Nepal information night 1.1
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TeamMed: Nepal 2013 Information Night
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Outline
• Overview of Nepal• What I gained out of going last year• 2012 Nepal trip experience (Will Cranwell)• 2013 trip plans• How to get involved
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Nepal Overview
• Population• Capital• Life Expectancy• Language• Religion
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Bigu Region
• Incredibly mountainous• Sparce• Limited facilities• Poor infrastructure
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People
• Incredibly friendly
• Happy
• High expectations
• Generous and welcoming
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Why go?
• First-hand experience in ongoing health promotion
• Immerse yourself in a 3rd world country• Meet fantastic medical students, volunteers and locals• Rewarding:
– you fund-raise, – you build connections, – you work together
• Motivating
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Nepal 2012
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Preparation
• Application process• Fundraising! (BBQs, trivia nights)• Vaccinations• Exercise training• Get to know your trip-members
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Kathmandu
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Dolongsa
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Bigu
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Hiking
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Come on the Nepal trip if you…
• Have an interest in global health• Want to practise medicine in a rural, third
world setting• Love new experiences and like to meet new
people• Are interested in fundraising• Want to lose a little extra weight
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Reconsider coming on the Nepal trip if you…
• Hate hiking/exercise• Are overwhelmed by new, very different
experiences• Don’t like lentil soup
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2013 Plans
• 7th – depart for Kathmandu• 8-10th – pre-trip preparation• 11th – Jeep to Dolangsa • 12th – Hike to Bigu Monastery • 13-14th – Medical camp in Bigu• 15th – Hike to Loding• 16-17th – Medical camp at Loding• 18th – Hike to Kopachagu• 19th – 20th – Medical camp at Kopachagu• 21st – Hike to Singati • 22nd – Jeep to Kathmandu• 23rd – Depart home
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What’s new?
• We’ll be working alongside Nursing station outposts
• We’re going to more sites
• We’re building towards providing self-sustaining support
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What happens next?
• Meet the new group• Plan translators, porters and jeep logistics• Fundraise • Obtain hospital supplies• Review the 2012 trip, and • Use the 2012 patient data
to decide how to optimise the 2013 trip
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How to get involved
• Applications open today• http://teammednepal.wufoo.com/forms/nepal-trip
-2013-application/• Overheads cost: ~$750• Flight cost: ~$1400• Interviews and selection
late July• Successful applicants
will be notified early in Semester 2
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QUESTIONS?