Dozens of doctors, pharmacists, nurses and medical and nursing students from Russia and Ukraine ages 18 to 30 are touring Israel with Taglit-Birthright's Birthright Plus program to learn about the country's health care system. Through the specialized program, Birthright Israel is introducing the country to young Jewish medical and nursing students and practitioners. As part of their 14-day tour of Israel, participants in the Birthright Plus program tour the Shock Trauma Unit at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem, visit the Ramat Hovav factory of Israeli pharmaceutical giant Teva, participate in workshops on the importance of medical clowning in hospitals and learn about the ancient medicinal treatments still used by Israel's Bedouin community. Paulina Merbaum, a 23-year-old medical student from Moscow, called the trip "an amazing experience." "The program made me connect to the country and the people living here. I am thinking about coming back to live and work in Israel when I finish my medical studies," she said. Amos Hermon, CEO of the Jewish Agency's Israel Experience, a longtime partner of the Taglit-Birthright Israel foundation, said, "The students and the doctors touring the country as part of Birthright's medical students and practitioners program experience the Israeli health care system firsthand and meet the best doctors working at our hospitals." Hermon said he hoped participants would soon be a part of Israel's health care system themselves.
Taglit-Birthright Plus connects young Jewish medical professionals to Israel
Specialized Birthright trip teaches doctors, nurses about Israeli health care • Program participants tour a Jerusalem trauma center, visit a pharmaceutical factory, participate in a medical clowning workshop, and learn about ancient Bedouin medicine.
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