The program
This wonderful medical program in Ghana plays an important role in supplying additional medical staff to the local area, and welcomes volunteers with a wide range of experience, including qualified medical personnel, medical students and pre-med students. Attendance on a medical volunteer project is itself helpful preparation for a medical career, and for this reason, provided they are enthusiastic and truly eager to help in the health sector, individuals without medical experience can be accepted.
Medical volunteers will have the opportunity to undertake duties according to their own interests and areas of expertise. Medical students will shadow local doctors and nurses, assisting them and learning by observing their work at clinics and hospitals. There will be plenty of opportunity to assist directly and gain valuable experience. Volunteers play an essential role in assisting the staff at the hospital and help to deliver quality health care to this local community.
Goals of this Project:
- Improve the future prospects of the people of Ghana
- Provide quality medical care to the people of the Ashanti area
- To offer practical medical experience to volunteers
- To create cultural understanding between volunteers and locals
How you can help
Volunteers on this wonderful program will gain an amazing opportunity to provide care in the wonderful African nation of Ghana, helping those who truly need it, while also gaining valuable medical experience. Participants on this program will have the opportunity to work in medical placements in community clinics, hospitals and children's hospitals, in addition to working in volunteer roles in the field of HIV/Aids awareness and education if they are interested in this field.
Due to very basic resources volunteers are encouraged to bring with them scrubs, theatre shoes, dressings, etc. They must also be prepared to work in a different way and in very unusual situations than they may be used to. Working in healthcare in Africa will be dissimilar to what volunteers will have experienced in western countries, but an extremely worthwhile experience. A minimum placement of two weeks is required on this program.
Volunteers contribute in a number of ways on this medical program and can expect to undertake the following tasks:
- Assist with day-to-day medical care, as appropriate for experience and training
- Network with program staff and medical staff
- Help with HIV awareness programs
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