Global Health Leaders is an international healthcare education and research firm focused on advancing accessible healthcare around the world. GHL interns and volunteers provide essential medical services in developing countries with individuals in extreme poverty that have no access to healthcare services. We are passionate about developing healthcare leaders who will advance accessible healthcare around the world.
Our study abroad medical internships focus on bringing basic healthcare to severely impoverished rural communities in the Dominican Republic an Belize with families who live on less than $5 per day. These families live in isolated parts of the country with limited access to running water, no electricity and limited healthcare. Children are often suffering from treatable diseases because of limited access to medical doctors and inexpensive medications such as antibiotics. Interns in these programs will receive necessary education to provide services such as screening, evaluation, and basic treatment for these conditions in coordination with a medical doctor.
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This is an unpaid internship located in the Dominican Republic or Belize. This internship requires travel to the country of internship, which is not covered. This program is 8-weeks long, 7- weeks online/remote and 1- week in the Dominican Republic.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (Travel Dates)
Summer Cohort 3: June 1 - July 28, Traveling July 14-21, 2024
Summer Cohort 4: June 1 - August 18, Traveling August 4-11, 2024
Fall Cohort 1: November 24, 2024 - December 1, 2024
Winter Cohort 1: December 15, 2024 - December 22, 2024
Winter Cohort 2: December 29, 2024 to January 5, 2025
BELIZE
Winter Cohort: Dates to be announced soon
Responsibilities
Internships are 8 weeks long, including 7- weeks of remote education and planning and 8 days in the Dominican Republic or Belize. Interns will spend 5 days assisting licensed medical practitioners with assessment, screening, triage, pharmacy, and providing basic treatments in a temporary medical clinic in rural areas of the country. Interns will spend one day with the community providing community education on basic health and hygiene. Individuals in these areas are generally living on less than $5 per day with limited access to water, no electricity, and no access to basic health or dental care.
Qualifications
No medical experience necessary! We provide all necessary training for providing services as part of this volunteer position.
**This is an volunteer program that requires training and travel to Dominican Republic or Belize which is not covered**