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Care on Call

At the Tufts-run Sharewood Clinic, Tufts medical students are not only helping disadvantaged members of the community, but getting a head start at being a physician. A volunteer-based clinic run by Tufts students and supported by Tufts' family medicine residency program, Sharewood has had over 2,500 visits from 1,500 different patients over the past decade.

By Claire Vail
Run Date: March 5, 2007

The Doctors-To-Be Are In

The patient, a man in his 50s, explains that he's had a bad flu for nearly a month. In the last few days, a strange soreness under his left arm has put him into in a mild panic. After researching his symptoms on the Internet, he fears he may have a lymph node infection or worse -- angina pains. We peek behind the curtain and take a close-up look at a typical case at the Sharewood clinic.

By Claire Vail
Run Date: March 5, 2007

World of Good: Journey to India

Sohil Sud, an MD/Fletcher MA student, went to Mangalore on the west coast of southern India, to learn from and study with the public health practitioners at Father Muller Medical College. His experience treating a rural population for everything from snake bites to polio is related in this audio slidehow.

Media Type: Audio Slideshow
Run Date: February 6, 2007

World of Good: Journey to Peru

Educating young villagers in the mountains of southern Peru about their reproductive rights was a welcome challenge for MD/MPH student Manisha Kumar, a recipient of the Hickey-Peyton International Travel Fellowship. Our audio slideshow features the many highlights of her trip, including teaching the pupils of an all-girls school in a remote mountain town.

Media Type: Audio Slideshow
Run Date: February 6, 2007

World of Good: Journey to Africa

Catherine Hooper, an MD student, journeyed to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in east Africa, where she helped professors at Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences link up with TUSK, Tufts University School of Medicine's online database.

Media Type: Audio Slideshow
Run Date: February 6, 2007

Found in Translation

Librarians at Tufts School of Medicine have created an online health resource that is helping Asian immigrants in Boston's bustling Chinatown neighborhood better understand what ails them.

By Claire Vail
Run Date: November 7, 2007

Treating China's Lost Generation

Caring for China's "lost generation" -- survivors of the country's decade-long cultural revolution -- presents unique challenges for health care providers in Boston's Chinatown.

By Claire Vail
Run Date: November 7, 2007

Letter From Zanzibar

Kadesha Thomas, a student in the School of Medicine's Masters of Public Health program, recently spent a semester on one of the two Zanzibar islands off mainland Tanzania. Her experience as a student in the local medical clinic, and as an observer of native culture, has been full of wonder.

By Kadesha Thomas
Run Date: September 30, 2007