As a PGY-2 resident, Dr. Nanda traveled to Chidamoyo, Zimbabwe to work in a small mission hosptial about 200km from the capitol city of Harare. With extremely limited resources and an ever-worsening geo-political climate, the mission hospital accounts for more than 70% of healthcare in Zimbabwe. He was able to learn a great deal about HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, and deliver 24 babies in 24 days!
Belize: Dr. Nanda and two fourth-year medical students spent two weeks in the jungles of Belize learning and training in Wilderness Medicine and Rescue Medicine. Paul believes that "these were two of the most difficult, challenging, but fun and fullfilling weeks of my residency". He learned a variety of new skill sets, yet the lessons learned were also applicable to his patient population in Columbus. They also spent two weeks working in the Emergency Room in the capitol city of Belmopan, Belize (pop. 7,500 people). Here they learned to care for patients in a very underserved area with limited resources and who come from a broad spectrum of backgrounds.
Dr. Kurpita's first international rotation was to her home country Ukraine. She spent the majority of her time in an orphanage where she slept, ate, and played with the children. She also participated in their health care and in the development of a nutrition plan since a vast majority of them were malnourished. She also had a chance to go on a mission trip to a remote area in the mountains, providing basic medical care in the poorest area of Ukraine. When asked about her experience, Ruslana said that "It was very satisfying to giving back to the land where I came from; connecting again to these people and their needs, seeing their despair, and being there for them. I definitely want to go there again".
Drs. Scheibe and Nanda traveled to Lesotho, Africa, a small, independent, land-locked country within South Africa. They chose to do his rotation in Africa as it has a great need for doctors willing to help with the HIV/Aids epidemic. They learned of Lesotho's plight during an international conference of the American Academy of Family Physicians in Tucson, Arizona. Dr. Nanda made arrangements for them to spend a month volunteering in a 150-bed missionary hospital and the outlying 
clinics which supported more than 100,000 people in 264 villages.
In addition to working in the hospital, they also worked in outlying clinics where healthcare was nonexistent for hundreds of miles. They were responsible for any patient who came into the hospital or clinic requiring medical, pediatric, surgical, or emergency services. The hospital had the support 
services of two surgeons, one obstetrician, and one ophthalmologist. The remaining four doctors were generalists from other African countries. In addition to the healthcare services they provided, he and Paul had the opportunity to hike the local mountains, rappel one of the world's tallest waterfalls, and visit a newly established big cat sanctuary in South Africa.
Dr. Kurpita's second trip was to Taichung,Taiwan, where she worked at the China Medical University of Taiwan. She is interested in working with Alternative Medicine after she graduates, and is very grateful that she had this opportunity to study herbs at the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine. While she was studying and working hard during the day, she had a chance to make friends and be exposed to their culture as well, enjoying night markets and tasting the local food. It was an unusual Christmas for her, but she says "even though I was away from my family I still had the time of my life." On Christmas Day, her friends at the Department of TCM took her to the majestic mountains and to dinner at a restaurant that specializes in herbs.
Dr. Rao chose to do a rotaiton in Darjeeling, India as it provides health care challenges in the truest sense. She taught basic health care to young tribal girls just out of high school, managed TB patients, and treated and 
prevented malnutrition. She learned that poverty often forces these tribes to resort to practices such as brewing illicit liquor, which consequently increases morbidity. Community medicine workers from ‘Navjeevan‘ Hospital helped form self-help groups to generate income through means such as sericulture, pisciculture and horticulture, thus improving the tribes’ health and financial conditions. She also had an opportunity to briefly study a form of herbal treatment called Tibetan medicine, which is a practice aimed at the well being of both mind and body. She feels that she learned a lot during this rotation and would like to return one day.
In February 2008, Dr. Nanda had the opportunity to spend a month in a small shanty-town called Manchay, approximately 1.5 hours south of Lima, Peru. Manchay is a town of about 55,000 people who live without running water or good sanitation. Paul spent time in an acute-care clinic in Manchay caring for children and adults. There was also an opportunity to conduct many home visits in the area....and practice his medical Spanish.
The Ohio State University Family Medicine Residency is a very exciting and flexible program that allows you to practice medicine in various environments. One such setting that is atypical for most medical residencies is its rotation in Lesotho, Africa. During this rotation you are able to deliver medicine to a traditionally under-served area of sub-saharan Africa. There you find yourself at the frontlines of international medicine, dealing with issues that are unique to that geographic location, as well as, dealing with issues that are prevalent throughout the world. Ultimately, this rotation allows you to broaden your medical base and better prepare you for practice after residency.