Med Team '08'

Education
Each year eight students from a wide range of majors and backgrounds accompany April Black and Dr. Chlebowski on the service-learning trip. Before embarking, the students are required to participate in several classes aimed to educate the students on Belizean history and culture. In addition, mandatory meetings with Dr. Chlebowski brief the students on the procedures of the medical clinics as well as tropical medicine. Once in Belize the education continues with additional classes focusing on Belizean healthcare and culture.

Dr. Chlebowski and April Black

Service and experience
The trip includes approximately five days of medical clinics located in villages throughout the Belizean mainland. During these clinics students will be asked to participate in triaging patients upon their arrival, as well as observing and assisting Dr. Chlebowski during examinations. Students will also rotate through positions helping April Black distribute prescribed pharmaceuticals and watching over the many child patients. In addition, students will also be asked to keep a record of patients seen, ailments and treatments for the Belizean Ministry of Health.

The last half of the trip will include a visit to the islands of Belize. In the past the teams have stayed on the island of Caye Caulker where they participated in a house call medical clinic with a doctor from the island.

Other educational opportunities
In addition to the multiple medical clinics and classes, SU CASA Belize offers a variety of non-traditional educational venues, including:

• An optional day of service with a local enviromental agency.
• A visit to the Belize City Hospital.
• A visit to the Belmopan City Hospital.
• A tour of the U.S Embassy in Belmopan, Belize .
• A trip to the Belize City Zoo.
• A trip to the Mayan Ruins of Belize.
• A half-day snorkeling trip touring the second largest barrier reef in the world.
• A trip to the town of San Pedro, on Ambergris Caye.
• and much more....
  
  

For more information
If you are interested and/or have any questions please contact April Black at blacka@susqu.edu

Photos from past SU CASA Belize trips

(Left to Right) Med team '08 on triage.

(Left) Med team '08 student and Cotton Tree Village children.(Right) Child from Cotton Tree Village.

(Left) Med team '08 playing with Cotton Tree Village children.


(Left & Right) Photos of the anctient Mayan ruins of Belize. Students climbed the many ancient pyramind structures.

(Left) Fishing post, off of Caye Caulker island. Photo was taken from a water taxi trip. (Right) Med team '08 at dinner.


(Left) Med team '08 poses infront of St. Margarets Church, the site of medical clinic 4. (Right) Med team '08 poses infront of Jaguar Creek in matching med team shirts.