Why Consult Bridge Exists
Many healthcare professionals want to serve overseas — but few ever make it.
Student debt, family responsibilities, travel costs, and time away from work all create real barriers. And even for those willing, matching their expertise to global needs can be difficult.
Consult Bridge makes it possible to serve meaningfully from wherever you are. While nothing replaces in-person care, virtual consultations allow specialists to support frontline medical workers in low-resource areas — offering high-impact help at little to no cost. That connection has the power to keep frontline medical workers serving in challenging places longer and it might even inspire a consultant to go in-person.
In early 2023, we surveyed front-line medical field workers to understand their needs
How Consult Bridge Works
How Consult Bridge Works
Users can join Consult Bridge as either Field Workers or Volunteer Clinical Consultants.
Consultants must hold an active medical license (unless retired) and be board-certified in the specialty they represent.
Field Workers are invited to participate if they align with our statement of faith and serve patients in low-resource settings without access to subspecialty care.
All users agree to terms stating that medical responsibility rests solely with the Field Worker, not Consult Bridge or its volunteers. Consultants’ names should not appear in clinical documentation.
Field Workers can submit consult requests directly through the platform. Requests are automatically shared with all consultants in the relevant specialty, and the first to accept is connected with the requester. Communication occurs securely within the platform, eliminating the need to exchange personal contact information.