Medical Education Programs

Operation Smile Cambodia invests in sustainable development by participating in medical training and credentialing.
Operation Smile Cambodia medical volunteers participate in hands-on training and lectures during each international medical mission.
Educational missions are a great model for Cambodian medical volunteers to gain new knowledge, experiences, and skills.
A variety of strategies are provided during a mission, from a formal medical conference to an informal workshop on a specific skill or technique.
Educational programs typically address the medical specialties of: surgery, anesthesia, nursing, biomedical technology, speech pathology, dentistry, and child life specialty.
At times, the educational mission or program will include a “Guest Educator” who is internationally recognized in their field.
During a typical mission-based education program, as many as 100 in-country healthcare workers benefit.

Operation Smile Cambodia regularly conducts Education Missions as well as PALS & BLS Training Programs including the following:

Date: 20-25 January 2003
Place: Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital, Phnom Penh
Coordinator: Amy E. Heege
Plastic Surgeon: Dr. Ken Wilson
Participants: 35
Patients treated: 10

Date: 05-09 January 2004
Place: Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital
Coordinator: Amy E. Heege
Plastic Surgeon: Dr. Ken Wilson
Anesthesia: Dr. Carswell Jackson
Participants: 52
Patients treated: 11

Date: 14-21 January 2005
Place: Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital
Plastic Surgeon: Dr. Les Mohler
Anesthesia: Dr. Dave Elkin
Participants: 45
Patients treated: 11

Date: 1-3 January 2006
Place: Siem Reap Province
Plastic Surgeon: Dr. Les Mohler
Anesthesia: Dr. Dave Elkin
Participants: 23
Patients treated: 9

Date: 7 – 11 May 2007
Place: Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital
Plastic Surgeon: Dr. Randy Sherman, Dr. Bernard Jaffe
Program Director: Dr. Mok Theavy
Local Participants: 32
Patients screened: 38
Patients Treated: 13

Date: 10– 11 March, 2009
Place: Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital
Plastic Surgeon: Dr. Bernard Jaffe
Program Director: Dr. Mok Theavy
Local Participants: 88

Date: 17-28 November, 2009
Place: Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital
National Pediatric Hospital
Siem Reap Referral Hospital
Battambang Provincial Hospital
International University
Plastic Surgeon: Dr. Bernard Jaffe and Dr. Rodney Steiner
Program Director: Dr. Mok Theavy
Local Participants: 60 - Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital
56 - National Pediatric Hospital
40 - Siem Reap Provincial Hospital

Operation Smile Cambodia’s 5th Education Mission, 2007

Programs