The San Lucas Mission is dedicated to providing the highest quality health care possible for the communities it serves. Medical volunteering can contribute to this goal and be a very rewarding experience for all involved if certain considerations are kept in mind.
Visiting medical personnel should have the training and experience to address the major health needs prevalent in the San Luca area. In addition, while medical volunteering can be a wonderful educational experience for trainees, the expectation is that trainees would receive the same level of supervision during your time in San Lucas as they would in clinical settings in the United States. Most important, medical volunteers should remember that they will be working within an existing rural health program at the Mission and they should respect the requests and capabilities of their local health program colleagues. Specifically, we suggest the following:
- 1:4 attending to student ratio; 1:6 attending to resident ratio
- One fluent spanish speaker per attending, using similar standards of proficiency expected in the US
- Attendings must provide primary care as this is the type of care needed in the communities
* If these criteria are not met you may be asked to make changes to your group or to postpone until you can meet these requirements. Questions about special circumstances can be directed to Dr. Dan Fulton or Dr. Paul Wise.
The first step in
the application process is to select dates for your
visit, however due to limited space for medical groups, you may be asked to change your dates according to the needs of the Health Program. Please do not buy tickets until dates have been approved.
After your application is received an email with be sent to confirm dates.
Please select a date:
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