Service learning trips

GLOBAL HEALTH

Urban Health - In the cities of Morocco, participants can expect to participate in some or all of the activities listed:

 o    Global Health Education: Local professionals provide structured presentations on public health in Morocco, discuss advantages and challenges and compare to the American system to help participants gain a deeper understanding.

o    Hospital Observation: Participants can share particular medical interests and take time to shadow providers working in the local hospitals.

o    Surgical Missions: On specific global health experiences, surgeons from America and Morocco collaborate to provide pro-bono surgical services to patients in need who are otherwise unable to afford them. Students in attendance get up close observation experience of surgical procedures, and international surgical collaboration.

o   Ophthalmology Missions: On specific global health experiences, ophthalmologists from America and Morocco collaborate to provide pro-bono vision restoring surgeries to patients in need in mobile operating rooms. They also collaborate to teach innovative techniques and get hands on skills in labs.

o    Obtain and Transport Medical Equipment and Supplies: Providing needed medical equipment and supplies for health care professionals in Morocco.

o    Cultural Immersion: Participants often visit museums in the area, receive tours of historic areas in the city, experience song and dance of the region, visit the local markets, and of course, taste the Moroccan cuisine!

o   University Visits: Participants have the opportunity to meet students studying in Morocco, have discussions and learn from one another.

o    Orphanage Visits: Participants have the opportunity to visit a local orphanage and spend time assisting staff in the care of children from infancy up through adolescence.

Rural- In rural areas, participants can expect to experience many of the programming listed below.

·         Rural Health

-          Education

-          Sustainable Farming

-          Environmental Protection

-          Cultural Immersion

-          Rural Health Clinics:

o    These include a large variety of medical specialties and diagnostics including point of care ultrasound, chronic disease and infectious disease screening, medical visits with generalist doctors and specialists including cardiology, pulmonology, nephrology, gastroenterology, women’s health, and more.

o    These clinics also place an emphasis on dental care which can often be inaccessible to the regions we are visiting and is a high need. Dentists and residents bring equipment to examine patients, as well as provide any needed services. Student attendees also take time to provide education on oral hygiene to children at local schools.

o    Ophthalmology and Optometry professionals also attend to provide vision services to locals in the area. Donated eyeglasses can be prescribed when needed, and in some cases procedural intervention is completed as well.

o    Pharmacists also work to distribute donated medications to patients after they receive medical advice from their consultations.

-          Global Health Education: This continues in the rural area as participants can experience how mobile medical clinics work to address gaps in healthcare access and care for patients in remote areas under resource constraints.

-          Cultural Immersion: This also continues as participants experience remote areas of Morocco with more traditional values, homes and foods.

-          Sustainable Farming: On some missions participants work with locals in the area to help build or upkeep farms intended to allow locals to upkeep, and provide food and income sources for years to come. We also work to plant trees which not only improve air quality, but provide another source of food and sustainable income.

-          Environmental Protection: Participants also volunteer in beach clean-up activities along the Moroccan coastline, enjoying the beautiful sights, while contributing to keeping the areas beautiful.

The major goal of the service learning experience is to provide individuals with an opportunity to undertake an intensive and focused study, often in a field setting, as a means of broadening, deepening, mastering, and integrating knowledge and skill in their of interest.  Developed as a clinical service learning trip to meet the diverse goals of the adult learner; students will learn about healthcare delivery in both rural and urban health clinics all under the supervision of Moroccan Healthcare Professionals.

Primary goalis to assist the participates in developing skills in critical thinking in relation to global health issues in Morocco. Critical thinking to determine the meaning and significance of what is being presented, expressed, or observed and then reflecting with an open mind, coming to an unbiased conclusion.

Global Health Service Learning is designed to examine the major global health challenges and introduce participants to the vast diversity of the health care delivery system in rural and urban in Morocco.  Participants experience a wide range of personal, social, religious, epidemiological, technological and economic factors that influence healthcare in Morocco. This hands-on learning experience provides an opportunity to gain, apply, and integrate knowledge and skill through participation in presentations at universities and hospitals as well as group discussions.  Participants will be exposed to Islam, culture, art, history through activities, visits and presentations and its relation to health.  This experience provides participants with an opportunity to interact with culturally diverse individuals, families and groups in a community setting, while promoting the health and well-being of vulnerable populations.

There will also be opportunities to experience amazing food, sights seeing, hiking, beaches, surfing, shopping, and culture.

Rural Health Clinics - The participants spend time in service learning health clinics that are held in the villages.  The healthcare professionals perform ultrasounds, screenings for blood pressure, blood sugar, Hepatitis C, HIV, breast cancer and physicians conduct medical consultations as well as distribute medicine at these clinic settings.  There is also a dental hygiene clinic where fluoride treatments are provided. They will have opportunities to assist by showing the children how to brush their teeth and presenting them with new toothbrushes and toothpaste at the end of the clinic.  During this time participants have the opportunities to live in the village and eat and socialize with the residents.

Urban Health Clinics – Participants spend time observing, attending presentations and lectures in private clinics and public hospitals to learn more about health care delivery system in a developing Nation.

EDUCATION

FARMING

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RESEARCH