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Rural Site: Hopi Health Center
Location: Polacca, Hopi Indian Reservation; Close to Canyon de Chelly, Grand Canyon National Park, and Zion National Park
Type of site: Indian Health Services (Hopi Tribe)
Distance from Tucson: 334 miles (6 hours driving time) in northern AZ
Housing: Provided in a three bedroom trailer provided by the University of Arizona.
Located within one of the IHS housing areas approximately 13 miles from Polacca at Keams Canyon.
Up to three residents or students may be housed in the trailer at any given time
Special Features:
- Low-acuity inpatient, medical home outpatient, and busy ED experience
- No deliveries at this time (should be starting soon), but a lot of prenatal care and OB triage
- POCUS (Point-of-Care Ultrasound)
- Home visits with community workers
- Being part of a public radio health show
- Participation in native ceremonies
- Great sports medicine experience (option to work as doctor for the high school football team)
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Rural Site: Safford-Gila Valley Clinic and Mount Graham Community Hospital
Location: Safford, Arizona; close to Mount Graham, natural hot springs and a lot of hiking and fishing
Type of site: Rural mining town
Distance from Tucson: 127 miles (2 hours) in southwest AZ
Housing: Provided in a one-bedroom private apartment
Special Features:
- Full-spectrum family medicine with high-volume OB including C sections
- Inpatient (including low acuity ICU)
- Many procedures, esp IUDs, Nexplanons, joint injections, toenail removals, etc
- Option for nursing home visits
- Option for higher volume pediatric visits and circumcision training
- Option to learn D&Cs
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Rural Site: Whiteriver Indian Health Service
Location: Whiteriver, Arizona
Type of Site: Indian Health Services (Apache Tribe)
Distance from Tucson: 200 miles (4 hours) in the white mountains
Housing: Provided in an onsite trailer that can be shared with medical students and other residents.
Special Features:
- True full-spectrum (Inpatient, outpatient, ED and low risk OB)
- Outpatient done at Whiteriver and even more remote town of Cibecue
- Busy ED and Urgent Care with lots of procedures and trauma
- A week spent on ED, a week on inpatient/Urgent Care, and a week at each clinic site
- Home visits with community workers
- Opportunity to observe native ceremonies
- Interesting infectious diseases including hantavirus and rocky mountain spotted fever
- In beautiful White Mountains. Several lakes and streams. Great fishing, hiking and near Sunrise Park Ski Resort
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Rural Site: Tuba City
Location: Tuba City, Arizona; close to Canyon de Chelly, Grand Canyon National Park, and Zion National Park
Type of Site: Indian Health Services (Navajo Tribe)
Distance from Tucson: 340 miles (6 hours)
Housing: Coming soon.
Special Features:
- Inpatient, outpatient, potentially OB
- Home visits
- Interesting pathologies
- POCUS (Point-of-Care Ultrasound)
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Rural Site: Mariposa Community Health Center
Location: Nogales, Arizona, close to many historical sites
Type of Site: Border Town
Distance from Tucson: 66 miles (1 hour and 10 minutes) on the US-MX border.
Housing: Hotel extended stay
Special Features:
- Outpatient, inpatient and ED
- Spanish Speaking patients (including Mexican Citizens)
- Bread and butter family medicine
- Interesting pathologies
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Rural Site: Whiteriver
Location: Whiteriver, Arizona; in the beautiful White Mountains. Several lakes and streams. Great fishing, hiking and near Sunrise Park Ski Resort
Type of Site: Indian Health Service (Apache Tribe)
Distance from Tucson: 200 miles (4 hours)
Housing: Coming soon.
Special Features:
- True full-spectrum (Inpatient, outpatient, ED and low risk OB)
- Outpatient done at Whiteriver and even more remote town of Cibecue
- Busy ED and Urgent Care with lots of procedures and trauma
- A week spent on ED, a week on Inpatient/Urgent Care, and a week at each clinic site
- Home visits with community workers
- Opportunity to observe native ceremonies
- Interesting infectious diseases including hantavirus and rocky mountain spotted fever
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