Last chance for
students to sign up for an experience of a lifetime. Helping the poor and
underserved in:
ISL is sending out almost 70 teams to eight countries this summer and
has opening for students to participate on only about a dozen that aren’t
staffed. Please ask your students to review the attached summer teams
information bulletin and go to www.ISLonline.org for
schedules and applications instructions. Thanks to our students helping
us staff these teams we estimate we’ll be serving approximately 35,000 of
the underserved with varying levels of health care—thanks for the
partnership!
More
info at www.ISLonline.org.
ISL sends medical/dent/opt/public health/PT/vet/pharmaceutical teams to
countries in Latin America, Central America, and Africa. We include pre-health
students on our teams as a way of preparing the next generation of
international medical care-givers. Students receive supervised hands-on
experience, health related seminars, and financial sponsorship.
Listings of university, professional, and student references available
upon request. Over a 12 year period we’ve fielded over three hundred
teams and annually provide health care for 15,000 of the underserved.
Please consider placing the attached information on your list serve for
pre-health students and forwarding to any appropriate pre-health student
organizations. Professional program references available upon request.
Sincerely,
Michael Birnbaum, Executive Director
International Service Learning
Members Texas Association of Advisors for the Health Professions and
GHEC.