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Countries/States Served:
PA
People Utilized or Employed:
Trainable Volunteers, Nursing, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Infectious Disease, Pharmacy, Public Health, Social Work, Dentistry, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Occupational Medicine, Pediatrics, Physical Therapy, Surgery-General, Trauma Surgery, Veterinary
Types of Students Allowed:
Medical Students, Premedical Students, Dental Students, Predental Students, Nursing Students, Prenursing Students, Pharmacy Students, Prepharmacy Students, Veterinary Students, Preveterinary Students, Optometry Students, Preoptometry Students |
Program Length:
Short Term (Less than 1 month) and Long Term (Greater than 1 month)
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Current Volunteer Opportunities (Unpaid Positions)
MRC Medical Volunteer needed for
More than 1 year
Opportunity Description:
As a health care professional in our community, your assistance is greatly needed. The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is a nationwide initiative, organized on the local level through the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, designed to lead the health care volunteer effort in the event of a disaster. This could include treatment of victims of a large-scale disaster or epidemic, administration of vaccines during a mass vaccination, distribution of drugs during a chemical or biological attack, or other health emergency situation.
Total Number of Volunteers Needed:
15
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MRC Non-Medical Volunteer needed for
More than 1 year
Opportunity Description:
As a member of our community, your assistance is greatly needed. The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is a nationwide initiative, organized on the local level through the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, designed to lead the health care volunteer effort in the event of a disaster. This could include greeting the public at a vaccination clinic, assisting with logistics, administration, or support.
Total Number of Volunteers Needed:
15
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Mission Statement: (See Web Site For Updated Information)
The Philadelphia Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is a group of medical, public health, and other volunteers who are ready to serve Philadelphia during public health emergencies or other time of need. Volunteers are pre-identified, pre-trained and pre-credentialed to be ready to respond when an emergency happens.
Philadelphia MRC volunteers supplement existing public health, emergency, medical and behavioral health resources, which may become overwhelmed during a disaster. The Philadelphia MRC is part of a collaborative effort to help Philadelphia be more prepared for public health crises.
A large-scale public health emergency would require the help of thousands of health professionals. The Philadelphia MRC needs people who have medical, public health, behavioral health or other skills, such as:
licensed, certified or retired health professionals including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, behavioral health providers, EMTs, paramedics, dentists, veterinarians and respiratory care therapists
medical, nursing, pharmacy, public health and other allied health professional students.
non-medical personnel to fill key support positions, such as interpreters, chaplains and administrative professionals
Volunteers get:
training in emergency preparedness and response
opportunities to assist at vaccine clinics
opportunities to participate in preparedness drills and exercises
Volunteers are asked to participate in one required and several optional trainings each year. We offer free continuing education credits through these trainings. |
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