#Medical mission trips free#

#Medical mission trips free#

We did two days of 12 hr free clinics treating acute problems and giving out vitamins etc (nothing long term like HTN or DM because it can’t be monitored) and went to schools educating each grade level about appropriate topics such as proper hygiene for early elementary, nutrition for upper elementary, puberty/sex ed for middle/high school. (summer break ranges april-sept depending on school region, winter ranges mid dec to early feb, spring break ranges late feb to early april so the entire year is pretty much covered.) The professionals were MDs in anesthesiology, oncology, family practice, peds, eastern medicine. The different GMMA chapters across the country stagger their trips so that college students from different regions are going during summer/winter/spring break so it’s very regular. GMMA has a missionary that has lived there for about 20 years building schools and lives there permanently and he is who we touch base with.

With that being said, I did go on a medical mission trip for one week with Global Medical Missions Alliance to Honduras. The second is if your group going to / leaving the country brings a positive or negative impact. I think the first distinguishing characteristic is if it’s religious or not, they tend to have very different vibes/goals. Open to any other recommendations! I’m looking to go over this upcoming spring break. If this will hurt my app in the long room then I’d probably look into something else.Īnd what medical mission trip organizations has anyone had any experience with? A friend who went on a medical mission trip went through Medlife and loved it. I’ve also heard some good things about medical mission trips on a few PA podcasts. A mission trip is something that I’ve been wanting to do for a very long time and I feel that it will benefit me. But other pre-meds said that medical mission trips did wonders for them. Basically some feel that “volun-tourism” was ineffective at providing a sustainable change, promoting the sustained health of the region, etc and that admissions looked down at this. I could really only find opinions on medical mission trips on the pre-med sub. What are your opinions on medical mission trips and what have you heard from admissions about them? I did some searching and it looks like some of the pre-med community says that med schools look down on medical mission trips.