Mobile Clinic: March 2013

Upcoming Winter Mobile Clinic

Esmeraldas, Ecuador March 3 - 10

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Esmeraldas

Population: 190,100

Logistics
Cost: $679.50 + Airfare Includes hostel and all meals Monday-Friday Flights: Book on your own OR through travel agent, MUST wait for email from

MEDLIFE rep before booking Expect between $900-$1400 Duration: 7 Days (Sunday-Sunday) 4 days of clinics, 1 day of development project, 1 day of cultural tourism

What we do during a Mobile Clinic?

Bring basic medical care to low income communities

Clinics staffed with local dentists, doctors, gynecologists and nurses

Work alongside community members on development projects Run educational seminars

During the week...

One day on a community development project Four days of clinic, students rotate through two stations each day

Mobile Clinic Stations: Doctor

Assist our physicians, talk with patients, and learn about the root causes of disease

Mobile Clinic Stations: Dentist

Rotation begins with a lesson Students learn all they need to know to help effectively Help holding tools like lights, suction hose, and tongue depressors Transcribe odontogram as dentist examines teeth

Mobile Clinic Stations: Gynecology

Assist, watch and learn
Help prepare slides for pap smears Transcribe patient histories Female participants only

*Requires utmost respect and sensitivity for the patients and their cultural backgrounds and privacy

Mobile Clinic Stations: Pharmacy

Help organize, package and distribute medications Students with more Spanish knowledge can help explain to patients when and how to take their medications

Mobile Clinic Stations: Vitals

Students measure... - height - weight - blood pressure - temperature

Mobile Clinic Stations: Lab

Students assist in a administering tests if patients require glucose or urine tests

Mobile Clinic Stations: Toothbrushing Distribute toothbrushes

Teach kids to brush teeth, rinse and spit Give fluoride treatments

Mobile Clinic Stations: Education and Student help hand out pamphlets
show videos to patients

Community Development Projects

Ecuador: Schools and hygiene projects

Why MEDLIFE?
Sustainability
Respond to the needs of the community

Local staff
Follow-up Treatment You can continue to help on campus (more on that later)

Online Fundraising
Your personal 50:50 Campaign webpage is

automatically created for you when you register for a mobile clinic
Friends and family donate online...
For

every $1 you raise, $0.50 goes towards your participation fee and $0.50 goes towards the Mission Fund, which supports MEDLIFEs year-long operations

Other Important Memos

Travel Insurance:
unless you opted out, SSMU has you

covered Visas:
Let us know asap if you do not have a

Canadian Passport Spanish:

Its an asset, not a necessity. Will have Important Spanish Phrases

lesson closer to departure

Other Ways to Get Involved

Join MEDLIFE McGill!

Fundraise for MEDLIFEs development projects during the semester (all events on our Facebook Page)
Attend events on campus

10% discount on Kaplan MCAT courses for members

Next semester we will be recruiting Executive Board and PR Committee positions for 2013-2014

Fundraise through your own networks and donate through paypal at www.medlifeweb.org/donate

Fill out Medlife McGills online

How to begin

Application before Midnight November 25, 2012

The application can be found at:

facebook.com/MEDLIFEMc Gill - through a link sent tonight on the listserv

Wait for your acceptance email! Email medlife.mcgill@gmail.com

if you have any questions