Samita Labroo

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I am currently a student studying to become a nurse. I am also currently a Certified Nurse's Assistant and volunteer where I work with kids between the ages of 7-17 battling various forms of cancer. Year after year, my passion for providing care to kids has grown, and I want to be able to keep providing health care or any type of care to those in need; volunteering abroad would give me the best opportunity to do so.

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SPU Medical Brigade March 2013 Panama



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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.

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