"Shadowing abroad"?

I saw this post in a pre-med club facebook group for a "shadowing abroad" opportunity. Its basically studying abroad but instead of taking classes you shadow physicians in different specialties and then to sight seeing and do fun stuff that other study abroad students do. At least 50 people commented asking how they can sign up. Personally this seems kind of like a huge waste of time and money since I could just shadow a physician here for free and get a more accurate picture of what... "Shadowing abroad"?
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