Welcome Volunteers and Potential Volunteers!

Welcome to the blog site for volunteers who have come to Zambia, or plan to come to Zambia, and work with Dr. Tim (that's me!) at either Corpmed Medical Centre (www.corpmedzambia.com) or Jon Hospice Day Care (www.tinytimandfriends.org) This site has been created so that volunteers can share experiences with one another and learn from past volunteers what the experience here was like, how to get started and how to survive. All of our volunteers have been extremely independent people, funding their experience through many different ways, arranging their own accomodations and dealing with local tranportation issues. So those of you who have had this experience, please send in whatever information you think might be useful. Tell us your story, so that future volunteers don't have to start from the beginning again without the benfit of your experience. If you post it on the blog, remember, it is there for anyone to see, so you won't have to write to potential volunteers over and over again. They can simply check the blog site and learn how you did it, and make their own way. So thanks again, to all of you! You have made Jon Hospice and Tiny Tim and Friends a much better place through your collective efforts. Share that experience without potential volunteers here and make sure it doesn't go to waste. Dr. Tim

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Excellent letter to Medical School Seeking Authorization for Rotation in Zambia

Office of the Registrar and Office of Student Affairs, Room B-640 and Room C-642
New Jersey Medical School
Medical Science Building
185 South Orange Avenue
Newark, NJ 07103
Telephone: 973/972-4783
Fax: 973/972-4109

November 13, 2006

To Whom It May Concern:

I am writing on behalf of _______, a fourth year medical student at New Jersey Medical School in Newark, NJ who has expressed interest in working with me Lusaka, Zambia from 3/25/2007 to 4/22/2007. I approve her externship here and look forward to working with her. Students will be responsible for 40+ hours/week, typically 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and Saturdays, which will be spent at the Ambuya Day Care.

The schedule for the students will be as follows:

Week 1: Work in a private HIV treatment clinic run by an American physician. Students will shadow the physician, see patients, administer medications, and follow up lab values and patient progress.

Week 2 – 4: Students’ time will be split between two facilities: Ambuya Daycare
and Jon Hospice in Lusaka. These two facilities serve a community of 400,000 along with 3 other local outpatient district clinics. The facilities are staffed with nurses and clinical officers (equivalent to physician assistants or nurse practitioners).

Ambuya Daycare: 40-unit day care for HIV-infected children who are, for the most part, in stable condition and on anti-retroviral therapy, ages 6-12 years. The children come from 7am-3pm to get medications, treatment for opportunistic infections, and schooling. Students will be evaluating their health and treating infections.

Jon Hospice: In-patient facility treating young adults (20-30s) with a variety of diseases but mostly TB and HIV. As well as working in the facility and seeing patients there, I will be working with two home healthcare workers who are well-known to the community. They identify those who need hospice care, follow up medication compliance and make arrangements (transport, appointments, etc.) for those who need additional testing, mediations or care. The supervising attending physician is available at anytime to discuss questions I might have.

If you have any other questions, please let me know.

Sincerely,


Timothy J. Meade, M.D. Phone: +2601222612 Medical Director Fax: +2601224833
Corpmed Medical Centre Email: dr.tim@zamnet.zm
PO Box 30209
Lusaka, Zambia
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