Intercambio Médico Arizona – Sonora is a bi-national exchange program for medical students from the University of Arizona and Universidad de Sonora. Participants have the opportunity to:

• Study and Practice the language of the neighbor country (Spanish or English),
• Accompany and observe attending clinicians in action,
• Practice patient interviewing and clinical decision making skills,
• Become familiar with the culture and health care system of the neighbor country, and
• Develop personal relationships with medical students and clinicians from across the U.S. – Mexico border.

For additional information about the two complementary versions of this exchange program, visit the following links:

Summer in Tucson

Summer in Hermosillo

Intercambio Médico Arizona – Sonora is a collaboration among multiple partners, including:

• Universidad de Sonora --División de Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud (Licenciatura en Medicina, Departamento de Enfermería)
• University of Arizona College of Medicine, Office of Outreach and Multicultural Affairs
• UA Center for English as a Second Language
• Arizona Health Sciences Library
• Secretaría de Salud del Estado de Sonora
• Hospital General del Estado, Hospital Infantil de Estado (HIES) y Hospital Integral de la Mujer del Estado de Sonora (HIMES)
• Colegio de Médicos Generales y Familiares de Hermosillo
• University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
• Arizona Department of Health Services, Office of Border Health
• University of Arizona College of Nursing
• Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center
• Tucson Medical Center
• University Physicians Hospital
• University Medical Center
• St. Joseph’s Hospital
• St. Mary’s Hospital
• El Pueblo Clinic
• St. Elizabeth Clinic
• Southern Arizona VA Medical Center
• University of Arizona Mobile Health Clinic
• Compass Healthcare Inc.
• Rehab Solutions