Global Medical Training Humanitarian Mission Trip

"Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity." - Hippocrates

Hi, My name is Olivia Barber, and I and raising funds for a Medical Mission Trip to Peru. The trip is through the Global Medical Training Club at The University of Florida. We will spend 8 days traveling in Peru to communities with a great need for medical attention.

GMT has a student-centered approach to teaching/learning and active student participation in medical assessments and treatments. Learn by doing. We will not just sit and watch. We will work with doctors and be encouraged to do medical work according to our abilities/training, but always with medical guidance, teaching, and supervision. The ratio of students per doctor is about 6 to 1.

We will be exposed to a medical environment where we will be allowed to observe AND actively participate in the medical assessments/treatments of patients who have scarce economic resources, poor access to healthcare, and have to live within various primitive types of Public Healthcare systems. We do this in various settings: urban and rural. This will include GMT clinics, hospital visits, other health facilities, and patients’ homes. We employ local doctors, dentists, interpreters, and guides to teach, inform, and help supervise the trips. We utilize local community citizens to help in the clinics.

I am grateful for this amazing opportunity and look forward to applying what I have learned in my EMR class and with the Gator EMS team. This experience will be invaluable and give me a great base when I start the nursing program next year.

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