U Florida Gulf Coast GMDB May 2013 Panama


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Volunteer Activity Description

Start Date: May 6, 2013 12:00 AM
End Date: May 12, 2013 12:00 AM

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.

Dental Brigade volunteers will accompany a Medical Brigade in setting 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. Each Dental Brigade will be accompanied by at least one Panamanian Dental Surgeon trained to provide immediate relief through dental extractions. Students will help perpetuate a sustainable dental initiative by providing preventative fluoride treatments, cleanings, and educational programs.

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Alexis Goronsky

Passionate about: I am a nursing student at Florida Gulf Coast University and I am very passionate about giving all people the knowledge and opportunity to sustain a healthy and prosperous life.

Brandon Hernandez

Passionate about: The reason why Im voluteering on this trip is because my family also came from a a poverty striken country and I would love to have the opertunity to help other that are less fortunate than i am.

Cheryl Reardon

Passionate about: Service

Dailiana Poveda

Passionate about: Providing health service. My ultimate goal in my professional career is to become a dentist. Therefore, participating in Global Brigades Dental program will be an initiator to my goal. Helping others ... [Read More]

David Roberge Bouchard

Passionate about: Making people smile
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Raymond Sifrig donated $300 4356 days ago
Brandon Hernandez donated $50 4358 days ago
Margaret Alice Tarr donated $74 4360 days ago
Jeliena Courville donated $17 4369 days ago

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