Greetings NAAHP Colleagues,
International Service Learning has reduced our Spring Break teams. We
have a special new program to Panama. Please let your students know about
these opportunities.
Our New Panama Program
information is available at this URL http://www.islonline.org/flyers/Panama_Spring_Break_2009.pdf
Other great
opportunities reduced $100:
Our
2008-2009 Schedule is available on our website at www.ISLonline.org
. Just click on Team Schedule. We have teams scheduled throughout the year.
Please
consider sending this information to your students.
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 caregivers. Students receive supervised hands-on
experience, health related seminars, and financial sponsorship.
Listings of university, professional, and student references available
upon request. Over a 14 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. For professional/program references and information, please
contact me directly [log in to unmask]
(361-549-6035) or see our web site at www.ISLonline.org.
Sincerely,
Michael Birnbaum, Executive Director
International Service Learning
Members Texas Association of Advisors for the Health Professions and
GHEC.