Figure 1
Structural overview of individual and shared duties of members of the sustainable community healthcare partnership.
Figure 2
The cycle from community development to sustainability.
Table 1
Site‑specific patient metrics.
| TOTAL SITE‑SPECIFIC NUMBER OF PATIENTS SEEN YEARLY (FY23–25) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Villa Verde site | 2022–2023 | 2023–2024 | 2024–2025 |
| Patient metrics | |||
| Total patient visits | 1280 | 1339 | 1656 |
| Total number of patients | 779 | 882 | 897 |
| Duquesa site | 2022–2023 | 2023–2024 | 2024–2025 |
| Patient metrics | |||
| Total patient visits | 1772 | 1513 | 1255 |
| Total number of patients | 830 | 1000 | 901 |
Figure 3
Total yearly cases by surgical specialty (FY2020–current). To note, FY21 case numbers are limited by trip cancellations due to the COVID‑19 pandemic.
Figure 4
Overview of clinic volume over a fourteen‑year period versus the most recent five‑year period.
Table 2
Table of volunteer participation count by role from 2020 through 2025.
| TOTAL VOLUNTEER COUNT BY ROLE (2020–CURRENT) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duquesa & Villa Verde sites | 2020–2021 | 2021–2022 | 2022–2023 | 2023–2024 | 2024–2025 |
| Healthcare providers (doctors, dentists, pharmacists, audiologists) | 67.65% | 40.65% | 30.25% | 30.53% | 27.57% |
| RNs | 17.65% | 13.82% | 10.49% | 12.63% | 12.15% |
| Residents | 2.56% | 8.13% | 20.37% | 18.95% | 16.82% |
| Students | 2.56% | 7.32% | 22.22% | 16.84% | 14.95% |
| Non‑medical (high school students, logistical staff, artists) | 5.88% | 8.13% | 15.43% | 10% | 8.41% |
| Support staff (Scrub tech, MAs, PCTs) | 2.56% | 6.50% | 2.47% | 2.11% | 0.94% |
| Total volunteers | 34 | 123 | 162 | 190 | 214 |
[i] *In 2020–2021, the number of volunteers was significantly lower due to the COVID‑19 pandemic affecting the participation of volunteers.
Table 3
Examples of scholarly global health projects.
| SCHOLARLY GLOBAL HEALTH PROJECTS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Student & resident names | College in Rush University/role | Citation |
| Victoria Buckman, Samiya Diawara, and Morgan Sturgis et al. | Medical College students and the IM Residency program | Sturgis et al. [11] |
| Kelly Dressel | College of Nursing | Dressel [12] |
| Megan Beiler | College of Health Sciences | Beiler [13] |
| Nicholas Tasiopoulos | College of Health Sciences | Tasiopoulos [14] |
Figure 5
Map of surgical, primary care, and headquarters sites across the Dominican Republic.