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The term short-term medical engagements (STMEs) encompasses medical missions, volunteer internships, medical and nursing student rotations, global health education, and medical brigades. STMEs represent a way for faith-based, non-profit, and grassroots organizations, as well as academic institutions and corporations in high-income countries (HICs), to contribute to the health and well-being of people in low-to-middleincome countries (LMICs) through direct provision of health services, donations of equipment and supplies, capacity building, and research findings [13]. STMEs also represent a way for participants to develop crosscultural awareness and field experience in different country settings.