Team Opportunities 2014 – 2015 Medical
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Team Opportunities 2014 – 2015 Medical
Medical Team Opportunities 2014 – 2015 Medical Teams International is currently recruiting medical professionals to volunteer for both short-term international development and disaster response teams. As this recruitment sheet is constantly updated please check our website (www.medicalteams.org) for a list of our most current medical volunteer opportunities. VOLUNTEER APPLICATION PROCESS The first step to volunteering with Medical Teams International is to apply. You may apply online at www.medicalteams.org, or call us at our toll free number (800) 959-4325 to request a paper application. Once we receive your application, questionnaire, two references, copies of your passport, medical license, and resume, we will be able to consider you for placement on a team. As soon as your file is complete, contact Brenda Wagner, International Volunteer Recruiter at bwagner@medicalteams.org or 503-624-1020 to discuss potential placement on a team. If you want information about a particular team or have questions about a specific country, please contact the listed Coordinator by e-mail or the toll-free phone listed above. Team cost estimates usually include airfare, lodging, food, and in-country transportation, unless otherwise noted. If you are selected for a team, we can offer you fundraising information. Although Medical Teams International does not have faith requirements for volunteers, some of our in-country partners request that we send Christian volunteers, which is noted where applicable in the summary below. Medical students, interns and residents, please note that Medical Teams International only sends licensed, boarded professionals on international medical teams. URGENT NEEDS: Please take note of volunteer needs marked URGENT. These are teams with immediate needs for medical professionals to travel in the next 60-90 days. Some countries have strict processes for authorization and require extra documentation and time to coordinate. Africa • Cameroon A General Surgeon is needed at Mbingo Baptist Hospital near Bamenda, Cameroon to provide additional support for the surgical staff. Volunteers will be fully integrated into the work of the hospital providing surgery, taking call, and providing lecture and hands-on training to the 9 surgical residents. One or several volunteers are needed at a time for periods of at least 2 weeks. Mbingo Hospital serves people of all faith backgrounds but requests that volunteers be Christian. Dates: Needed: Projected cost: Contact: 2+ weeks; flexible timing General Surgeons Approximately $3,000 Megan Steele, msteele@medicalteams.org • DR Congo Heal Africa Hospital in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo has a need for Pediatricians, Cardiologists, Pathologists, Cardiothoracic surgeons, Urologists, and Spine Neurosurgeons. Volunteers will provide direct service delivery and will help improve the skills of local physicians and nurses through specialized training. Dates: Needed: Projected cost: Contact: Revised 10/15/14 3-4 weeks; flexible timing Pediatricians, Cardiologists, Pathologist, Cardiothoracic surgeon, Urologist, Spine Neurosurgeon Approximately $3,800 Megan Steele, msteele@medicalteams.org Page 1 Medical Team Opportunities 2014 – 2015 • Ethiopia General Surgeons are urgently needed at Soddo Christian Hospital in Ethiopia until their new surgeon arrives in January. Volunteers will be fully entegrated into the hospital, providing surgery, taking call, and training as part of the Pan African Academy of Christian Surgeons (PAACS) residency program. Soddo Christian Hosptial serves people of various faith backgrounds but requests that volunteers be Christians. Dates: 2+ weeks anytime between now and January, 2015 Needed: 1-4 General Surgeons Projected cost: Approximately $3,500 Contact: Megan Steele, msteele@medicalteams.org • Gabon Ophthalmologists are needed at Gabon’s Bongolo Hospital. Volunteers will work with the national staff providing direct patient care in the absence of the staff physician. Bongolo Hospital serves people of various faith backgrounds but requests that volunteers be Christians. Dates: 2+ weeks; flexible timing between February and June, 2015 Needed: Ophthalmologists Projected cost: Approximately $3,000 Contact: Megan Steele, msteele@medicalteams.org • Guinea General Surgeons are needed to provide surgery at Guinea’s Hope Medical Center in N’zao, Guinea in the absence of the staff surgeon. Hope Medical Center serves people of various faith backgrounds but requests that volunteers be Christians. Dates: 2+ weeks; flexible timing Needed: 1-4 General Surgeons Projected cost: Approximately $3,000 Contact: Megan Steele, msteele@medicalteams.org • Guinea Family Physicians and Internists are urgently needed at Hope Medical Center in N’zao, Guinea. Teams will provide clinical services and hands-on training (as needed) to staff in the absence of the missionary physician. Hope Medical Center serves people of various faith backgrounds but requests that volunteers be Christians. Dates: 2+ weeks; flexible timing Needed: Family Practice, Internists Projected cost: Approximately $3,000 Contact: Megan Steele, msteele@medicalteams.org • Liberia URGENT - Doctors, RNs, NPs, and PAs are needed for Infection Prevention and Control to monitor visits to health centers and clinics in Montserrado County. Team members will assess the quality of control and prevention measures taken in health facilities focusing on triage, infection prevention standards during patient care, IPC supplies, and water and waste management infrastructure. Teams will not be providing clinical care or hands-on coaching. Please send your resume/CV to Brenda Wagner. Dates: October 24-November 14 Needed: Doctors, RNs, NPs, and PAs Projected cost: none Contact: Revised 10/15/14 Brenda Wagner, bwagner@medicalteams.org Page 2 Medical Team Opportunities 2014 – 2015 • Mali OB/Gyn’s, Anesthesiologists, and CRNA’s are needed to provide clinical services, surgery, and on-going training to hospital staff at Koutiala Hospital for women and children. French speaking volunteers will have a heavier focus on teaching/training than non-French speakers, but all teams will do hands-on teaching. Koutiala Hospital serves people of all faith backgrounds but requests that volunteers be Christians. Dates: 2+ weeks, flexible timing Needed: OB/Gyn’s, Anesthesiologists, and CRNA’s Projected cost: Approximately $3,000 Contact: Megan Steele, msteele@medicalteams.org • Niger Family Practice Physicians and Pediatricians are needed at Galmi Hospital in Madaoua, Niger. Volunteer teams will provide direct patient care during Niger’s malaria season and may be asked to do some training. A knowledge of French is helpful, but not required. Galmi Hospital serves people of all faith backgrounds but requests that volunteers be Christians. Dates: 2+ weeks, flexible timing Needed: Family Practice and Pediatricians Projected cost: Approximately $3,000 Contact: Megan Steele, msteele@medicalteams.org • Niger General and Specialized Surgeons are needed at Galmi Hospital in Madaoua, Niger. Volunteers will provide clinical services, surgery and training to 4 residents as part of the Pan African Academy of Christian Surgeon’s (PAACS) residency program. Knowledge of French is helpful but not required. Galmi Hospital serves people of all faith backgrounds but requests that volunteers be Christians. Dates: 2+ weeks, flexible timing Needed: Surgeons Projected cost: Approximately $3,000 Contact: Megan Steele, msteele@medicalteams.org • Sierra Leone OB/GYNs, Nurse Midwives, RN’s, Nurse Practitioner’s, Neonatal Specialists, and CRNA’s are needed for direct patient care, C-Sections, and teaching in support of an EmONC (Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care) project developed in collaboration with World Vision. Teams of 2 will work alongside national staff at 2 hospital locations in Bonthe District. Dates: 3+ weeks beginning March, 2015 Needed: OB/GYN, Midwives, RN’s, Nurse Practitioners, Neonatal Specialists, and CRNA’s Projected cost: Approximately $4,000; travel subsidies are available Contact: Megan Steele, msteele@medicalteams.org • Uganda Surgical volunteers are needed at MTI clinics in Nakivale resettlement camp in SW Uganda. As a member of this team you will provide surgical care to various refugee populations in support of our UNHCR and US Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration partnership. Dates: Needed: Revised 10/15/14 January 30 – February 28, 2015 June 19 – July 25, 2015 Surgeons Page 3 Medical Team Opportunities 2014 – 2015 Projected cost: $2,050 Contact: Megan Steele, msteele@medicalteams.org Asia • Cambodia Pediatric Medical Teaching teams are needed to work with MTI’s partner, Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC) in Siem Reap, Cambodia. AHC is a premier pediatric teaching and referral hospital where volunteer professionals provide training in English to the staff of this hospital in various topics. Opportunities for direct care may be possible, but mainly teachers are needed to help local staff increase their knowledge so they can provide better care to the children in Cambodia. Dates: Teams are at least 2 weeks. Hospital training schedule is as follows: August – November 2014: Pediatric Infectious Diseases December 2014 – January 2015: Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition February – March 2015: Pediatric Nephrology Needed: Pediatric specialties: Anesthesiologists, doctors who specialize in pediatric infections and diseases, neonatal doctors, cardiologists, orthopedics, cardiovascular, lab tech, hematologist, respiratory therapists Projected cost: $2200-$2700 Contact: Brenda Wagner, bwagner@medicalteams.org • Cambodia Clinical Pharmacist is needed to work with MTI’s partner, Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC) in Siem Reap, Cambodia. AHC is a premier pediatric teaching and referral hospital where volunteer professionals provide training in English to the staff of this hospital in various topics. Instructors are needed to help pharmacy staff increase their knowledge in drug interactions and pharmacy organization so they can provide better care to the children in Cambodia. Dates: Flexible dates in 2015. Teams are at least 2 weeks. Needed: Clinical Pharmacist Projected cost: $2200- $2700 Contact: Brenda Wagner, bwagner@medicalteams.org • Cambodia Emergency Medical Service volunteers are needed to conduct trainings EMT-Basic in 8 Cambodian provinces. The team will provide comprehensive participatory training utilizing a Training of Trainers (ToT) paradigm alongside MTI staff and Khmer counterparts. Dates: Flexible dates in 2014-15. Teams are usually 2 weeks in length. Needed: EMTs and Paramedics with teaching/training experience Projected cost: $2500-$3000 Contact: Brenda Wagner, bwagner@medicalteams.org • Cambodia Midwifery team is needed to support our ongoing Safe Motherhood project in Cambodia. A community health specialist (MPH) with experience in midwifery is needed to work with our local staff in our Cambodian field office to help design curriculum to teach local midwives. Team members will support the work of MTI Cambodia as we address root causes of poverty and help needy women and children in Cambodia. Revised 10/15/14 Page 4 Medical Team Opportunities 2014 – 2015 Dates: November 24 – December 5 or December 7-19, 2014 Flexible dates in Spring 2015 Needed: 1-2 midwife or OB with MPH Projected Cost: $2500 (airfare, in-country costs, MTI admin fee, visa fee) for 10 day trip Contact: Brenda Wagner, bwagner@medicalteams.org • Moldova Optometry teams are needed to work in needy rural villages surrounding Chisinau, the capitol of Moldova. These families lack access to an optometrist and do not have funds to purchase expensive and life changing eye glasses. Teams are needed to address basic eye health needs, provide eye exams and distribute eye glasses. Dates: Summer 2015, 1 week teams Needed: Licensed optometrists and techs Projected cost: $2200-$2750 Contact: Brenda Wagner, bwagner@medicalteams.org • Romania Pediatric Rehabilitation Therapy teams are needed to work in placement centers and in private homes in and around Sibiu, Romania. Teams will help create rehabilitation plans for children with physical and mental disabilities who otherwise do not receive this type of care. Dates: 1-2 week trips; flexible dates in Spring, Summer and Fall 2015 Needed: Pediatric Physical, Occupational, Speech Therapists and Behavior Therapists Projected cost: $2750 Contact: Brenda Wagner, bwagner@medicalteams.org Latin America & Caribbean • El Salvador Ophthalmologists, anesthesiologists, recovery room nurses and surgical techs are needed to serve with our partner ASAPROSAR in Santa Ana, El Salvador. The team will provide eye surgeries for individuals affected by cataract, strabismus and pterigium. Dates: 7-8 days; March and August 2015 Needed: 1 Ophthalmologist, 1 Anesthesiologist, 2 RNs Projected Cost: $1,600 to $1,900 Contact: Adam Moore, amoore@medicalteams.org • Guatemala There are no open medical teams to Guatemala at this time. Click the following link for Work Team Opportunities. • Haiti Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Certified Prosthetist/Orthotist, Certified Occupational Therapist Assistants, and Physical Therapist Assistants are needed to work with our Advantage Program in Les Cayes, Haiti. Volunteers will work alongside our Haitian staff to provide direct physical and occupational therapy, prepare patients for Revised 10/15/14 Page 5 Medical Team Opportunities 2014 – 2015 prosthetics and orthotics, and create and/or fit orthotics and prosthetics. Volunteers should be prepared for a wide variety of patient types. Settings may include our own clinic, local hospitals, or home visits. Dates: URGENT - November 8-22, 2014 (one or both weeks) 10-14 days; flexible timing through September 2015 Needed: 9 teams of 2-3 of the following: PT’s, OT’s, COTA’s, CPO’s, PTA’s- need at least one PT per team Projected Cost: appx. $1800- 2000 Contact: Jamie Bash, jbash@medicalteams.org • Haiti EMERGENCY MEDICINE TEAMS are needed to provide emergency medicine training at Centre Medical Beraca in PortAu-Paix, Haiti. The first two teams will provide intensive training in basic emergency medical skills for Beraca’s emergency department clinicians. Particular skills include trauma treatment and management, basic life support, and mass casualty planning. The two following teams will provide continuing medical education and follow up training to support the work of the first two teams. Teams will train 4 doctors and 4 nurses. Dates: 10-14 days, flexible timing February and July 2015 Needed: 6 Emergency room MDs, DOs, RNs, NPs and Paramedics per team with training/education experience. Project cost: appx. $2500 Contact: Jamie Bash, jbash@medicalteams.org • Haiti TWO ANESTHESIOLOGY TRAINING TEAMS are needed to provide anesthesiology training at Centre Medical Beraca in Port-Au-Paix, Haiti. The training will help improve the skills of the existing anesthesiologist and teach new skills to additional nursing staff. Dates: 10-14 days, flexible timing Needed: Anesthesiologists, CRNA Project cost: appx. $1800-2000 Contact: Jamie Bash, jbash@medicalteams.org • Haiti FIVE OBSTETRICAL/GYNECOLOGICAL TRAINING TEAMS are needed to serve at Centre Medical Beraca in Port de Paix. These teams will provide training to local nurses, both through formal training and side-by-side practice. Dates: 10-14 days, flexible timing through September 2015 Needed: OBGYN, CNM Project Cost: appx. $1800-2000 Contact: Jamie Bash, jbash@medicalteams.org • Haiti ONE ULTRASOUND TRAINING TEAM is needed to serve with Centre Medical Beraca, a hospital in northern Haiti. The team will be providing training to clinical staff (physicians and nurses) various ultrasound skills to improve services, diagnosis, and treatment offered. Dates: 10-14 days, flexible timing Needed: 2 - Ultrasound Technicians Project cost: $1800-2000 Contact: Jamie Bash, jbash@medicalteams.org Revised 10/15/14 Page 6 Medical Team Opportunities 2014 – 2015 • Honduras RADIOLOGIST AND SONOGRAPHER needed to serve with our partner The Good Shepherd (ABP) in Olancho, Honduras. The team will conduct an assessment and may provide side by side practice to ABP staff to improve services, diagnosis, and treatment offered. Dates: 7-9 days at 2 sites, Fall 2014 Needed: 1 Radiologist, 1 Sonographer Project cost: $1700-$2000 for one week. Contact: Jamie Bash, jbash@medicalteams.org • Honduras ONE ULTRASOUND/X-RAY TRAINING TEAM with expertise in mammography, obstetrical and gynecological, and renal applications are needed to provide training to our partner PREDISAN’s radiology team. This team follows an assessment team so some foundational information about the clinic is available. This will be the first team of a series of training teams so team applicants should feel comfortable training adult learners, and should be comprised of one ultrasound technician and/or one radiologist and an x-ray technician who will do an assessment of existing knowledge and practice. This team will, in conjunction with MTI staff, may need to design the curriculum prior to traveling. Date: 10-14 days, flexible timing Needed: Ultrasound Technicians, XRay Technicians, and Radiologists Projected cost: $1500-1800 Location: Catacamas, Honduras Contact: Jamie Bash, jbash@medicalteams.org • Honduras ONE ALCOHOL AND DRUG THERAPY TRAINING TEAM with expertise in family therapy. One to five psychologists will train 20 students and 15 personnel of our partner PREDISAN (www.predisan.org) in methods of family therapy and lifeproject design. Date: 7-10 days, flexible timing Needed: 1-5 family therapy psychologists Projected cost: $1500-1800 Location: Catacamas, Honduras Contact: Jamie Bash, jbash@medicalteams.org • Honduras ONE OPTOMETRY TEAM is needed to work with our partner PREDISAN in Honduras. The team will provide basic optometry services to children and adults in rural Honduras. Date: 7-10 days in Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 Needed: 2-3 Optometrists Projected cost: $1,700-2,000 Contact: Adam Moore, amoore@medicalteams.org • Honduras ONE PRIMARY CARE MEDICAL TEAM: 1 pediatrician, 1 OBGYN, and three RNs are needed to work with our partner, Project Global Village, to provide primary care services to families near Siguatepeque, Honduras. The team will also provide training to nurses and community health workers. Date: 8 days, Between April and June, 2015 Revised 10/15/14 Page 7 Medical Team Opportunities 2014 – 2015 Projected cost: $1500-1800 Needed: 1 pediatrician, 1 OBGYN, three RNs Location: Siguatepeque, Honduras Contact: Adam Moore, amoore@medicalteams.org • Nicaragua ONE PRIMARY CARE/ COMMUNITY HEALTH TEAM is needed to work with our partner Accion Medica Cristiana in the RAAN area of Nicaragua. The team will provide basic primary care and community health services to children and adults in a really remote area of Nicaragua. This is a trip is for the more adventurous that requires physically fit, healthy volunteers because of its remoteness. Volunteers should be prepared for near camping conditions, traveling light and a combination of air, ground and river transport. While not required, volunteers familiar working with indigenous peoples and medicine are helpful. Date: 10-12 days in March 2015 Needed: A combination of 5 MD/DOs, NPs, and RNs Projected cost: $2500/ per person Contact: Jamie Bash, jbash@medicalteams.org Emergency Response Teams Emergency response teams serve the urgent medical needs of individuals and families whose lives are disrupted by natural and man-made disasters. Teams are placed from our pool of volunteers who have completed an application, orientation and interview process. Current recruitment roster needs center on nurse practitioners, nurse midwives and physicians (internists, general practitioners and ER physicians). Dates: Projected cost: Contact: Revised 10/15/14 As needed Personal costs only (passports, personal gear, immunizations Debbie Bailey, dbailey@medicalteams.org Page 8