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22 people are interested
MedFest (Sports Physicals) Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: Special Olympics Florida Healthy Community South Florida
Please visit the new page to apply.
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22 people are interested
What we do: Help us provide sports physicals to our Special Olympics athletes: children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Events occur year-round throughout Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Okeechobee, Martin and St. Lucie counties.
Who we need: Physicians, MDs, DOs, PAs, ARNPs, Nurses, and medical students, trained on-site to provide screening exams.
Benefits of Helping Special Olympics Florida through MedFest:
- Feeling good about helping an athlete overcome the fear of visiting the doctor
- Enjoying the camaraderie of working together with a group of your fellow professionals
- Having the ability of increasing the number of patients in your practice: your practice will grow once word gets around that you work with persons with intellectual disabilities
- Your practice being added to a state-wide referral database
- Receive free CEU’s for hours volunteered at Games and training module completion depending on your agency, school or professional organization
More opportunities with Special Olympics Florida Healthy Community South Florida
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Special Olympics Florida Healthy Community South Florida
Location:
3301 College Ave, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33314, US
Mission Statement
Healthy Community is a premier, health care delivery approach that focuses on the whole person with an intellectual or developmental disability and provides integrated health care coordination.
Description
The Healthy Community program is part of Special Olympics Florida designed to help meet the unmet needs of individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities (ID/DD), and to keep them healthy. We currently offer free health screenings to individuals with ID/DD in Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties in the following areas: Special Smiles (dentistry) , Healthy Hearing (audiology), Fit Feet (podiatry), FUNfitness (physical therapy) , Health Promotion (better health and well-being through the Nutrition & Wellness Program and educational events), MedFest (sports physical/medical exam) , and Opening Eyes (vision). We are committed to assisting our consumers with finding the services and resources that they require based on screening results.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
2055 Liberty StreetHollywood, FL 33020
DATE POSTED
December 1, 2018
SKILLS
- Pediatrics
- Healthcare
- Nursing
- Physician
- Physician Assistant
- Children Medical Services
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 21
- Orientation or Training