Education Programs

• Operation Smile Thailand invests in medical education and training opportunities that promote sustainability and self-sufficiency throughout the region.
  
  
• Operation Smile Thailand medical volunteers participate in hands-on training and lectures during each international medical mission.
  
  
• Medical educational missions provide medical volunteers the opportunity 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 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 Thailand sends physicians to the annual Operation Smile Physicians' Training Program (PTP) - held at Operation Smile’s headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. PTP brings doctors from around the world together for training in their respective specialties.