Here are four insights:
1. The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences students have made five trips, which David Holmes, MD, led; they treated 540 patients.
2. Jennifer Corliss, MD, led another group to Honduras, offering services to 450 patients.
3. The Honduras team collaborated with Shoulder to Shoulder, a nonprofit that enhances the region’s health, education and nutrition.
4. Many students treated patients they had treated in the past on previous trips.
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