SERVICE-LEARNING TRIPS

In 1998, Michael McDonald, MD, an otolaryngologist from Madison, WI, joined a medical mission to La Ceiba, Honduras and saw a great need for Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) services. The ENT mission has grown to a yearly humanitarian trip to provide ENT surgery, hearing evaluation, and hearing aid dispensing to the people of Honduras.

The 7-day trip typically starts on a Saturday of March. The team travels to La Ceiba where we work together to organize equipment and donated supplies. The team then starts seeing patients in the clinic on Sunday with local otolaryngology surgeon, Dr. Rigoberto Tabora. We often see 60 to 70 patients in the clinic, and 40 are scheduled for surgery during the week.

Throughout the week, surgeons, surgical technologists, operating room nurses, anesthesiologists, and recovery room nurses participate in procedures in two operating rooms.

Audiologists and others screen patients and take hearing aid molds to dispense hearing aids the following year

HONDURAS PARTICIPATION CRITERIA

1. All applicants must be approved. Once your application is reviewed, you will be notified if you

are chosen to participate.

2. Prolotherapy physician applicants must meet BOTH of the following criteria:

● Be a physician with an active medical license (MD or DO).

● Must have attended an HHPF or IART Prolotherapy Conference in the past 3 years, or another equivalent teaching conference. Open to new and returning learners.

FEES

All participants cover their own flights.

HHPF covers food, room, board, and in-country transport

Optional Private Room Fee $175 (based on availability)
ENT fees:
● Physicians: $1500

● Residents: $1200

TRAVEL INFORMATION

● You are responsible for booking your own flight to Honduras. ENT group flies into Roatan and then flies into the La Ceiba airport.

● Standard Honduras entry requirements: All passports should be valid for six months beyond your exit from the country date.

● Vaccinations & malaria prophylaxis: There are no requirements to enter Honduras. We recommend that you review recommendations for travel here: Travel.state.gov and that are are up-to-date on all routine vaccinations before you travel.

Application Process

1. Complete the initial application registration below.
2. HHPF will review your application and if you are selected to participate, you will receive an email notification with further instructions including airfare, lodging and payment options.

JOIN US ON OUR NEXT TRIP!

It will be a life-changing experience for you and for the underserved people who benefit from your care

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