Ashley Chung

Bloomington, Indiana

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Indiana Medical/Dental Brigade March 2014 Panama



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Hello everyone! My name is Ashley and I've been given an opportunity of a life time to participate in Indiana University's Global Medical Brigades trip to Panama. I've been blessed with so many wonderful and loving family and friends that I believe that this trip is God's calling for me to finally give back to the community a hundredfold for what I've received. Even though this trip will last only for a few days, I believe that within those few days we will truly make a difference, whether big or small, in the community as well as our own lives by interacting and helping one another. I believe that no one group will be doing all the helping, instead both brigades and the community will be equally helping one another and learn from each other creating an experience of a lifetime! We are currently gathering medical supplies and recruiting physicians and dentists in order to make available some resources that will help the community. We are halfway there and what an experience it's been so far! It would also be greatly appreciated if you could contribute a small amount to my experience and help out a great cause. Thank you and God Bless!

Volunteer Activity Description

Medical Brigades at Indiana University is a discipline of Global Brigades, the world's largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. The Indiana University chapter systematically works with more than 350 other university groups around the world to deliver and implement one of nine skill-based programs that benefit more than 130,000 Honduran, Panamanian, and Ghanaian community members annually.

Volunteers on the Medical and Dental Brigades will be working closely together to provide quality health initiatives to a community that otherwise has limited access to health care. Volunteers will spend three days in a community in order to optimize the amount of time patients are able to spend with the physicians and dentists. Each patient will receive a physician consultation, teeth cleaning and a fluoride treatment as well as have access to pap smears, prostate exams and restorative dental care as necessary. Volunteers will have the opportunity to take patient vitals, obtain patient history and current symptoms, shadow and assist licensed physicians and dentists, participate in preventative education, and fill prescriptions under a licensed pharmacist. Volunteers will become familiar with the prevalent health issues in their community and learn about how to prevent and treat those illnesses. These brigades provide each volunteer with the opportunity to make a tangible impact on a specific community while gaining real life experience in the field of international medicine and dentistry.

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