NEW International Healthcare Internship working w/a Hospice
Great for HAPP, Aging, PSYC, Africana Studies or POLI majors
IF INTERESTED in the internship below, apply via UMBCworks ASAP by doing a key word search on "Gilchrest Hospice Care" or send your resume to Christine Routzahn, Director of Internship through the Shriver Center at routzahn@umbc.edu
The internship is with Gilchrest Hospice Care in Hunt Valley, MD. The internship is part-time (about 8-10 hours per week) and is unpaid. Potential credit is available depending on your major.About the Program
Gilchrist Hospice Care engaged in a partnership with Nkoaranga Lutheran Hospital's Palliative Care Program in Tanzania beginning in 2009. Our goal is to support Nkoaranga in their efforts to provide quality, compassionate hospice and palliative care to the over 800 patients that they serve in the villages, more than 90% who suffer from HIV/AIDS. Our partnership is sponsored by the Foundations for Hospices in Sub-Saharan Africa, through the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Gilchrist Hospice Care is committed to raising $60,000 for Nkoaranga in fiscal year 2013. These funds will pay the salaries of 5 staff members, stipends for 40 volunteers, operational expenses, scholarships for children, emergency housing repair and charity care for hospitalizations. A
Internship Duties
UMBC intern would have educational opportunities in the following areas: researching grants and foundations that could fund some of the above expenses; writing grant applications; researching major donors to acquire an ambulance for Nkoaranga; researching educational opportunities to share expertise with Nkoaranga staff; event planning and other creative opportunities that may arise. This internship would give the student a multicultural experience; the opportunity to learn about hospice and palliative care on the national and local levels, as well as in Tanzania. An extensive administrative and clinical orientation program to hospice in the US is incorporated into the learning experience.
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Posted: September 4, 2012, 7:12 AM
