This month INMED introduces refinements to the INMED Diploma is International Medicine & Public Health – DIM&PH. For some time select educational institutions have offered diplomas in tropical medicine and hygiene. INMED and myself have carefully looked at such programs with a passion for how the training could be improved. The major deficiencies of current programs is their high cost and lack of supervised clinical or field experience.
In creating the INMED DIM&PH program we’ve aimed to dramatically cut the prohibitive cost and add a period of formative, mentored service-learning experience. The outcome we anticipate is that greater numbers of well trained individuals will possess both the skills and motivation to move out in service on behalf of our most neglected neighbors.