They've become common enough that some people view them as "voluntourism." However, I've been on a number of international humanitarian trips starting when I was 12 years old, and they were extremely influential in shaping the person I am today and my motivations for going into medicine, so I find the voluntourism label a little frustrating and insulting. That being said, my trips have been mentioned positively in all my interviews so far, so apparently it isn't universally considered a bad thing (at least not if you're able to explain convincingly why the trips were important to you).
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Why are medical mission trips looked down upon by ADCOMs?
