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Gain Experience in International Medicine; Take the Global Medical Challenge!

Written by Marco

On August 22, 2024

The Global Medical Challenge is your launchpad to becoming a future leader in international medicine. Our exciting online program allows high school students to explore the complexities of healthcare on a global scale. By diving into real-world medical challenges, you’ll gain invaluable insights, develop crucial problem-solving skills, and create a lasting impact on communities worldwide.

Are you passionate about helping others and eager to make a difference? Let’s dive in and discover how the Global Medical Challenge can help your future but also help other people.

The Global Medical Challenge will:

  • Introduce you to international medicine and the healthcare challenges faced around the world
  • Explore how to operate an international clinic, including triage, pharmacy and consultations
  • Guide you through the medical challenges faced abroad and support you to explore potential solutions
  • Challenge you to create an educational health video or presentation to be used by Community Health Workers around the world

Upon completion Global Medical Challenge, participants will:

  • Earn up to 20 documented medical service hours
  • Receive a Global Medical Challenge Certificate
  • Compete with other Medical Squad chapters for awards and scholarships

Through an engaging online program, you’ll gain an understanding of how to operate an international clinic, from triage and pharmacy management to patient consultations. You’ll also delve into specific medical challenges and collaborate with your team to develop innovative solutions.

The ultimate goal? To create an educational health video or presentation that will be shared with real communities in need, empowering them with vital health information.

The Global Medical Challenge is an opportunity for you to expand your medical knowledge, build your resume and make a real world impact. Take the first step to joining the challenge and Start a Global Medical Squads Chapter today. You can also schedule a call with Erik Werner, President of Squads Abroad, to learn more about our work.

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Squads are passionate groups of volunteers who mobilize abroad to create positive change. Each Squad type has a skill-based focus area that support the education, health and economic development objectives of community partners. Faculty choose their dates, duration (typically 1-2 weeks), and their site location from one of our six program countries.
Squads Abroad is a 501c3 non-profit organization under our parent company Global Brigades, a Platinum Level Guidestar member for Financial Transparency. Since 2004, our organization has collectively mobilized more than 70,000 international volunteers to help resolve global health and economic disparities around the world.
Through virtual or in-country programs, Squads are passionate groups of volunteers who mobilize abroad to create positive change. Each Squad type has a skill-based focus area that support the education, health and economic development objectives of community partners.