Dermatology/Nursing Medical Missions Scholarship Information

Part of Global Health Outreach

PURPOSE

To assist selected healthcare students in participating in their first Global Health Outreach short-term medical missions experience, enabling them to become familiar with the cultural, social, spiritual, medical and dental problems in developing countries while allowing them to serve the
underserved.

 

ELIGIBILITY
The applicant must be:

  1. A CMDA member (CMDA membership is at no cost for student members). You can join CMDA at www.joincmda.org.
  2. A resident in dermatology or another medical field, a nurse, or a nursing or medical student in a professional or pre-professional course of study expected to lead to a degree in medicine or nursing.
  3. New to Global Health Outreach short-term medical missions.

 

METHOD OF APPLICATION

Using the form on this page, applicants must complete the form and submit to Global Health Outreach. Applications will be reviewed in the order they are submitted. The application must be submitted at least one month prior to the trip departure, and the applicant must be accepted as a Global Health Outreach trip participant before applying for the scholarship. There is a maximum of one scholarship per Global Health Outreach trip, pending available funds.

 

AWARDS

Awards will be announced by email as they are awarded. The amount of the award will be up to $1,500 and is to be used for project and transportation-related expenses, with rare exceptions for longer, more remote trips where the costs are higher.

 

GHODermatology Scholarship

Online Application:

Using the form below, each applicant must submit a letter of no more than 300 words that describes their current course of education and their motivation for serving in medical missions. This letter should address what they hope to learn from their participation in the short-term medical missions experience.

After the trip is complete, the awardee is required to submit a 400-500 word summary report of their experience that focuses on the spiritual change that took place in their life as a result of the trip. The awardee is to create a profile on MedicalMissions.com and to post a summary of this story on this website after returning from the trip. The awardee is to write a letter of appreciation to the donor and to be available to talk by phone with the donor. This letter of appreciation is to be included with the summary report so that it can be forwarded to the donor.

  • In the area below, write a letter of no more than 300 words that describes your current course of education and your motivation for serving in medical missions. Address what you hope to learn from your participation in the short-term medical missions experience.