Elizabeth Powe

Albany, NY

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When I was attending Greenport High School, I was lucky enough to be a part of such a giving community. Through that community, I volunteered at our local hospital, Eastern Long Island Hospital and found my passion to become an emergency room physician. Currently, I attend the University at Albany (SUNY) as a freshmen in their human biology program and pre-med track. I feel blessed for all the opportunities I am eligible to have because of living in an amazing country like the United States. But this also made me reflect on those less-fortunate than I in different countries around the world. I would love to help those in need of healthcare through the Global Medical Brigade offered at UAlbany to help as many people as I can. During my summer break, a team and I will be visiting Honduras to educate and treat many of the people there. This is a huge opportunity for me to not only help other people to share the good values my hometown, Greenport and the United States have taught me.

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When I was attending Greenport High School, I was lucky enough to be a part of such a giving community. Through that community, I volunteered at our local hospital, Eastern Long Island Hospital and found my passion to become an emergency room physician. Currently, I attend the University at Albany (SUNY) as a freshmen in their human biology program and pre-med track. I feel blessed for all the opportunities I am eligible to have because of living in an amazing country like the United States. But this also made me reflect on those less-fortunate than I in different countries around the world. I would love to help those in need of healthcare through the Global Medical Brigade offered at UAlbany to help as many people as I can. During my summer break, a team and I will be visiting Honduras to educate and treat many of the people there. This is a huge opportunity for me to not only help other people to share the good values my hometown, Greenport and the United States have taught me.

Volunteer Activity Description

Global Brigades offers 7-9 day Medical 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.

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