A typical program cycle for the Peru Health Outreach Project, including when to apply and when participants visit Peru, runs as follows:
- October - November: Applications
- November - December: New student leadership begins/orients
- November - December: New cycle of participants begin
- January - May: Biweekly meetings
- Deciding/Planning Health Fair topics
- Fundraising
- Planning research projects
- Determining travel logistics
- Determining supplies needed/collecting and packing supplies
- Spanish language practice, travel abroad education, global health education
- February: Global Health Workshop; half day, all PHOP medical students are required to participate
- June: Go to Peru!
- July - August: Care for returning equipment/supplies, write up trip reports, work on research
- August - October: Recruitment, work on research