Upon arrival, students will receive specific orientation and training for the clinics and the trip. Orientation entails active student participation in the process of medical assessments and treatments. Many issues will be discussed, e.g. the relationship between poverty, education, and public health to illness and well-being.

Students will be exposed to a medical environment where they will be allowed to observe AND actively participate in the medical assessments/treatments of patients. Furthermore, country-wide dependable Public Healthcare Systems generally do not exist in the countries that we visit. We do this in various settings: urban and rural. This will include GMT medical and dental clinics, visits to hospitals and other health facilities, and patient’s homes.

Students do not engage in any invasive medical procedures during the clinics. We employ local doctors, dentists, interpreters, and guides to teach, inform, and help supervise the trips. We utilize local community citizens to help in the clinics.

We will inform trip participants about the culture, history, politics, religious, comparative healthcare systems, and Public Health problems of the countries in which we travel. We teach them how to apply that information to their experiences during clinics. We will reflect upon and discuss the medical and cultural experiences and integrate this into action plans that will improve the well-being of these people; this constitutes providing healthcare in a culturally competent manner. Medical and other professionals will be responsible for closely supervising, teaching, and nurturing this process.

There is no previous medical knowledge required for the trip, however, it is very helpful to learn how to take vitals, such as blood pressure and pulse, beforehand. A pre-trip information docuemt about a month before the trip begins will be sent out. This includes medical guidelines, medical Spanish, relevant medical articles, etc..

We are required to have a minimum of 3 dental students registered in order to host a dental clinic.

Remember that registration number I told you about? You will need it for this! Here is the link to pay on the GMT website.

https://gmtonline.net/index.php/trips/make-a-payment

Remember that if you are a past tripper, you can get a 20% discount! Contact an officer for more information about this.

Here is a detailed breakdown of fees.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18zBcJrkWEICszSsM6rzxPQYgtoY-4S9cwRrxz9AetLU/edit?tab=t.0

If you have extenuating circumstances, please email dante.dominguez@gmtonline.org with an explanation and your proposed solution. You must do this BEFORE the payment deadline.

No. The student agreement states: “If I cancel my trip for any reason or fail to comply with any international travel regulations, THERE WILL BE NO REFUNDS. However, you can make a written email request that 80% of your paid amount be applied, as partial payment, to any future GMT trip of your choice. You must pay the balance between this forwarded amount and the future trip actual posted cost on the GMT website when you register for that trip. The other 20% will be used by GMT to pay for reservations and services that were covered in advance for you on this canceled trip.”