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Title
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Collaborative Care:
An Observation of Mentorship and Mobile Medical Clinics in Kyrgyzstan
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Creator
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Kaysha Lehman
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Exit Requirement
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Undergraduate Honors Thesis/Project
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Date of Award
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6/27/2026
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Honors Program Director
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Gavin Keulks
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Faculty Advisor
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Emily Vala-Haynes
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Abstract
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Kyrgyzstan is a small country in Central Asia with many geographically-isolated villages and communities. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Kyrgyzstan lost the economic support that the Soviet Union provided and became responsible for establishing an independent healthcare system. This process has been tedious, and many people living in Kyrgyzstan’s remote villages do not have regular access to a doctor. Mentorship programs are being implemented in Kyrgyzstan to equip young healthcare professionals with the skills they need to practice medicine in remote places. Mobile medical clinics are being paired with the mentorship programs to allow young healthcare professionals to be actively involved in providing healthcare access to people in remote areas. The focus of the analysis is a reflection on my personal experience as an American traveling with a mobile medical clinic and how my experience fits into the context of current global health research. The mobile medical clinics were greeted with extreme gratitude and excitement. However, the mobile medical clinics were also limited in their ability to make lasting changes on their own.
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Type
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Text
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Department
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Honors
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Language
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eng
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Rights
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https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en
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Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 10/07/2026, this item is in copyright, which is held by the author. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author.
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Identifier
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honors_100726j
