Don’t Trust Online Learning – Unless It’s Excellent!
Friday, September 6th, 2019 |
Online education is the fastest-growing segment of higher education. Today 15 percent of all learners study exclusively online, and those who mix online and in-person courses has grown even faster to 17 percent of all learners. So, shall we fully embrace online ...
INMED Intensive Courses – See One. Do One. Teach One
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 |
What makes for effective medical education? In the clinical setting we often speak of, "See one. Do one. Teach one." It's learning via role modeling, active participation, and skill transfer. Enter the INMED International Medicine and ...
What Will Be Your Legacy?
Sunday, March 4th, 2012 |
It is human nature to step up to a challenge. What challenge will you choose? It is also human nature to defend. Whom will you defend? Most all of us in healthcare have dreamed of doing something bold. Why don't ...
My Children Cry “We Will Die”
Thursday, March 1st, 2012 |
“Theirs is unbearable pain: mothers and fathers recounting their helplessness to alleviate the hunger of their children – hunger often compounded by the rigors of malaria, breathlessness of pneumonia, and lethargy of prolonged malnutrition. I scramble to offer assistance, but ...
Are You Licensed For Short Term Medical Missions?
Friday, April 29th, 2011 |
“In Haiti over eight days we saw 900 patients, treating infections and diarrhea. The people are desperately poor and were so very grateful for the medical care.“ This young physician spoke with enthusiasm. But then his voice turned somber, describing ...
War, Health, And Whatever Is Necessary
Sunday, November 28th, 2010 |
Contemplate for a moment the impact of war upon health... During World War I, roughly 5 percent of causalities were among civilians. In World War II, this figure rose to 50 percent. In the wars since 1980, fully 80 percent ...
Vesicovaginal Fistula – Angola Day 9
Thursday, July 1st, 2010 |
One of the saddest health problems in all the developing world is vesicovaginal fistula (VVF). It's a hole created between a woman's bladder and her vagina, resulting in a constant, uncontrollable flow of urine out the vagina. As a result, ...
We Will Now Take Your Question – Angola Day 5
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 |
Angola was colonized by the Portuguese during the 1400s. Though the Portuguese invested little into Angola's infrastructure, even after the colonial rule ended in 1975 the Portuguese language remains both the official and the common language. I was quite privileged ...
This Child Should Never Have Died! – Angola Day 3
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 |
Directly from the airport in Angola I drove to the Lubango Evangelical Medical Center and made hospital rounds. Almost immediately I was summoned to the ER, where I met little Nibombe. Coughing and less than alert, it was clear that Nibombe was ...
How Important Are The Big Three Infections – Really?
Saturday, May 29th, 2010 |
Quick, what is the leading acute cause of death in world’s poorest nations? How about the second most common acute cause of death? The truth may startle you. Pneumonia as the leading acute cause of death is no surprise. But ...
