A Look Inside the Life of an MSIH Student
A Look Inside the Life of an MSIH Student
March 21, 2016
Jewish Link of New Jersey — Dr. Gabriel Farkas, a graduate of BGU’s Medical School for International Health (MSIH), recently highlighted his experience in the program and beyond to students at Yeshiva University in New York City.
Through a short slide presentation, Dr. Farkas relayed many of the advantages of going to school in Beer-Sheva, including the beautiful city, close proximity to beaches and Israel’s other main cities, and exposure to the Israeli students from BGU’s Joyce and Irving Goldman School of Medicine who share their unique perspective on emergency medicine, as most have served in the Israel Defense Forces.
Dr. Farkas, who is also a Yeshiva University graduate, found that while the first two years of his MSIH experience were similar to those at U.S. medical schools, it was the required hands-on electives that set the program apart.
Students training to be physicians at BGU’s Medical School for International Health participate in clerkships in the developing world. Pictured here are two students in India.
MSIH students participate in an eight-week global health clerkship in a resource-poor setting at approved sites throughout the world. Locations include India, Nepal, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Peru, and Mexico.
Throughout this experience, students are prepared to take the USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Examination), which allows physicians to practice medicine in the United States.
Dr. Farkas is currently an anesthesiology resident at New York Medical College in Westchester, New York
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