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During the Summer session at California State University, Long Beach I am participating in a study abroad program travelling to Hamburg, Germany. The trip will last 12 days, between May 29 and June 11, 2016. The class is through the Healthcare Administration department at CSU Long Beach, and will be focusing on Global Issues in Health Services. According to the course description, the class will examine the German health care delivery system as well as examining the culture surrounding that system. To do this, we will be visiting the Hamburg Health Department, Medical Care Center, Federal Ministry of Health, and the German Parliament, along with a few other locations. Dispersed between these outings there will be lectures, as well as adventures …show more content…

I am not studying healthcare administration, have never studied healthcare administration, and am not likely to go into that field post-graduation. However, I am studying anthropology, and one of the key principles of anthropology is utilizing an interdisciplinary approach for all things even vaguely academic or educational. Although I am not as prepared for the experience as my classmates might be, I do believe that being able to participate in the course will prove to be an asset, both in my academic and professional life. There is a field of applied anthropology, titled Medical Anthropology, that studies human health and disease, and utilizes anthropological theory to analyse and compare the health of particular populations. Anthropologists working in this field frequently are not actual anthropologists, but do have a background in anthropology and are working as healthcare administrators, practitioners, and other professionals. I firmly believe that I can combine what the course offers into my own anthropological career, despite not currently planning to work in the medical field. That being said, I have had to play catch up so I can go into the program not looking like a complete

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