University of Washington Professional Schools Medical/Dental Brigade June 2016 Ghana

Start Date: Jun 19, 2016 12:00 AM
End Date: Jun 26, 2016 12:00 AM

Global Brigades offers 7-9 day Medical Brigades throughout the year in Ghana, Honduras, Panama and Nicaragua. During a Medical Brigade, volunteers have the opportunity to take vitals and patient history in triage, shadow licensed doctors in medical consultations, and assist in a pharmacy under the direction of licensed pharmacists. Each of our partner communities receives a brigade approximately twice a year. Between brigades, our in-country team maintains relationships with the communities to provide follow-up and to conduct Community Health Worker (CHW) trainings to empower local leaders to sustain a consistent level of healthcare. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to monitor overall community health trends.