Ben Hadlock

Portland, Oregon

Passionate About:

social change, humanity, people, and the bettering the lives of the impoverished and less fortunate.

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End Date: Jun 25, 2012 12:00 AM
Volunteer Activity Message

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

Anonymous donated $290

Jun 07, 2012 12:15 AM

Organization Admin donated $330

Saying "Transfer from Paige Talbot"

May 21, 2012 02:51 PM

Anonymous donated $1,000

Jan 05, 2012 09:59 AM

Anonymous donated $400

Sep 20, 2011 08:32 AM

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of $886.00

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26

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volunteers needed to reach the Initiative Goal