Renew Your Skills!
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 Posted in INMED | No Comments »I am pondering that fact that healthcare professionals who want to serve the very poor often need to renew their expertise - those skills in public health, leadership or divergent specialties they once learned, but have not used in the ...
Searching For Men Of Character
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 Posted in INMED | No Comments »Television coverage of the Haiti crisis, competing for airtime against Sports Central and American Idol, creates a compelling contrast. It all makes me want to see more men who define themselves by a calling higher than simple self-gratification. Certainly we ...
Giving Up Her Own Evacuation
Sunday, January 17th, 2010 Posted in INMED | No Comments »Maggie Higgins, daughter of INMED's Board Member Ted Higgins, was volunteering at INMED's training site, Christianville Medical Clinic, when the earthquake struck. Today she wrote, "Last night, a flood of people were showing up. I've been doing a LOT of nasty ...
Haiti Aftermath Day 1
Thursday, January 14th, 2010 Posted in INMED | No Comments »This word today from Dr. Wilkins at INMED's Training Site in Haiti: "Our house fell down while we were in it. Our clinic building is half down. We worked for 24 hours suturing and bracing fractures. 5 died here, 3 babies ...
Horror In Haiti
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 Posted in INMED | No Comments »Yesterday, as the shadows were growing long, an earthquake of enormous intensity, 7-8, struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti. While CNN reports hundreds of thousands killed, I'm most concerned over those whom I personally know on this island nation. Sandy and Jim Wilkins ...
What Specialty Should I Choose?
Sunday, January 10th, 2010 Posted in INMED | No Comments »I received several questions this week from international-minded medical students regarding what specialty to select. Wonderful are your intentions over how to best prepare yourselves for a life of serving! My short answer is, choose the specialty that most interests ...
Drawn To Pakistan!
Friday, January 8th, 2010 Posted in INMED | No Comments »I am impressed this week with the surge of inquiries about volunteering, even studying, at Bach Christian Hospital in the mountains of Pakistan. In contrast to the continuous requests for placement in Africa (I call this the 'Bono/U2 Effect") it is a ...
Undergraduates And INMED
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 Posted in INMED | No Comments »Today I'm talking with two undergraduate students in non-healthcare fields about their interest in medical missions and in volunteering their skills. How wonderful to witness the altruism of these people! Their virtuous desires at age 20 may well result in ...