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 […]
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
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
This week our world suffered another blow. Amid the relative stability of hard-won, post-ISIS recovery, families in the mountainous region of eastern Turkey, NE Syria, and northern Iraq were just preparing for harsh winter weather. Then, sudden redeployment of peacekeeping soldiers this week immediately set off a political power struggle we’ve watch unfold. In
“Why are we studying typhoid, dengue, and leishmaniasis? These diseases don’t impact us in China,” protested one mid-career physician. “We are all Han Chinese. We understand our society, so learning cultural skills are not really relevant,” objected another. “I am a physician,” noted one, disapprovingly. “Public health is in a different department.” Thus, began
“People ask what exactly I want to accomplish with the Mildred Smith Mission Health Center,” expresses Doug Smith, graduate of the Professional Diploma in International Medicine & Public Health. Dr. Smith’s INMED service-learning at Ghana’s Baptist Medical Center helped nurture his vision for this new health undertaking in Kenya. “That’s a fair question,”
Some one million newborn babies die each year from birth asphyxia – that is, the inability to breathe. I’ve personally see this tragic scene in Angola, Ghana, Burkina Faso: A baby is limp upon delivery, assumed dead, and just laid aside. But simple stimulation, drying, and ventilation almost always immediately restores life to limp newborns.
Xi’an City, in the mountains of western China, was the origin of the ancient Silk Road – one that brought prosperity and stature to the People’s Republic. Today, I represent INMED at the China National Congress on General Practice – an event that represents great potential for health prosperity and for the stature of primary
This is a complex question. By what criteria could, or should, a physician be measured? We could consider such standards as years of experience, board certification(s), institutional affiliations, academic appointments, research grants & publications, and newly added, patient satisfaction surveys. Yet, none of these measure one of the most important qualities we expect of physicians:
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 learning? No, not so fast. In spite of its convenience, research demonstrates that costs are