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Pharmacy Opportunities with Pharmacists With A Mission
About Pharmacists With A Mission.....
Many charitable organizations involved in medical missions need help in organizing Pharmacy Services. We find that Pharmacists are the best qualified to offer assistance in this area. At least 50% of every medical mission is spent dispensing medications and knowledge to the patient. Doctors and Nurses with other support team members have so much work to accomplish; a Pharmacist can provide the organization his expertise and skills on a medical mission.
Let us examine why a Pharmacist is an important member of the healthcare team...
Knowledge of a broad range of drug information:
In addition to knowing about side effects, interactions & contraindications, storage & stability, dosage & administration, drug therapy, etc. ; appropriate drug selection and formulary is essential for the Pharmacist to suggest to the medical mission team & organization.
Expert in the operation and maintenance of a Pharmacy:
Pharmacists work in many fields of Pharmacy; i.e., Hospitals, retail customer Pharmacies, Outpatient Clinics, Research, Drug Manufacturing, etc. They can also offer their help in general operations, dispensing, drug inventory and purchasing . Because of the major variance of drug cost in the world, Pharmacists can help avoid the high costs of medications. They are adaptable in setting up and maintaining a Pharmacy on a medical mission in any environment and have many other skills to offer.
In 1999 Steve and Susan Garvin (both Pharmacists) founded a non-profit charitable organization with humanitarian and educational goals entitled:
" PHARMACISTS WITH A MISSION, INC. "
Since 1996, Steve has participated on many medical missions with charitable organizations to developing countries. He also helped with local free clinics that assist the poor with medications in North Carolina. From this and other observations, he found out some alarming facts:
" I am amazed that on most typical volunteer medical missions, there are not enough Pharmacists to participate. Doctors, Nurses, Allied Health Professionals, and other team members are overworked and do not have time to devote to their patients. This is an area where Pharmacists can be an asset and also assist in educating patients about their medications and upgrade health Pharmacy standards in the clinics and hospitals in the participating country."
What Have We Accomplished Since 1999?
Thus far, we have participated on fourteen medical missions to Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, the Phillipines, and Vietnam. Besides our main goals of educating charitable organizations and lecturing at free clinics and Hospitals, we devote our time and resources by purchasing and delivering collected donated medications to any country we participate on a medical mission. Humanitarian work continues from the host charitable organization goals on a medical mission from us. In addition, we assist donating to institutions of the blind and retarded, orphanages, free clinics, foundations for the poor and sick, and are involved in any health projects we choose. Certainly, contacting Pharmacists to participate on a medical mission is just one of our major goals!
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Pharmacists With A Mission, inc.
"Your Medical Mission Specialists"
Stephen E. Garvin, President
1552 Little Hill Rd. Newton, North Carolina 28658 USA
Federal Tax ID# will be provided upon request - 501 (C) 3 Corporation
Email us using the link
APPLICANTS ONLY PLEASE
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