, clinic just outside the walls of the ancient city. Logistics. We will be accompanied by faculty from Kunming and Dali University. We will allot time for pediatric screening for congenital heart disease and arrange for screening children in elementary schools, clinics and village centers. We plan on screening at least 4000 children and expect to find about 30 cases of congenital heart disease. China Cal will provide help to needy families of these children so they can receive necessary surgical and catheter based interventions. Student after training and certification will actively participate in screening the children with their stethoscopes. Qualifications and Fees. We will accept no more than five interns for this trip. To participate, you must qualify. Please apply here and sign send us the signed waiver. You must be in good health and you must be in Kunming by no later than September 14. You are required to cover the cost of your round trip air ticket to Kunming city, local travel, local room and meals. Local expenses are usually about $150 per week. We also request a donation of $1400. Internship. 10/7/2010 - 10/31//2010. Pediatric Heart Screening and Clinics. Dali State. Setting.The 1,000-year-old town of Dali is known as a shining pearl inlaid in the southwestern highland. The town is located between Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake.A poet praised the ancient town in a verse, “Pavilions and towers appear above the cloud and the town spreads between the mountain and the lake.” The ancient town of Dali was originally called Yangjumie Town. It was built by the ancestors of the Bai ethnic group. For 600 years, during Nanzhao and Dali state, Dali was the political,economic, and cultural center in Yunnan Province, According to a textual research by an American scholar ,Dali held 13th place among the 14 major capital cities in the world in the year 1,000. The ancient town has survived the change of dynasties. It’s two city towers that face each other in the south and north; the time honored three pagodas; the residence of Du Wenxiu.commander of a peasant uprising during the Qing Dynasty (1644--1911),that was known as the “Forbidden City”; and the checkerboard-like anyout of the nine streets and 18 lanes show the charm of Dali as an ancient capital city. The China California Heart Watch has a residence, clinic just outside the walls of the ancient city. Logistics. We will be accompanied by faculty from Kunming and Dali University. We will allot time for pediatric screening for congenital heart disease and arrange for screening children in elementary schools, clinics and village centers. We plan on screening at least 4000 children and expect to find about 30 cases of congenital heart disease. China Cal will provide help to needy families of these children so they can receive necessary surgical and catheter based interventions. Student after training and certification will actively participate in screening the children with their stethoscopes. Qualifications and Fees. We will accept no more than five interns for this trip. To participate, you must qualify. Please apply here and sign send us the signed waiver. You must be in good health and you must be in Kunming by no later than October 6. You are required to cover the cost of your round trip air ticket to Kunming city, local travel, local room and meals. Local expenses are usually about $150 per week. We also request a donation of $2000. Waiver Form Trip Details

May Internship. 5/9/2010 - 5/29/2010. Pediatric Heart Screening and Clinics. Hong He State.

Setting. Hong He is located southeast of Kunming. Most locations can be reached within eight hours by bus. Its terrain is mountainous and hilly and many slopes are covered with rice terraces which have been present for thousands of years. The main features of its weather are mildness and humidity without strong winds. May is likely to be dry and mild. Its inhabitants include the Yi, Hani and Miao minorities. Minority floks, especially the Yi and the Miao, dress in beautiful costumes and are very hospitable. Food is spicy and there are many unusual dishes like bamboo worms, stir fried bees and various wild vegetables.

Logistics. We will be accompanied by Professor Marion Tipple MD, of the pediatrics department at The University of Vancouver. Professor Tipple will be lending her expertise in diagnosis and clinical management of the children that we see and will be teaching us about pediatric congenital heart disease.

We will allot time for pediatric screening for congenital heart disease and arrange for screening children in elementary schools, clinics and village centers. We plan on screening at least 4000 children and expect to find about 30 cases of congenital heart disease. China Cal will provide help to needy families of these children so they can receive necessary surgical and catheter based interventions. Student after training and certification will actively participate in screening the children with their stethoscopes.

Qualifications and Fees. We will accept no more than five interns for this trip. To participate, you must qualify. Please apply here and sign send us the signed waiver. You must be in good health and you must be in Kunming by no later than May 8. You are required to cover the cost of your round trip air ticket to Kunming city, local travel, local room and meals. Local expenses are usually about $150 per week. We also request a donation of $2000.

August Internship. 8/16/2010 - 8/31/2010. Adult Research and Clinics. Jiao Tong State.

Setting. Zhao Tong is located in the northeast corner of Yunnan province. Its terrain is mountainous. Fossils discovered in the mountain caves indicate that human settlers began to move here one hundred thousand years ago, and many Neolithic relics have been discovered. Zhaotong has a plateau monsoon climate. Due to the terrain, Zhaotong is sunny and warmer in the south region. Zhaotong has a great number of ethnic minorities. Among the 520 thousand minority people, Yi and Miao ethnic minorities dominate.

Logistics. We will be accompanied by faculty from Kunming Medical College and Beijing University.

We will meet first with local administrative and medical leadership and use standard epidemiologic methodology to choose a random sample of the adult population for study. We will then visit two or three villages where we will run daily research clinics to survey this random sample for blood pressure and ultrasound measurements of left ventricular size. Each afternoon and each market day will be devoted to adult and pediatric hypertension and cardiac clinics.

Qualifications and Fees. We will not accept more than five students for this trip. To participate, you must qualify. Please apply here and sign send us the signed waiver. You must be in good health and you must be in Kunming by no later than August 15. You are required to cover the cost of your round trip air ticket to Kunming city, local travel, local room and meals. Local expenses are usually about $150 per week. We request a donation of $1400.

Internship. 9/15/2010 - 9/29/2010. Pediatric Heart Screening and Clinics. Dali State.

Setting. The 1,000-year-old town of Dali is known as a shining pearl inlaid in the southwestern highland. The town is located between Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake.A poet praised the ancient town in a verse, “Pavilions and towers appear above the cloud and the town spreads between the mountain and the lake.” The ancient town of Dali was originally called Yangjumie Town. It was built by the ancestors of the Bai ethnic group. For 600 years, during Nanzhao and Dali state, Dali was the political,economic, and cultural center in Yunnan Province, According to a textual research by an American scholar ,Dali held 13th place among the 14 major capital cities in the world in the year 1,000. The ancient town has survived the change of dynasties. It’s two city towers that face each other in the south and north; the time honored three pagodas; the residence of Du Wenxiu.commander of a peasant uprising during the Qing Dynasty (1644--1911),that was known as the “Forbidden City”; and the checkerboard-like anyout of the nine streets and 18 lanes show the charm of Dali as an ancient capital city. The China California Heart Watch has a residence, clinic just outside the walls of the ancient city.

Logistics. We will be accompanied by faculty from Kunming and Dali University. We will allot time for pediatric screening for congenital heart disease and arrange for screening children in elementary schools, clinics and village centers. We plan on screening at least 4000 children and expect to find about 30 cases of congenital heart disease. China Cal will provide help to needy families of these children so they can receive necessary surgical and catheter based interventions. Student after training and certification will actively participate in screening the children with their stethoscopes.

Qualifications and Fees. We will accept no more than five interns for this trip. To participate, you must qualify. Please apply here and sign send us the signed waiver. You must be in good health and you must be in Kunming by no later than September 14. You are required to cover the cost of your round trip air ticket to Kunming city, local travel, local room and meals. Local expenses are usually about $150 per week. We also request a donation of $1400.

Internship. 10/7/2010 - 10/31//2010. Pediatric Heart Screening and Clinics. Dali State.

Setting.The 1,000-year-old town of Dali is known as a shining pearl inlaid in the southwestern highland. The town is located between Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake.A poet praised the ancient town in a verse, “Pavilions and towers appear above the cloud and the town spreads between the mountain and the lake.” The ancient town of Dali was originally called Yangjumie Town. It was built by the ancestors of the Bai ethnic group. For 600 years, during Nanzhao and Dali state, Dali was the political,economic, and cultural center in Yunnan Province, According to a textual research by an American scholar ,Dali held 13th place among the 14 major capital cities in the world in the year 1,000. The ancient town has survived the change of dynasties. It’s two city towers that face each other in the south and north; the time honored three pagodas; the residence of Du Wenxiu.commander of a peasant uprising during the Qing Dynasty (1644--1911),that was known as the “Forbidden City”; and the checkerboard-like anyout of the nine streets and 18 lanes show the charm of Dali as an ancient capital city. The China California Heart Watch has a residence, clinic just outside the walls of the ancient city.

Qualifications and Fees. We will accept no more than five interns for this trip. To participate, you must qualify. Please apply here and sign send us the signed waiver. You must be in good health and you must be in Kunming by no later than October 6. You are required to cover the cost of your round trip air ticket to Kunming city, local travel, local room and meals. Local expenses are usually about $150 per week. We also request a donation of $2000.

Waiver Form
Trip Details

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