SERVICE-LEARNING TRIPS
HHPF has trained physicians in over 30 countries since 1969
JOIN US ON OUR NEXT TRIP!
It will be a life changing experience for you and for the underserved people who benefit from your care
Application Process
1. Complete the initial application registration below.
2. HHPF will review your application and if you are selected to participate, you will receive an email notification with further instructions including airfare, lodging and payment options.
Guadalajara Mexico 2025
Must register by December 1, 2024
Service Learning Trip
Prolotherapy January 4-11
Veins January 4-11
PARTICIPATION CRITERIA
MEXICO Service-Learning Trip Participation Criteria
1. All applicants must be approved. Once your application is reviewed, you will be notified if you
are chosen to participate.
2. Prolotherapy physician applicants must meet BOTH of the following criteria:
● Be a physician with an active medical license (MD or DO).
● Must have attended at least ONE prior HHPF Honduras Service-Learning Trip OR if you have prior prolotherapy experience from other organizations, you must get a letter of
recommendation and permission from HHPF.
3. Non-Physician volunteers: no experience required. Must be at least 14 years old.
FEES
Fees do NOT include airfare, travel and hotel.
HHPF covers lunch, dinner and snacks Sunday through Friday, not including alcoholic beverages.
● Advanced Physicians $900
● Non-physicians $400
● All other "specially approved" physicians' fees will be $2,000-3,000 based on experience
Fees do NOT include the optional post trip weekend excursion to relax and enjoy nature in the picturesque mountain town of Sierra de Tapalpa, one of Mexico's most beautiful and popular vacation destinations.
TRAVEL INFORMATION
● The Guadalajara International Airport (GDL), also called Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Airport, is your final airport destination for the service learning trip.
● You are responsible for your arranging and paying for your own transportation from the
airport to and from the hotel.
● Standard Mexico entry requirements: All passports should be valid for six months beyond
your exit from the country date.
● Vaccinations & malaria prophylaxis: There are no requirements to
enter Honduras. We recommend that you review recommendations for travel
here: Travel.state.gov and that are are up-to-date on all routine vaccinations
before you travel.
LODGING:
El Presidente Intercontinental, Guadalajara, Mexico
Address: Av. Lopez Mateos 7 Moctezuma Cuidad Del Sol, Guadalajara, Jalisco 45050 Mexico
Front desk phone: +52-33-36781234
● You are responsible for booking and paying for your hotel rooms.
● There will be a HHPF group discount.
Honduras 2025
Service Learning Trip
Prolotherapy March 7-15
Veins March 14-22
ENT March 15-22
Must register by January 1, 2025
PARTICIPATION CRITERIA
HONDURAS Service-Learning Trip Participation Criteria:
1. All applicants must be approved. Once your application is reviewed, you will be notified if you
are chosen to participate.
2. Prolotherapy physician applicants must meet BOTH of the following criteria:
● Be a physician with an active medical license (MD or DO).
● Must have attended an HHPF or IART Prolotherapy Conference in the past 3 years, or
another equivalent teaching conference. Open to new and returning learners.
3. Non-Physician volunteers: no experience required. Must be at least 14 years old.
FEES
All participants cover their own flights.
HHPF covers food, room, board, and in-country transport
Optional Private Room Fee $175 (based on availability)
NON-PHYSICIAN VOLUNTEER FEES
● Volunteers in Veins, Prolotherapy & ENT groups: $700
PROLOTHERAPY FEES
● New Physicians: $4000
● Returning Physicians: $3000
● Retired physicians: $1700
● Residents: $1200
● Instructors: $1000
VEINS FEES
● New Physicians: $2500
● Returning Physicians: $1500
● Residents: $1200
● Optional CME fee TBD
ENT FEES
● Physicians: $1500
● Residents: $1200
TRAVEL INFORMATION
● You are responsible for booking your own flight to Honduras
-Prolotherapy & veins teams are picked up in Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport, San Pedro Sula (SAP)
-ENT group flies into Roatan and then flies into the La Ceiba airport.
● Standard Honduras entry requirements: All passports should be valid for six
months beyond your exit from the country date.
● Vaccinations & malaria prophylaxis: There are no requirements to enter Honduras. We recommend that you review recommendations for travel here: Travel.state.gov and that are are up-to-date on all routine vaccinations before you travel.
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