The great thing about a Medical Brigade is how incredibly holistic it is. Aside from triage, physician consultations, and the pharmacy, our brigade also included a dental station, a gynecology station, as well as public health charlas for children and adults. Health is affected by so many different factors, and I was really happy that, in addition to treating illnesses, we were also helping prevent them by teaching the children how to properly wash their hands and brush their teeth. This knowledge will follow them and prevent them from getting sick for the rest of their lives.
Medical Brigade 的伟大之处在于它的整体性令人难以置信。除了分诊、医生咨询和药房外，我们的大队还包括一个牙科站、一个妇科站，以及儿童和成人的公共卫生站。健康受到很多不同因素的影响，我真的很高兴，除了治疗疾病外，我们还通过教孩子们如何正确洗手和刷牙来帮助预防疾病。这些知识将跟随他们并防止他们在余生中生病。

The brigade also forced me to re-evaluate my own life. Being so fortunate to have grown up in the United States, it’s easy to get caught up in the little things and not appreciate all that I have at home. Seeing how happy and grateful the people of Mata de Platano are despite how little they have, and seeing the children’s faces light up into the most beautiful smiles at the sight of a sticker…it’s indescribable.
大队还强迫我重新评估自己的生活。我很幸运在美国长大，很容易陷入小事中，而不珍惜我家里所拥有的一切。看到 Mata de Platano 的人们尽管拥有多么贫穷，但他们是多么快乐和感激，看到孩子们的脸上闪耀着最美丽的笑容......这是难以形容的。

Going on a medical brigade to Honduras was the best decision I ever made.
随医疗队前往洪都拉斯是我做过的最好的决定。
I feel like there’s so much more to life now. When you have an experience that changes you so much, that calls into question everything you’ve ever known about life, of course you’re going to have many things swirling around in your head. So many things you can’t even put into words. I think of my brigade experience as placing a mirror in front of my life and making me see (and even question) the choices I make and the way I live. I found myself asking questions like:
我觉得现在的生活有很多东西。当你的经历改变了你，让你对生活的一切感到质疑时，你当然会有很多事情在你的脑海中盘旋。太多的事情你甚至无法用语言来形容。我认为我的旅队经历就像在我的生活面前放置了一面镜子，让我看到（甚至质疑）我所做的选择和我的生活方式。 我发现自己会问这样的问题：
– How can I make a difference locally and globally?
– 我怎样才能在本地和全球有所作为？
– What should I do to help others?
– 我应该做些什么来帮助他人？
– Why didn’t I think of this sooner?
– 为什么我没有早点想到这一点？

The brigade experience – it’s so wonderful. I never knew that something in life could have such a profound effect on me. Never did I think that a week-long trip with my fellow classmates would change me so much. Since returning from Honduras last December, I have been empowered to become more active within Global Brigades at my school. My hope is to motivate fellow students to make a difference and become involved in a cause like Global Brigades.
旅队体验 – 太棒了。我从来不知道生活中的某些事情会对我产生如此深远的影响。我从来没有想过与同学们一起为期一周的旅行会让我发生如此大的变化。自从去年 12 月从洪都拉斯回来后，我被赋予了在学校的 Global Brigades 中变得更加活跃的能力。我希望激励同学们有所作为，并参与像 Global Brigades 这样的事业。

Having done Medical Brigades for the past three years, I feel like my experiences have evolved over time. To be honest, when I first arrived in Honduras for a brigade, I loved it. I enjoyed stripping away luxuries of my American life, as well as being immersed in the culture of Latin America. During my first brigade, my favorite memories involved working in Triage. I enjoyed talking directly to the community members, hearing insight into their daily life, and realizing the health issues that they were struggling with prior to our brigade in their community. After this first brigade, I realized my passion for patient care and direct patient interaction, which helped define my future career choices. My second year as a brigader, I became an officer, and learned a little about the inner workings of Global Brigades as an organization. I enjoyed leading other brigaders, sharing my passion for serving under-resourced communities, as well as distinguishing why Global Brigades is so much better than other volunteer organizations because of their emphasis on making a sustainable impact in the communities we help.
在过去的三年里，我一直在做 Medical Brigades，我觉得我的经历随着时间的推移而发展。老实说，当我第一次来到洪都拉斯参加一个旅时，我很喜欢它。我喜欢剥去美国生活的奢侈品，以及沉浸在拉丁美洲的文化中。在我的第一个旅期间，我最喜欢的回忆是在 Triage 工作。我喜欢直接与社区成员交谈，了解他们的日常生活，并意识到他们在社区加入我们的大队之前正在努力解决的健康问题。在第一次加入后，我意识到了我对患者护理和直接患者互动的热情，这有助于确定我未来的职业选择。我当旅员的第二年，我成为了一名军官，并了解了一些 Global Brigades 作为一个组织的内部运作。我喜欢领导其他 Brigader，分享我对服务资源匮乏社区的热情，以及区分为什么 Global Brigades 比其他志愿者组织好得多，因为他们强调在我们帮助的社区中产生可持续的影响。

While leading the brigade this past year, my favorite part was helping to empower brigaders for all that we do in Honduras, and making real connections with the communities we visited during our Medical and Pilot Day brigades. This year, experiencing Architecture Brigades one day, seeing what Public Health and Water Brigades also did in that community, combined with learning about other volunteer organizations at school, finally made me realize the importance of Global Brigades’ role as a whole.
在过去一年领导该旅时，我最喜欢的部分是帮助旅员为我们在洪都拉斯所做的一切赋能，并与我们在医疗和飞行员日旅期间访问的社区建立真正的联系。今年，有一天我体验了 Architecture Brigades，看到了 Public Health and Water Brigades 在那个社区所做的工作，再加上在学校了解了其他志愿者组织，终于让我意识到 Global Brigades 作为一个整体的重要性。

Perhaps the greatest thing about Global Brigades has been getting to immerse myself in the culture of the people we serve. The communities truly welcome you as one of their own and the relationships that are formed allow GB to integrate into part of these individuals’ lives rather than serve as outsiders. This adds to the model of sustainable development and makes the work even more meaningful. During our trip to Ghana this January, I saw first hand how GB’s model works to improve communities wholly and engages work on multiple, connected development issues. Understanding and connecting these issues to specific individuals and taking into consideration their traditions, values, and needs allowed us to engage the people of our communities to take ownership of their health and have them join us to improve their lives. The greatest lesson I learned was that development must allow people to help themselves. Without empowering people and showing them that they can take measures to improve their own lives, development fails to be sustainable and GB does an incredible job of sharing this vision with students.
也许 Global Brigades 最棒的地方在于让自己沉浸在我们所服务的人们的文化中。社区真正欢迎您作为他们的一员，所形成的关系使 GB 能够融入这些人生活的一部分，而不是作为局外人。这增加了可持续发展的模式，使这项工作更有意义。在今年 1 月的加纳之行中，我亲眼目睹了 GB 的模式如何全面改善社区，并参与解决多个相互关联的发展问题。了解这些问题并将其与特定个人联系起来，并考虑他们的传统、价值观和需求，使我们能够让社区的人们参与进来，让他们对自己的健康负责，并让他们加入我们以改善他们的生活。我学到的最重要的一课是，发展必须允许人们自助。如果不赋予人们权力并向他们展示他们可以采取措施改善自己的生活，发展就无法可持续，而 GB 在与学生分享这一愿景方面做得非常出色。

Passion. This word sparked my initiative to implement a positive change in today’s world. Inevitably, in combination with my passion for medicine, this initiative paved my journey towards health equity; I strove to help aid the billion people suffering in destitute poverty with little, or no access to healthcare. As a product of passion, I launched a chapter of Global Medical Brigades at Oakland University. Together, as a group of Oakland University students, we worked to organize and plan a medical brigade. Our goal was to provide free healthcare to as many people as possible in a rural Honduran community.
热情。这个词激发了我在当今世界实施积极变革的倡议。不可避免地，结合我对医学的热情，这项举措为我迈向健康公平的旅程铺平了道路;我努力帮助数十亿贫困人口，他们几乎无法获得医疗保健。作为热情的产物，我在奥克兰大学成立了全球医疗队分会。作为一群奥克兰大学的学生，我们一起努力组织和规划一个医疗队。我们的目标是为洪都拉斯农村社区的尽可能多的人提供免费医疗保健。

Global Brigades launched with the insight of this powerful idea; that, as students, we have the capability of changing our world, and empowering our collegiate communities. As students we stand as influential advocates for global health, and socioeconomic development in the Developing World…
Global Brigades 带着这个强大想法的洞察力成立;作为学生，我们有能力改变我们的世界，并为我们的大学社区赋能。作为学生，我们是发展中国家全球健康和社会经济发展的有影响力的倡导者......

Global Brigades has provided me with so many incredible opportunities. My Honduran experiences reaffirmed my passion for humanitarianism, as well as, medicine. Not only have I grown as a person, but the skills I have acquired as a Global Brigades’ student leader are priceless. Thank you, Global Brigades and all the wonderful student leaders Global Brigades encompasses. Keep up the great work!
Global Brigades 为我提供了许多难以置信的机会。我在洪都拉斯的经历再次证实了我对人道主义和医学的热情。我不仅成长为一个人，而且作为 Global Brigades 的学生领袖，我获得的技能也是无价的。感谢 Global Brigades 和 Global Brigades 所包含的所有出色的学生领袖。继续努力！

Global Brigades was a life changing experience. The impact it made in my life was ten-fold what we were able to do in the communities. I learned so much about dentistry, optometry, and general medical knowledge, but more importantly the connections I made in the communities and on the brigade will be with me for the rest of my life. This week reminded me why I want to be a doctor and how our health care systems are so broken, globally. I made family with the staff and doctors on the brigades, and I am trying to find a way to go back to Guatemala to continue helping communities. There is always more to be done, and I would like to contribute in any way needed.
Global Brigades 是一次改变人生的经历。它对我生活的影响是我们能够在社区中做的事情的十倍。我学到了很多关于牙科、验光和一般医学知识的知识，但更重要的是，我在社区和旅中建立的联系将伴随我的余生。这周提醒了我为什么想成为一名医生，以及我们的医疗保健系统在全球范围内是如何如此破碎的。我与消防队的工作人员和医生建立了家庭，我正在努力找到一种方法回到危地马拉继续帮助社区。总有更多的工作要做，我想以任何需要的方式做出贡献。

Being a part of Global Medical Brigades has been everything and more. Our trip to Honduras was a trip of a lifetime and something I will always take with me. Being able to work so closely with doctors, pharmacists and dentists gave me first hand experiences into healthcare in a 3rd world country. Being able to see what a difference we made in these families lives was a humbling experience and something I will always take with me. It made me realize how important the little things are in life and to not take them for granted. In the future, I would love to do another brigade.
成为 Global Medical Brigades 的一员意味着一切，甚至更多。我们的洪都拉斯之旅是一次终生难忘的旅行，我将永远带着它。能够与医生、药剂师和牙医如此紧密地合作，让我对第三世界国家的医疗保健有了第一手经验。能够看到我们为这些家庭生活带来的巨大变化是一种谦卑的经历，我将永远铭记在心。它让我意识到生活中的小事是多么重要，不要把它们视为理所当然。将来，我很想再做一个旅。

I had the opportunity to brigade to Ghana last winter break and it was one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve ever had. Before going to Ghana with the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Medical Brigade, I was hoping that this clinical trip would give me an introduction to the medical field in a less developed country. I expected to learn about the health care system in Ghana as well as learn some elementary medical skills. I soon found out that this trip was beyond my expectations, because my experiences in Ghana didn’t just give me a glimpse of the medical field; it boosted my passion to become a pediatrician exponentially.”
去年寒假，我有机会前往加纳，这是我所经历过的最有价值的经历之一。在与亚利桑那大学药学院医疗队一起前往加纳之前，我希望这次临床旅行能让我了解一个欠发达国家的医疗领域。我希望了解加纳的医疗保健系统，并学习一些基本的医疗技能。我很快发现这次旅行超出了我的预期，因为我在加纳的经历不仅让我看到了医疗领域的一瞥;它成倍地激发了我成为一名儿科医生的热情。

Like many pre-medical students, I initially joined Global Medical Brigades because I was told that it would look good on my medical school applications. However, after returning from my first trip to Honduras my sophomore year of college, I realized that health is attributed by a variety of factors aside from the diseases themselves. In the community that we went to, San Diego Dali, the most common ailments would have been easily preventable had they had the proper infrastructure to do so. After returning from this brigade, I actively sought out classes that dissected the root cause of health in developing countries—this led me to my Global Health Minor. This minor, my study abroad program in South Africa, and being elected co-president of Global Medical Brigades at Penn State for my junior and senior year all evidently shifted my mentality about wanting to practice medicine as a physician. I realized that I was able to make much more of an impact influencing pre-medical students to think about health in a different manner by exposing them to an experience such as the brigade trips. This in combination with providing them the resources to communicate and learn from the community members we treat, will hopefully breed a new generation of culturally competent and accepting individuals.
像许多医学预科生一样，我最初加入 Global Medical Brigades，因为我被告知它在我的医学院申请中看起来不错。然而，在我大学二年级第一次去洪都拉斯旅行回来后，我意识到除了疾病本身之外，健康还受到多种因素的影响。在我们去的圣地亚哥达利社区，如果他们有适当的基础设施，最常见的疾病本来很容易预防。从这个团队回来后，我积极寻找剖析发展中国家健康根源的课程——这使我获得了全球健康辅修课程。这个辅修课程，我在南非的留学项目，以及在大三和大四被选为宾夕法尼亚州立大学全球医疗队的联合主席，这些都显然改变了我想成为一名医生的心态。我意识到，通过让他们接触诸如旅团旅行之类的经历，我能够产生更大的影响，影响医学预科生以不同的方式思考健康。这与为他们提供与我们治疗的社区成员交流和学习的资源相结合，有望培养出具有文化能力和接受能力的新一代个人。