UPDATE: Due to health and safety concerns, Global Brigades has postponed all in-person brigades until March 2021. We will be replacing our annual winter break in-person brigade with a Medical/Dental Telebrigade that will be completely virtual.
The University of Maryland Dental Brigades is a nonprofit student-led organization. This winter we will host a Telebrigade where we will learn about the communities we provide health care to, shadow doctors virtually in a live urban clinic, watch pre-recorded footage of rural clinic, and much more! In the past, our brigades have mainly provided dental care to communities, however, this Telebrigade will be a virtual Medical brigade with slightly more emphasis on dentistry. Therefore, in addition to gaining dental experience, we will also have the opportunity to observe other health care practices! To learn more about the Telebrigade structure and sessions follow this link:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1CN44G0wRLIxICkRSEk4zFsQJqK_oG8B8RcOgyK1sBH0/edit?usp=sharing.
The Telebrigade will consist of 9 sessions where we will meet in a virtual setting along with Global Brigade Associates, Community Health Workers, doctors from Honduras, and patients! The tentative dates for our brigade are 1/10/20 to 1/18/20 (session times for each day are TBD, sessions are around 1-3 hours).
This is a great opportunity to shadow during the pandemic and will make you a unique pre-dental student. You will get the chance to meet other pre-dental students from UMD, virtually shadow/assist doctors, learn about a new culture, and best of all, you will play a role in changing the lives of hundreds of people and serving the community. This is an excellent chance to witness dentistry practiced where it is most needed yet most sparse, and our members come back with a more holistic view on the importance of dentistry and oral health.
DEADLINE FOR THE APPLICATION: September 18, 2020 @ 11:59 pm
Each student will be expected to raise $295 for the Telebrigade. This Donation Goal will go towards providing the one urban clinic as well as one rural clinic. These funds will need to be donated in two installations:
$150 initial donation by October 1, 2020
Final donation (remainder of the donation goal) required before December 20th, 2020
We hope you can join us this winter and if you have any other questions, feel free to message us at
umdglobaldentalbrigades@gmail.com and we will get back to you as soon as possible. We hope you all are staying safe and healthy!
Presidents: Alyssa Yi & Alex Choi
VP of Organization: Edil Kebede, Svadhi Prasad & Lydia Park
VP of Dental: Laura Patriarca & Pooja Swaminathan
VP of Fundraising: Saniya Masood & Cheyenne Cannady