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Volunteering in Nha Trang, Vietnam: Senior Medical Students’ Perspectives of a Surgical Mission Trip
Vietnam has had a long history of international mission teams that volunteer needed surgical care to underserved populations for various medical problems. As senior medical students, we joined a non-profit organization's surgical mission trip led by a community practice surgeon and staffed by 32 health care professionals to provide cleft lip and palate reconstructions for 75 patients at a local...
متن کاملThe Medical Mission Field
" In some rural districts of India," said a speaker at the annual meeting of the Medical Mission Department of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, " there is one public health office to 45,000 people." And India does not stand alone in the need of medical men and women. China, South and West Africa, Borneo, Mauritius?these are only some of the countries for which the Society is needi...
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Cutaneous myiasis in humans is a temporary parasitic infestation of the skin by fly larvae or maggots of a variety of Dipteran families. In the United States, autochthonous cases of myiasis are infrequently seen. Most cases of cutaneous myiasis are acquired when traveling to tropical areas of Africa, Central America or South America. This case report involves a 26-year-old male medical student ...
متن کاملJoy shines more brightly engulfed in chaos: reflections on a mission trip to Haiti.
recently had the privilege to participate in a medical mission trip to Haiti. Th e experience was both challenging and rewarding. Th e motivation for this article is to encourage anyone who might consider volunteering for medical mission work. I would like to share a few stories about some of the people I met as a result of this particular trip. Often others express interest in medical mission ...
متن کاملMedical Problems during Participation of Medical Congress - A Long Trip to Val D'Isere from Korea
Since the 3rd WIN meeting in 1982 more than 500 participants join the meeting in Val D'Isere every year [1]. One of our authors has attended the meeting more than 10 times. He experienced many physical illnesses while travelling from South Korea to Val D'Isere in France, which is located in the Alps mountain near the border between France and Italy. In order to get there, it is necessary to tak...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cor et Vasa
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0010-8650,1803-7712
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2012.01.007