Is the Unite For Sight program a hands-on global health experience?
Yes, the program is a fully hands-on experience, and participants gain a comprehensive understanding about the complexities and realities of global health. While each program location varies slightly, the general program model remains identical. Fellows assist the eye clinic’s staff in all aspects of the eye care programs. They take patient history, test visual acuity, observe the eye doctors providing exams and diagnosis, distribute medication and eyeglasses prescribed by the local eye doctors, provide eye health education in the villages and schools, and help with the coordination of patient surgeries. Fellows also have an opportunity to observe the surgeries provided at the eye clinic. The previously blind patients leave clinic after surgery with restored sight. “I can honestly say that everything I learned in 3 years of medical school paled in comparison to the 3 week experience I had in Accra (Ghana) in October 2007 as part of Unite For Sight. The program provides volunteers with
