Medical Volunteer Opportunities
There is a medical volunteer opportunity at an organization called "Students Care". They run a program that allows undergraduates to get involved in the medical or health field. This program allows college students to provide friendship, support, and hope to children with cancer and their families. The main responsibilities of these teens are to create and mark days of important events that will allow the children with cancer to have fun and be themselves even when inside the hospital.
Another medical volunteer opportunity is available at Cedars-Sinai, which is a hospital. When you volunteer the responsibilities you take on are providing comfort and support for families. You can actually sign up with your dog and together can go around healing people emotionally. Your dog must be trained,and some of the things you're going to do is walk around the people in the surgical rooms and let them pet the dog and find comfort while holding the dog. They also have a student program that allows you to fill up the hours needed for licensing to become a medical professional. You are also taught meaningful ways to interact with patients and their families. They also have a volunteer program where you go around in a mobile medical unit and help around. The responsibilities you will be tasked with will be things such as reading to the children or participating in health education activities for children.
In order to volunteer most hospitals have the same requirements. You must be 18 years old but only if volunteering during flu season. You must receive a tuberculosis screening before you actually start your service. If patient contact is required then you must also provide a copy of your immunization record. For high school students you must be at least 15 years old. You will need to complete anywhere from 80 to 120 hours of service. They will also receive a TB test prior to service. That's pretty much all you need to know about medical volunteer opportunities.
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