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Wound Care & Lymphedema
Practical skills, taught at the bedside.
HVO volunteers teach wound assessment, dressing technique and lymphedema management alongside local nurses and clinical teams.
HVO’s Role
Local providers and educators lead. HVO volunteers teach alongside them.
Partner with wound care departments
HVO works with hospitals, universities, and wound care departments that set their own education priorities.
Teach, mentor and co-develop curricula
Volunteers deliver continuing education, clinical instruction, and one-on-one mentoring, in person and online.
Build local teaching capacity
Courses are designed so local providers can carry the training forward to colleagues across their own health systems.
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Teaching and learning, they are connected. It is difficult to teach without also learning.
Rómulo Silva, MBBS
Volunteer — Wound Care
Wound Care & Lymphedema Volunteer Opportunity
Find a project that fits your expertise.
Placement takes several months and often requires more than one approval. Review the project below, then submit an application and CV to begin.
Click on the project below to view more details.
Cambodia
Kampot – Sonja Kill Memorial Hospital (SKMH) and Sihanouk Hospital Center of Hope (SHCH)
Format
Hybrid (in-person and virtual)
Length
1-2 weeks in person; variable for virtual
Cambodia
Kampot – Sonja Kill Memorial Hospital (SKMH) and Sihanouk Hospital Center of Hope (SHCH)
Format
Hybrid (in-person and virtual)
Length
1-2 weeks in person; variable for virtual
Volunteers will work with medical students, bedside nurses, nurse educators and managers, physicians and surgeons to improve the quality of wound care assessment and treatment. Longer term goals include the establishment of a nurse-run wound care clinic, as well as a home care program. Volunteers will deliver lectures from a comprehensive wound care educational curriculum.
Qualifications
Volunteers must be board-certified wound specialists with at least five years of practical experience and some teaching experience. Active or retired physicians, nurses, podiatrists, physical and occupational therapists, and researchers specializing in wound care and lymphedema management are needed. No opportunities for those-in-training.
Companions Allowed
Adults and minors.
Housing at SKMH in Kampot, Cambodia
Housing is provided for a minimal fee.
Housing at SHCH in Phnom Penh
Volunteer responsible for housing; information on nearby facilities provided.
Your expertise can travel further.
Join a global community of health professionals strengthening wound & lymphedema care through education and partnership.
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