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dutch healthcare management

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HEALTHCARE STUDIES

This program offers an opportunity for students to study the healthcare system in the Netherlands

Established shortly after WWII, the Dutch system is based upon a culture of “solidarity” whereby every citizen is invested into the

system, and receives the same levels of care in return for similar premiums, irrespective of risk. Select has the connections to

design a program crafted to meet your academic requirements and specialist areas of study. Aging & vitality, long-term care,

primary care, midwifery and innovative approaches to mental health and chemical dependency, are all available.

All programs are completely customized and the faculty retains complete control of the entire agenda at all times.

Program Highlights

Hotel Stay: 6 Nights

Meals: 6 breakfasts, 2 dinners

Accommodations

All site visits, seminars and top level guest speakers highly respected in their fields.

Sightseeing & Seminars

Airport-hotel transfers

Hotel and local taxes

Touring by deluxe private motorcoach, services of a professional tour manager.

Also Included

Sample Itinerary

Day One

Depart U.S.

Overnight flight from US to Amsterdam

DAY two
Arrive Holland

Morning arrival at Schiphol airport. Meet your Select Travel Study program director. Transfer approximately 1 hour south to The Hague which will be our home for the first two nights. Hotel check in and time to relax. Convene this evening for an early dinner before retiring for the night.

Overnight in The Hague

Day Three

The Hague

Morning Morning visit and lecture at Bronovo Hospital, a large general hospital servicing residents of The Hague and part of the Leiden University Medical Centre System.

This afternoon we visit the Ipse de Bruggen Medical Centre which specializes in physical and mental disabilities.

Overnight in The Hague

Day Four

Leyden & Amsterdam

Make the short drive from the Hague to Leyden Academy of Vitality and Aging for a tour of the facility and a discussion on their ground breaking work on engagement, vitality and well being of an aging population.

This afternoon we visit Altrecht Hospital for Mental Illness, Tour the facility and subject to circumstances, have the opportunity to interact with current patients.

Continue to Amsterdam arriving by late afternoon.

Overnight Amsterdam

Day Five

Amsterdam

Full day of cultural activities include the Rijksmuseum, canal cruise and a tour of the Red Light District which can also include a discussion on the Dutch approach to healthcare provided to sex workers.

Overnight Amsterdam

Day Six

Amsterdam

Morning visit to the Boerhaave Museum of Science and Medicine followed by the Vrolik Museum, a centre of excellence for the study of both normal and malformations of the human and animal anatomies.

Overnight Amsterdam.

Day Seven

Amsterdam

Morning lecture by a local expert on the Dutch public health policy as it relates to chemical addiction followed by a visit to the Cannabis College and local coffee shop.

Overnight Amsterdam

Day Eight

Return Home

Regrettably this morning we bid farewell to Holland and journey to Schiphol Airport for our return flight home.