title: Short-term service trips and the interprofessional team: a perspective from Honduras.
abstract: Short-term service trips from the USA annually spend over $250 million dollars to provide healthcare to individuals in developing nations. These trips often uniquely define goals as related to changes in the host population and overlook the valuable benefits potentially incurred by the trip volunteers. The Honduras Outreach Medical Brigada Relief Effort utilizes an interprofessional team approach to develop the dual goals of improving health and quality of life in host communities and improving interprofessional teamwork values and skills among participants. This article outlines details of this program, describes on-going evaluation work and discusses the interprofessional implications from this project.
authors: Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado , Aurora, CO , USA .
authors: Lynn M
authors: LM
authors: VanderWielen
authors: Gabriela E
authors: GE
authors: Halder
authors: Alexander S
authors: AS
authors: Enurah
authors: Catherine
authors: C
authors: Pearson
authors: Michael P
authors: MP
authors: Stevens
authors: Steven H
authors: SH
authors: Crossman
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006304:Health Status; D006721:Honduras; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008493:Medical Missions / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011788:Quality of Life; D014481:United States
keywords: Global health; interprofessional care; interprofessional collaboration; partnership; service improvement; short-term medical service trip