Global Immersion Experience: Peru
Cusco view from Sacsayhuamán.
- Improve the health and well-being of the individuals and communities
- Ensure burdens participants place on local communities are minimized
- Respect people and be sensitive and respectful of cultural differences
- Pre-departure preparation for ethical challenges and moral distress
- Participate with ethical and professional organizations
Location
CeriCusco Medical Center in Cusco, Peru
Activities
- Reduce the morbidity and mortality of cancer in disadvantaged Peruvians
- Maintain a free-standing regional clinic in Cusco, Peru, to provide sustained clinical services for women, men, and children
- Serve as an educational training site for Peruvian and international healthcare providers
- Extend the availability of clinical trials to eligible patients
- Educate Peruvians about cancer prevention and other health issues
Dates
Aug. 17-24, 2024 (tentative)
Cost: $1,800 (not including experiences)
Costs listed below are approximate.
- Lodging and transportation: $900
- Flight: $600-$700
- Food and toiletries: $200
- Experiences: $200-500
Passport required.
In order to participate in this trip, you must have a passport in place that has six months of validity.
Machu Picchu, site of ancient Inca ruins located about 50 miles northwest of Cuzco, Peru, in the Cordillera de Vilcabamba of the Andes Mountains.
- Location: South America, west coast
- Size: 496,200 sq mi (1,285,216 sq km)
- Climate: A combination of tropical latitude, mountain ranges, topography variations and two ocean currents (Humboldt and El Niño) gives Peru a large diversity of climates
- Capital: Lima
- Population: 34,352,720 (2023)
- Official Languages: Spanish (national); Indigenous languages (in areas where they are common)
- Indigenous languages: Quechua, Aymara, languages of the Arawakan, Piro, Upper Amazon, Bora–Witoto, Cahuapanan, Jivaroan, Panoan, Quechuan, Tucanoan, Tupian and Zaparoan families
Program Contact information
Molli Oldenburg, DNP, RN, FNP-C
Family Nurse Practitioner Program Coordinator; Global Initiatives Coordinator; Clinical Associate Professor