Program Proposal
•Formal partnership with IADS and HealthCare Volunteer to attract dental students and member dentists to volunteer in dental shortage locations around the world.
•Deploy dentists for long-term (6 months – 1 year) into volunteering locations and have dental students rotate 1-4 weeks through clinics under the supervision of these deployed dentists.
•Direct volunteering with government clinics in cases of long-term volunteering and direct involvement with Ministry of Health to maximize value for patients.
•Room/board/transportation funding: depends on dental status and amount of time willing to volunteer; longer terms and dentists are more likely to receive room/board/transportation when volunteering in government clinics, while shorter terms and dental students are less likely to receive room/board/transportation when volunteering. For dental students, grants, fellowships, scholarships will be of use for funding as will inexpensive arrangements that our organization sets up around each volunteering location.