Applications Page

Medical Volunteer recruitment poster (pdf)
Please print the Medical Volunteer recruitment poster and display it in a location where it may be seen by potential volunteers. Use photo paper if possible.

Medical clinicians are welcomed as essential to the sustainability of Hospitalito Atitlan. As a volunteer, you will be an integral member of the health-care team, relied upon for your energy, enthusiasm and skill. The Guatemalan staff appreciates the professional and cultural interchange, and you will be able to practice medicine in a setting that will challenge and enrich your medical and personal lives! Not only will you have the opportunity to work with Guatemalan physicians, nurses, administrators and technicians, but with medical colleagues from around the globe!



Medical students are welcome on a limited basis after completion of a clinical year (fourth year medical students in the United States medical training system) and have an advanced working knowledge of Spanish. A student volunteer is required to commit to a minimum service of one month. They will be integrated into the team, working in each department, while being given first hand experience diagnosing and treating patients. Students will also be expected to fulfill a specific function during their sojourn at the hospital and may be asked to assist in non-patient areas of hospital work. A 30-minute case presentation about a particular theme relevant to patient care in Santiago Atitlan is required at the conclusion of the rotation.

Medical students, please fill out the Student Application. Do not make arrangements to come, until you have received an Acceptance Letter and have returned your Confirmation Letter, in which you will confirm that dates you will be working.

New Student Requirements:

• Students are no longer accepted for less than 4 weeks (not to include time traveling nor spent on vacations). Preference will be given to student applicants who are able to spend more than one month volunteering.
• Students must speak at Intermediate or Advanced Spanish, according to our definition. (See Linguistic Requirements above.)
• Students must prepare a 30-minute presentation in Spanish on a topic of interest to the Hospitalito permanent and volunteer staff. It is to be presented at the morning meeting during the last week of their stay. A copy of the presentation must be put on the Hospital computer.
• t is requested that students pay a $25 application fee. Please make this payment by Pay-pal on the Donate page. If accepted, students must pay an additional administrative fee of $75. The fees are non-refundable.

Students without clinical experience apply as non-medical volunteers. These students will not be given clinical experience or receive clinical teaching. General volunteers can be accepted if they agree to perform a specific function during their stay (training local staff, creating educational videos, helping with inventory) so long as they can complete said project. The function of the student must be specified before an applicant can be accepted. Spanish proficiency is a must.