Penn State Medical/Dental Brigade Ghana May 2014


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Volunteer Activity Description

Start Date: May 13, 2014 12:00 AM
End Date: May 22, 2014 12:00 AM

Medical Brigade volunteers will set up temporary clinics in pre-identified communities in Ghana to provide healthcare where access is limited. Each community receives a brigade every 3-4 months. Students on the brigade are given the opportunity to shadow licensed health care professionals while learning about local Ghanaian culture. A typical Medical/Dental Brigade clinic consists of six stations: Intake, Triage, Consultation, Dental, Charla (health education), and Pharmacy. Electronic patient records are collected during the brigade to ensure patient follow-up as well as to monitor overall community health trends. Between brigades, the in-country team maintains relationships with the communities to provide follow-up and conduct community health worker training aimed at empowering local leaders to perpetuate a consistent level of health care. For every student who volunteers on a Global Medical Brigade, sixty patients can see a doctor who otherwise would not be able to.

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Benjamin Fowler

Passionate about: Science, health, medicine, helping, learning

Chelsea Amaefuna

Passionate about: Traveling, helping others and making a difference wherever I can!

Elana OHara

Passionate about: Traveling on Global Medical Brigade trips
Adriana Ortega donated $276 4272 days ago
Adriana Ortega donated $385 4274 days ago
Elizabeth Omwoyo donated $100 4276 days ago
Dongsheng Jiang donated $1,002 4276 days ago
TRUDY L. SIPKO donated $302 4277 days ago

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