MEDICAL
BRIGADES
INFORMATION
SESSION
MONTH DAY, YEAR
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION - ABOUT GLOBAL BRIGADES
GLOBAL BRIGADES MISSION
To empower volunteers to facilitate sustainable solutions in under resourced communities
GLOBAL BRIGADES VISION
To improve equality of life, by igniting the largest student-led social responsibility movement on the planet.
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION - PROGRAMS
To empower volunteers,
Global Brigades offers
10 skill-based programs
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – WHERE WE WORK
Programs are offered in Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua, and
Ghana
COUNTRIES SELECTED BASED
ON:
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Large need in rural areas
Strong community partnerships
Logistically feasible
Safe for volunteers
NEEDS THAT GLOBAL BRIGADES
ADDRESSES:
• Basic services
• Healthcare
• Economic
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – PROGRAMS AND
COUNTRIES
Programs offered in each country
Ghan
a
Honduras
Dental
Medical
Microfinance
Water
Business
Architecture
Dental
Engineering
Medical
Microfinance
Public Health
Water
Panama
Nicaragua
Business
Dental
Environmental
Human Rights
Medical
Microfinance
Medical
Public Health
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – PROGRAMS AND
COUNTRIES
Programs offered in each country
Ghan
a
Honduras
Dental
Medical
Microfinance
Water
Business
Architecture
Dental
Engineering
Medical
Microfinance
Public Health
Water
Panama
Nicaragua
Business
Dental
Environmental
Human Rights
Medical
Microfinance
Medical
Public Health
WHY PANAMA?
53% of people
living in the Darien
Province live on
less that $4/day
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION LOCATION
24
FOR EVERY
ONE MEDICAL PEOPLERECEIVE
ACCESS TO
VOLUNTEER
MEDICAL CARE
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MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – IMPACT OF MEDICAL BRIGADES
ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE
• Reduces patients' need to walk hours or
days for routine medical care or emergency
procedures
• Patients avoid waiting hours in line at local
health centers
• Patients receive medications that are often
hard to find at local health centers due to
lack of resources
• Patients receive healthcare education to
prevent common illnesses
• Facilitates healthier, more productive lives
ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE AFFECTS
• Sanitation and hygiene
• Economic potential
• Future health
HOW DOES
MEDICAL
BRIGADES HELP?
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – WHAT IS MEDICAL BRIGADES?
MEDICAL BRIGADES
• Provides communities with access to doctors
and medicine every 3-4 months
• Through multiple 7 day brigades, community
members receive doctor care, medicine, and
health education workshops
• Provides all eligible patients with anti-parasite
medications, eliminating and preventing
intestinal parasites for 4 months
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY
COMMUNITY SELECTION
• Based on
- Need
- Access to medical care
- Community commitment
SUSTAINABILITY ASPECTS
• Establish Community Health Workers (CHWs)
- Local community members
• Patient Referral Program
• Donors fund medical care that falls outside
scope of brigades
• In country staff
- Lead your Brigade
- Train CHWs and follow up with communities
after brigades
- Select future communities to work with
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – MEDICAL TEAM
MEDICAL BRIGADES TEAM
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Prepares communities for the brigade's arrival
Leads the brigade from start to finish
Performs community follow-up
Build community relations
Helps facilitate brigade charla and medication
preparation
HOW CAN YOU
HELP?
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – WHY WE WANT YOU
YOUR BENEFITS
• Contribute to sustainable change
- Provide a community access to
healthcare
• Education application
- Intake & triage of patients
- Shadow doctors
- Lead preventative healthcare
workshops
- Participate in clinic pharmacy
- Spanish language immersion
- International development experience
COMMUNITY BENEFITS
• Empowerment
- Students empower communities
- Reinforce communities’ commitments
to their health
• Access to healthcare
WHAT DOES A
BRIGADE LOOK
LIKE?
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – ITINERARY
ONE-WEEK MEDICAL BRIGADE
COMPONENTS
• Volunteers work with licensed Panamanian
medical professionals
• Brigades visit communities over 3 consecutive
days
• Volunteers & health professionals use Open
MRS data software to track patient information
and care
• Each daily clinic consists of the following
stations:
- Intake
- Triage
- Doctor consultation and gynecology station
- Dental consultation
- Prescription drop-off
- Healthcare education workshops
- Prescription pick-up and directions
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – CLINIC STATIONS
IN-TAKE STATION
Fluent Spanish-speaking volunteers or
community members record the following
information on each patient sheet:
Name, Age, Gender
•Community Residence & Date of Visit
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MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – CLINIC STATIONS
TRIAGE STATION
With the help of an interpreter, below are
some of the items volunteers may record for
each patient:
• Vitals & Chief complaints
• Blood pressure
• Allergies and Patient History
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – CLINIC
STATIONS
CONSULTATION STATION
• Doctors diagnose & prescribe medication
to patients
• Students shadow and ask questions
throughout consultation
• Eligible patients (over two years old, not
pregnant or breastfeeding) receive
albendozole
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – CLINIC
STATIONS
DENTAL STATION
• Dentists perform tooth extractions,
fluoride treatments
• Brigades that have reserved the
Restorative Care Dental Unit also
provide fillings for patients
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – CLINIC STATIONS
EDUCATION STATION
• While prescriptions are filled, students
teach patients about some of the following
health topics:
- Oral Hygiene
- Hand Washing
- STIs
- Diet and Blood Pressure/Diabetes
- Etc.
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – CLINIC
STATIONS
PRESCRIPTION PICK-UP STATION
• Patients pick up prescriptions
• Volunteers with pharmacists to provide
the following instructions
- Types of Medications
- Dosage Amounts
- Directions for Medication Usage
HOW DO I SIGN
UP?
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – TOTAL
CONTRIBUTION
HOW IS YOUR MEDICAL BRIGADE FUNDED?
• Volunteers’ Program Contribution:
- $890 (Panama)
- Brigade expenses
- Program sustainability
- Airfare: Variable
PROGRAM CONTRIBUTION DETAILS
• 7 day program
• Accommodations & meals (vegetarian options
available)
• Clean drinking water
• Airport pick-up and drop-off
• In-country transportation
• Bilingual coordinators and interpreters
• Global Brigades trained paramedics and drivers
• Program sustainability and follow-up between
brigades
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – RESOURCES FOR YOU
FUNDRAISING TOOL www.empowered.org
• Send links of brigade project information to donors
• Create personalized profile to share with your donors
• Track donation progress on individual and group level
STUDENT RESOURCE SITE
https://www.globalbrigades.org/volunteer-tools-home
• Brigade planning materials
• Collection of reports from past brigades
• Community profiles
• Frequently asked questions
IN-COUNTRY ADVISING TEAM
• Team of trained staff in Panama
• Share best practices for all aspects of brigade preparation
• Answer questions about brigade and community
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact your advisor for
information about
Medical Brigades in
Panama
Don’t know who your
advisor is?
admin@globalbrigades.or
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MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – JOIN THE NEXT BRIGADE
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President
Email
Phone Number
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President
Email
Phone Number
QUESTIONS?
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S?
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