Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Term Medical Missions Checklist –
Sending Organization
Pre‐Departure
‐ Only qualified/licensed Health
Needs assessment of population or Care Providers (HCPs) should
community provide medical/surgical care –
‐ Does the proposed mission’s has scope of practice clearly been
objectives align with the host defined for HCPs? Are there
country’s Ministry of Health’s measures in place to ensure
strategic plan? participants work within their
‐ Does it fill an identified gap? scope of practice?
Resource assessment Code of Conduct
‐ Programmatic costs ex. for ‐ Has a code of conduct been
training/capacity building, cost of established for volunteers/local
health services, or available partners/STMM staff?
medical personnel ‐ Has a letter of intent ex.
‐ Logistical costs for volunteers Memorandum of Understanding
(travel/accommodation, (MOU) for all parties been
translators, safety/security) developed/updated?
Cultural assessment Preparation
‐ Relevant information about local ‐ Necessary resources/products
culture/health systems obtained have been provisioned
Partnership ‐ STMM staff have been trained on
‐ Does the sending organization local health laws/practices,
have partnerships with local safety/security information,
health care providers? relevant cultural sensitivities
‐ Are both partners in agreement ‐ All staff have necessary
on the objectives of the STMM? immunizations for travel
‐ Are the terms of partnership ‐ All travel logistics/emergency
clearly defined & documented? contingencies have been
Including on‐going follow up coordinated
Governance
‐ Has appropriate due‐diligence
been conducted for each in‐
country partner?
‐ Has proper legal authorization
(permits/licensing) by the host
country been granted?
In‐Country Post‐Mission Follow Up
Sustainability
Implementation ‐ Have attempts to establish
‐ Regular meetings with in efforts for long‐term
country partners to maintain sustainability been conducted?
clear communication and ‐ Focus on prevention and
responsibilities during STMM development efforts, not “treat
‐ Does the STMM build off local and leave”
medical standards/capacities ‐ Potential continuity with local
‐ Proper reporting/filing of partner for on‐going trips or in‐
patient information – ensuring country based programs by
consent and privacy helping facilitate collaboration
maintained with local partners
‐ All students being ‐ Has the role of providing
appropriately remote follow‐up or guidance
supervised/working within for patient care been
scope of practice established with clarity of
‐ Continuity of care – has a ongoing roles/responsibilities?
referral system for follow up Monitoring and Evaluations
been established (if required)? ‐ Have metrics to evaluate the
Has the potential for long‐term current STMM, as well as
in‐country program future efforts and program
implementation been improvements, been
discussed? developed relative to in‐
Training/Capacity Building country health metrics?
‐ Have opportunities to ‐ Have short, medium and long‐
train/build capacity for local term measures of success been
health staff been sought out? established for reporting on
‐ Has health training been follow‐up and ongoing care?
coordinated with local ‐ Have appropriate outputs from
workforce and officials? STMM been identified and
‐ Has the opportunity to provide obtained (ie funds spent,
initial resources for number of volunteers, number
training/competency of patients served)?
development been assessed ‐ Has a final report on
(with the goal of integrating collaborative future
any program into the local plans/ongoing needs been
health system to avoid drafted?
dependency)?