From the Instructor:
My name is Maralyssa Bann and I am a UW Department of Medicine faculty member and work as an inpatient physician at Harborview Medical Center. I am the course director for an upcoming study abroad program called “HONORS/MED London: Socializing Medicine – Comparing Concepts of Societal Safety Nets” that is taking place during summer 2026. This program has run for the last two years and we are looking forward to offering it again this upcoming summer.
I thought this opportunity might be of interest to students in Political Science. As part of this course, we explore how politics/political feasibility shaped the creation and ongoing function of UK's health care system, the NHS. This class is intended to take an interdisciplinary approach and we would love to include Political Science students who can bring their insights to this learning. We welcome applications from students with a broad range of backgrounds, interests, and majors.
Note: The course is housed through the Honors program but student membership in Honors is NOT a requirement for participation. It is cross-listed with both Honors and Medicine – this means students can elect to receive either HONORS 233 or MED 490 credits.
Details:
Program brochure: Available here
Applications/deadline: Currently open and being reviewed on a rolling basis. Priority deadline is Jan 31, 2026.
Upcoming information sessions (remote/Zoom, feel free to drop in):
Study Abroad London Info Session Tues Jan 13 4-5PM
Study Abroad London Info Session Wed Jan 21 2-3PM
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out directly to me (mbann@uw.edu) and the Program Coordinator, Tory Brundage (toryb@uw.edu).