Short-term service trips and the interprofessional team: A perspective from Honduras

Lynn M. Vanderwielen; Gabriela E. Halder; Alexander S. Enurah; Catherine Pearson; Michael P. Stevens; Steven H. Crossman

doi:10.3109/13561820.2014.942775

Short-term service trips and the interprofessional team: A perspective from Honduras

Lynn M. Vanderwielen, Gabriela E. Halder, Alexander S. Enurah, Catherine Pearson, Michael P. Stevens, Steven H. Crossman

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Abstract

Short-term service trips from the USA annually spend over $250 million dollars to provide healthcare to individuals in developing nations. These trips often uniquely define goals as related to changes in the host population and overlook the valuable benefits potentially incurred by the trip volunteers. The Honduras Outreach Medical Brigada Relief Effort utilizes an interprofessional team approach to develop the dual goals of improving health and quality of life in host communities and improving interprofessional teamwork values and skills among participants. This article outlines details of this program, describes on-going evaluation work and discusses the interprofessional implications from this project.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	168-169
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Interprofessional Care
Volume	29
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/13561820.2014.942775
State	Published - Mar 1 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Global health
Interprofessional care
Interprofessional collaboration
Partnership
Service improvement
Short-term medical service trip

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General Medicine

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