Global Brigades: Medical Brigade (MUGB)

From the Marquette directory, Sep 7, 2026

Global Brigades is an international non-profit that uniquely implements a holistic model to meet a community’s health and economic goals. Our model systematically builds community ownership and collaboratively executes programs with the end goal of sustainably transitioning to a relationship of impact monitoring.Global Medical Brigades is an international movement of students and medical professionals working alongside local communities and staff to implement sustainable health systems. Work is in remote, rural, and under resourced communities in Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua, Ghana, Greece and Guatemala.The Medical Brigades Chapter @ Marquette is coordinated out of the College of Health Sciences Dean's Office, and is student lead. Members of the Medical Brigade Chapter at Marquette not only serve internationally, but participate in service activities through the year in the greater Milwaukee Area.On a typical medical brigade in a host country, students work in a variety of areas: Intake, Triage (record history and current signs/symptoms, take vitals), Consultation (shadow and scribe for health care providers), Dental (shadow, assist with fluoride application and scribe for health care professionals), Physiotherapy (shadow and scribe for PT and OT health care providers), Charla (informative presentations on good dental and other hygiene practices), and Pharmacy (assist in filling prescriptions for a Pharmacist review and distribution). The Marquette Medical Brigade Chapter typically includes additional days to assist with Public Health and Water Brigade initiatives that are also taking place simultaneously in near by communities.