Doctors without borders alternatives?

[Dred Pirate]

Hey all - I am interested in doing some sort of overseas mission work. I have done some short 1 week stints, but am looking for something a little bit longer (in the terms of a few months). Unfortunately Doctors without Borders now requires their pharmacists to speak French, which, well, I don't and won't be learning anytime soon.

In my short stints we mainly did outpatient visits, basically putting a bandaid on a bullet hole type of situations - I would love to work in more of an hospital field/hospital environment. Anybody have experience with an organization to start looking into? I would either do this as a leave of absence from work if they allow, or I may be looking at moving, and could do this between jobs. Doctors without borders does pay (albiet not a lot, but I have no loans, so not a big issue)

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[WorthlessOxygen]

Unfortunately Doctors without Borders now requires

Did you actually confirm this with someone? I vaguely remember one of their administrators posting to the pharmacy subreddit saying that they routinely waive that requirement.

I've been interested in doing something similar but can't justify leaving my job while I still have loans. Especially with how bad the market is.

 

[Dred Pirate]

Did you actually confirm this with someone? I vaguely remember one of their administrators posting to the pharmacy subreddit saying that they routinely waive that requirement.

I've been interested in doing something similar but can't justify leaving my job while I still have loans. Especially with how bad the market is.

I am just going by what their website says - haven't confirmed

 

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Hey all - I am interested in doing some sort of overseas mission work. I have done some short 1 week stints, but am looking for something a little bit longer (in the terms of a few months). Unfortunately Doctors without Borders now requires their pharmacists to speak French, which, well, I don't and won't be learning anytime soon.

In my short stints we mainly did outpatient visits, basically putting a bandaid on a bullet hole type of situations - I would love to work in more of an hospital field/hospital environment. Anybody have experience with an organization to start looking into? I would either do this as a leave of absence from work if they allow, or I may be looking at moving, and could do this between jobs. Doctors without borders does pay (albiet not a lot, but I have no loans, so not a big issue)

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[wholeheartedly]

I’d imagine Mercy Ships and groups like Partners in Health would need pharmacists.

 

[Dred Pirate]

I’d imagine Mercy Ships and groups like Partners in Health would need pharmacists.

I had a friend serve on the mercy ship - they are 100% military I believe (he was at least).

 

[wholeheartedly]

I had a friend serve on the mercy ship - they are 100% military I believe (he was at least).

Not according to their website. https://www.mercyships.org/volunteer/

Pharmacist | Volunteer Opportunities

Our very own Pharmacy on the ship enables us to prepare and dispense over-the-counter and prescription medications directly to our patients and Crew.

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And there’s several variations of other ships that provide medical care.