Volunteer Opportunity Details:

The volunteer(s) should be bi-lingual Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, Bengali, Polish, French or Tibetan. The volunteer will assist non-English speaking patients, advocate for the patient(s), familiarize non-English speaking patients with the hospital process and escort patients.

Volunteers must be 19 years of age or older. The volunteer(s) will be trained:customer services, the departments and staff of Bellevue Hospital,

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

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. A minimum commitment 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