Shannon Bush

University of Virginia

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I am a third-year student at UVA. I'm premed, majoring in Human Biology. I felt incredibly fulfilled traveling to Panama and Honduras through GMDB, and am hoping for another eye-opening adventure this time around!

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UVA Medical/Dental Brigade March 2014 Panama



Volunteer Activity Description

Medical Brigade volunteers will set up temporary clinics in pre-identified communities in Eastern Panama to provide healthcare 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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Shannon Bush donated $111.75 to *Medications Contribution* 4054 days ago
Shannon Bush donated $24.00 to *Medications Contribution* 4061 days ago
Jodie Bush donated $733.0000 to Shannon 4066 days ago
Jake Berman donated $33.00 to Shannon Bush 4076 days ago
Jodie Bush donated $507.0000 to Shannon 4099 days ago
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