University of Arizona Med Brigade Panama 2014


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Volunteer Activity Description

Start Date: Mar 15, 2014 12:00 AM
End Date: Mar 21, 2014 12:00 AM

Medical Brigade volunteers will set up temporary clinics in pre-identified communities in Eastern Panama to provide health care 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 Panamanian 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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Brittany Stedelin

Passionate about: Physiology, travel, change, learning
Jessica Kruckenberg donated $25 4332 days ago
Jessica Kruckenberg donated $25 4332 days ago
Sree Prathipati donated $500 4345 days ago
Sree Prathipati donated $500 4347 days ago
Anonymous donated $500 4352 days ago

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