Session 36: AAWC Global Volunteers

Speakers

Pamela S. Cole, MSPT, CWS; Karen A. Albaugh, PT, DPT, MPH, CWS

ABSTRACT

This session will describe the AAWC’s Global Volunteers program, its partnership with Health Volunteers Overseas, and volunteers’ shared mission to educate clinicians in resource-poor settings to advance the care of patients utilizing limited available resources. Attendees will learn from recent volunteers about where to go and what to do while participating at available training sites, as well as how to apply to volunteer and for travel scholarships.