Global Brigades offers 7-9 day Medical Brigades throughout the year in Honduras, Panama and Nicaragua. The CSB/SJU 2017 Brigade will be serving on a 9 day Brigade. 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. This year's Brigade will be implementing a new Optometry station where students have the chance to fit patients with glasses. 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.