Vanderbilt University Medical/Dental/Public Heath Brigade March 2015 Nicaragua

Start Date: Mar 1, 2015 12:00 AM
End Date: Mar 9, 2015 12:00 AM

Global Brigades offers 9-day Medical/Dental/Public Health Brigades throughout the year in Honduras, Panama and Nicaragua. During a Medical Brigade, volunteers have the opportunity to take vitals and patient history in triage, shadow licensed doctors in medical consultations, and assist in a pharmacy under the direction of licensed pharmacists. Each of our partner communities receives a brigade approximately twice a year. Between brigades, our in-country team maintains relationships with the communities to provide follow-up and to conduct Community Health Worker (CHW) trainings to empower local leaders to sustain a consistent level of healthcare. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to monitor overall community health trends.