medical missions

[Jim Henderson]

I'm entering my third year of college and have been determined
to go to med-school for a while. Recently though, I've been
thinking quite a bit about entering the mission field as well.
I was wondering if you had any info or links to let me know how
I can get involved in a short-term medical mission. I feel like
it would be valuable to me to try to go on a mission trip
sometime before I enter med school, but I know time's running
out. What are the pros and cons of taking a year off after
college and doing something like going on a missions trip?
Thank you for your time.
[email protected]

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[drhenderson]

Try the following link for missions info. Also visit the mission trip photo section of medicalstudent.net http://www.cmds.org/missions.htm

 

[Stephen Ewen]

http://www.hvousa.org/index.html

 

[grasshopper]

Just to encourage you, I was talking to an MD friend of mine today who strongly encouraged me to do something like that before med school (I'm personally not really considering it, but it's still a good idea), because it's basically impossible to go back and do it later. After med school, there has to be residency, and by the time you're done there it tends to be not a good looking career move to leave for a while, and people are usually ready to start/continue families. Course, I still want to do it sometime, but it definitely is a good idea to go ahead with it if circumstances permit, it seems, and my MD friend (also happens to be on the admissions committee at a top 20 school ) definitely agrees.