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Empowering Methods for Short-Term Dental Missions

Empowering Methods for Short-Term Dental Missions

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Timothy Williams

Timothy Williams

Jan 6, 2015

Traditional short term medical mission trips involve doing much work and seeing many patients. Many of the procedures can be taught to indigenous believers, allowing them an opportunity to learn new skills that can be used long after the team has gone home. These skills in turn allow access to areas of outreach not available to foreign workers. This breakout explores methods in use today that allow such outreach.

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Associate Degree and Diploma Nurses

Baccalaureate Prepared Nurses

Dental Assistant

Dental Hygienist

Emergency Medicine

Family Medicine

Health Education

Global Health Interest Areas

Community Development

Disease Prevention

Equipping Indigenous People

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