The course is a 4-6 month long-distance mentoring program providing insight in the following subject areas:
- Caring for the sick in a holistic way
- How modern medicine evolved out of the wilderness
- Health Promotions
- Screening for health clinics in the village
- Setting up and running a health clinic in a village
- Medicines and international law
- Basic First Aid in the developing world
In the course you are assigned to a mentor who works through the subjects with you and helps you to develop your own portfolio in the area of health you are trained in. As part of the course, you will be required to join a BTBAB team on at least one short-term trip where you will be mentored in the role of medical coordinator.