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Countries/States Served:
South Africa
People Utilized or Employed:
Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery-General, Anesthesiology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Radiology
Types of Students Allowed:
Medical Students |
Program Length:
Short Term (Less than 1 month)
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University Affiliations:
University of Limpopo, School of Medicine |
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Mission Statement: (See Web Site For Updated Information)
Mission Statement: DOCS is a Christian organization that links U.S. volunteer physicians with African national physicians to exchange medical techniques, experience, faith, and hope for the betterment of African health care.
Africa is a continent struggling against an increasing health care crisis, burdened by HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases, famine, and war. Health care systems are crumbling, unable to meet the present needs. Most African physicians are working in over-burdened hospitals and clinics, most who haven't had any additional medical training or education since graduating from medical school.
Since 1994, Doctors On Call For Service, Inc. (DOCS), a Christian non-profit organization and 501 (c) (3), has been working to improve health care in developing countries in Africa, through educational strategies that provide a lasting investment in human resources.
African national physicians can now receive continuing medical education and training without having to leave their countries through DOCS' programs:
Medical knowledge is advancing at great speed, but African doctors and the populations they serve are not benefiting quickly enough from new knowledge. Populations in developing countries in Africa are especially hard hit and face:
Rapidly rising rates of disease, especially among women & children
A shortage of African national physicians
Insufficient access to certified residency programs in Africa
A lack of medical training and education for African national physicians in their own communities.
Physicians who are isolated from specialist colleagues and up-to-date medical literature.
DOCS is making improvements to African health care by providing continuing medical education opportunities for African national physicians, in Africa.
There is an urgent need for volunteer physicians willing to donate their time and expertise to help teach and train their African colleagues.
Share your skills and up-to-date medical knowledge with your colleagues in Africa during a short-term Continuing Medical Education (CME) trip or through a long-term teaching commitment.
DOCS' CME trips are scheduled in the spring and fall each year and last for about 2 weeks. We handle all arrangements (air travel, visas, food, housing, ground transportation, arrangement of the meetings). During these trips, the CME volunteer team travels to several locations in Africa, sometimes several countries.
In addition to the CME trips, DOCS also facilitates trips to Continuing Medical Education learning sites during which volunteers stay for several weeks to several months to teach and train.
The cost to participate in a volunteer trip depends on several factors, including airfare, length of stay, and whether the host site provides lodging and/or food. Contributions for the faculty trips are tax-deductible.
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