Archive for May, 2011

Your Suggestions To Make Short-Term Medical Missions More Effective

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 Posted in INMED | No Comments »

In May’s INMED newsletter I posed the question, “Are short-term medical missions (STMM) effective?” Responses from you the readers were plentiful and absorbing. You said that we should recognize both the pros and cons of such service: "Advantages for our ...

Are Short-Term Medical Missions Effective?

Monday, May 9th, 2011 Posted in INMED | 1 Comment »

Each year some 5,000 healthcare teams depart the US to service in a developing country - usually for 7-10 days duration. A growing number of authorities are questioning the efficacy of this enormous outlay of time and resources, posing the ...