Students on Israel trip Learn Growing Pains of a health system 'Model'
in the last days before the holiday while most students were winding down the half of the studies, 11 graduate students in Leonard Friedman "Healthcare Delivery classroom Israel" were ready for a new adventure. After the end of fall classes, students have left for Israel on a 10 day trip to experience first hand a very different system from that found in the United States country, culture and delivery of health care.
the system Israeli health is often cited to provide effective universal coverage at a reasonable cost. However, while Israeli citizens are guaranteed basic service under the National Insurance Act illness, more citizens feel a need to pay for services and more doctors are willing and able to provide these services in exchange for additional payment. "One of the most interesting aspects of our visit with health officials on the trip to Israel was to learn about the difficulties a level of private health care in an increasingly country in which the system is built in a public structure, "says Leonard Friedman, the management of health services and leadership teacher who led the group on the tour.
Throughout the trip, the students take turns sharing their experiences on the Blog of Public Health in GW images and messages. Arriving in Israel as a historic blizzard hit the Middle East, the GW group captured unusual pictures of holy places were covered with snow as they waited for the city of Jerusalem to reopen icy roads. After the roads were cleared the group traveled to their first site in the Braun Hebrew University School of Public Health, where GW student Juliet Feldman reported receiving a "large base on the health care system Israel "Dean of the school and several teachers. the students heard first hand how the Israeli health system continues to evolve and change, and learned that even a model system has yet controversey. for example, two Israeli experts in health policy presented their opposing views on the issue of privatization of the health care system.
"It is fascinating to hear two different views, but valid on this issue, "noted Feldman," and was an excellent example of how nothing in health care is in black and white. "
during travel students able to meet and learn from health experts in different health care sites, including the Hadassah Medical school where students have heard one of the best country nephrologists Dr. Meir Hospital Brezis and Western Galilee, where the director hospital Dr. Masad Barhoum described how privatization has been an impact on the funding and functioning of the public hospital.
trying to understand the health care system in the context, students also had many opportunities to absorb the sights and sounds of Israeli culture through visits to religious sites, museums, and the seat Israeli Government, the Knesset. Describing these outputs as an "integral aspect but indirect health care". Student Ashley Walker portrayed the "lively chaos" of the Machane Yehuda market in a post on the GW Public Health blog "people and culture This was my favorite part of the trip so far, "Walker wrote in a post describing the cries of traders as they attracted visitors to taste their sweets made of sesame and honey-called halva.
After completing the whirlwind tour that also included visits to the Sea of Galilee, the Dead Sea and museum of the Holocaust in Israel, students returned to US Christmas eve for a well deserved break and a chance to reflect on their experience. "I think this trip has opened a side of me that had remained dormant ... and is eager to learn new cultures," said Jared O'Neill, who noted that the trip was the first time he had traveled outside the United States. "This trip to Israel was by far the most revealing adventure that I know."
More photos and read reflections by students about the trip in Israel on the Blog GW of public health. Photo credit:. Melanie Whatman student MPH in maternal and child health
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