Health Careers Border Education Project

AMOUNT: $12,000 US

PROJECT LEADERS: Elizabeth Santillanez Robson, Adriana Carolina Vargas Ojeda

INSTITUTIONS: University of California, San Diego and Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

The Health Careers Border Education Project promotes the education of a cadre of U.S.-Mexico border area healthcare students and practitioners with an international perspective. Participants include medical and nursing students, faculty, and practicing healthcare professionals in the busy U.S.-Mexico border regions of California/Baja California and El Paso/Ciudad Juárez. The project focused on creating accessible, flexible approaches to student, faculty, and professional educational exchange experiences. The project also facilitated dialogue regarding professional mobility, accreditation and licensing policies in the two countries.