Tina Gettas

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End Date: Jun 03, 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.

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Program Goal: $0.00 / Airfare Goal: $0.00

Anonymous donated $2

May 13, 2012 06:06 PM

Anonymous donated $735

May 12, 2012 11:21 AM

Organization Admin donated $250

Saying "transfer from dental"

May 11, 2012 11:14 AM

Organization Admin donated $300

Saying "transfer from geb"

May 10, 2012 03:51 PM

Tina M Gettas donated $300

Nov 24, 2011 02:37 PM

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