Volunteer Opportunity Details:

Volunteer(s) will assist non-English Speaking Patients
by advocating for the patient, familiarizing non-English
speaking patients with the hospital process, escorting patients,
assisting patients with documentation and interpreting for
non-English speaking patients.

Volunteers should be bi-lingual Spanish, Chinese (Cantonese or Mandarin, Bengali,French, Russian, Polish or Tibetan and have an interest in working with patients.

Volunteers will receive training.

This opportunity is sponsored by: Bellevue Hospital

We need volunteers who are free at these times Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Morning X X X X X Afternoon X X X X X Evening Monthly Occasional

Contact Person: Priscilla Daniels, Director, Volunteer Services, (212) 568-4858, (email) View all organization contacts

Address:

462 First Avenue New York, NY 10016 (See a map)

Miscellaneous Information

Borough
	Manhattan
Volunteer Shifts
	Monday-Friday between 9AM-5PM A minimum of 12 hours per week for at least six months.

5 Overall Experience   
I had an excellent time helping out a general Internist, and helped conduct patient interviews.

I worked for Dr. Eric C. Last, a general Internist during the 2004 summer. I gained experiences in conductiong patient interviews (after patients gave their permission for me to do so, in the presence of Dr. Eric C. Last). After the general interviews I was allowed to remain in the room during the physical check ups (after optaining patient permission). I also researched general conditions that general patients experience (examples would be high blood pressure or diabetis), and was made aware of research studies like ALLHAt, and how these studies affect prescriptions of blood pressure lowering medications. posted by Feilong on June 30, 2005