Are You Culturally Sensitive?
Friday, November 29th, 2019 |
Of course you are. Like most readers of this blog, in your heart you feel informed, concerned, and compassionate. But demonstrating these virtues in day-to-day life can be very challenging. Unfamiliar cultural dilemmas can cause people to appear insensitive and uncaring. Consider, for example, the negative repercussions of actions like looking an elder in […]
2019 Pittsburgh INMED Professional Certificate Course Grads
Friday, November 22nd, 2019 |
One element which sets INMED Professional Certificate Courses apart from other global health learning experiences is the qualifications of our faculty. Case in point: the 2019 Pittsburgh PA INMED Professional Certificate Courses in International Medicine, Nursing and Public Health. For the sixth year running, these Pittsburgh courses are being taught by Paul Larson. A […]
2019 Boston INMED Professional Certificate Course Grads
Friday, November 15th, 2019 |
Our 2019 Boston INMED Courses – hosted by Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health – last week brought together nurses, pharmacists, physicians, and public health specialists from five countries: China, Sudan, Haiti, Antigua, and the US, including Puerto Rico. This is a truly inspiring phenomenon to witness: educated, visionary, and well-to-do healthcare […]
Mysterious Maternal Death in Haiti
Friday, November 8th, 2019 |
Picture yourself is this situation reported today from an INMED Graduate in Haiti: “A 30-year old woman, G7P6 without prenatal care, came to our clinic in labor. Her pain was greater and more constant than I’d expect. Normal vitals and fetal heart rate. Cervix was fully dilated and high. Then suddenly, the fetal heartbeat […]
Ultrasound And Refugee Care In Lesvos Greece
Friday, November 1st, 2019 |
What connection could possibly exist between ultra-high technology ultrasound and plight of people in fleeing conflict and hunger? Ask the expert: David Culpepper, INMED Ultrasound Faculty on location in Lesvos, Greece – the world’s best known shelter for Syrians, Albanians, Ukrainians, others who’ve set on saving their families… “The sudden nightly surge of […]