Practice Abroad
Thank you for your interest in helping Community Empowerment continue our mission to serve communities in need. Medical practitioners and artists have been volunteering with us in the Dominican Republic since 2005 and Haiti since 2010. If you don’t fit this profile, we appreciate your commitment to our cause and encourage you to spread the word and/or donate.
Dominican Republic
Haiti*
Welcome new and returning volunteers! Below find important information regarding your trip and visit our Partner Communities page to learn more about your destination.
Essential documents:
Rush Global Health Medical Trip Information
Rush Global Health Surgical Trip Information
Welcome Packet - Medical
Welcome Packet - Surgery
*IMPORTANT: Trips are currently paused to Haiti due to political and economic unrest.
Global Health Reading List
Articles & Reports
Books
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Surgery-specific Reading
NEJM Global Health Series
World Health Organization Fact Sheets
Payment
Pay for you, a friend or a loved one's trip to work in medicine in the Dominican Republic or Haiti. These payments go directly towards our health initiatives in the communities we serve.
Note, if you are paying on behalf of someone else, please make sure to identify the recipient in your payment.