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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.

Volunteer Goals

Program Goal: $0.00 / Airfare Goal: $0.00

Margaret Shannon donated $528

Feb 18, 2012 03:06 PM

Anonymous donated $282

Feb 18, 2012 02:36 PM

Organization Admin donated $100

Saying "Check 6811, Michael P and Margaret Shannon, 5092 Mentmore Ave, Spring Hill, FL 34606
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Feb 09, 2012 08:34 AM

Margaret Shannon donated $550

Jan 23, 2012 05:49 PM

Michael J Shannon donated $250

Dec 02, 2011 04:54 PM

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