World Medical Mission
World Medical Mission, the medical arm of Samaritan's Purse, sends hundreds of medical professionals every year to 45 remote hospitals and clinics in the world's least-developed countries, both as short-term volunteers and through its Post-Residency Program. In addition, World Medical Mission serves as a lifeline to dozens of mission hospitals by providing millions of dollars' worth of critically needed medical equipment and supplies.
Short-Term Volunteers
- Short-term volunteers spend anywhere from two weeks to one year serving at a remote hospital.
- Volunteers are self-funded and raise financial support to cover the cost of their trips. World Medical Mission assists with all logistical aspects of the trips, including flights, visas, medical licenses, in-country travel and lodging.
- Physicians, physician's assistants, audiologists, surgeons, occupational therapists, optometrists, anesthesiologists, nurses, dentists and other medical professionals are all needed as short-term volunteers.
- World Medical Mission places volunteers at hospitals and clinics in Africa, Asia, Oceania, Latin America and the Middle East.
- After they complete the application process and are accepted to the program, World Medical Mission volunteers choose from a list of hospitals in need of their skillsets.
- Since 1980, medical personnel have volunteered on some 15,395 occasions with World Medical Mission across 82 countries.
Post-Residents
- World Medical Mission's Post-Residency Program is a fully funded, two-year program for Christian physicians and their families who desire to do medical missions.
- Through this program, post-residents work alongside veteran missionary doctors, allowing them to hone and develop the skills needed to practice medicine in a developing country.
- There is a desperate need for medical expertise in the developing world, and the Post-Residency Program trains and equips doctors to work in this setting.
- After completing the application process and being accepted to the program, World Medical Mission post-residents choose between two hospitals seeking their particular skillsets.
- Since 2004, World Medical Mission has accepted 261 post-residents and placed them in hospitals around the globe. In 2025, 15 new post-residents will begin the two-year program.
- Currently, there are 110 former Post-Residents still serving in medical missions.
