Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospital, Massachusetts General, Center for Global Health and Global Disaster Relief again this fall hosted the INMED International Medicine and International Public Health Hybrid Courses. Allow me to introduce our inspiring graduates! From North America come physicians and nurses in the fields of primary care and emergency medicine, and […]
Do you live in Asia or the Pacific? Do you have a heart for serving the poor in your own nation? INMED is overjoyed to announce that again this year our International Medicine & Public Health Hybrid Course will be offered online beginning June 26, with the in-classroom section in Shanghai on October 21-22.
Healthcare for refugees, victims of disaster and the ultra-poor presents unique challenges and requires special skill. INMED’s mission is to provide healthcare personnel with such skill, and our International Medicine & International Public Health Hybrid Courses are premiere resources. INMED Courses are coming again to Mass General Hospital Center for Global Health. Known especially
China’s medical system was built around care by subspecialists: cardiologists managing hypertension, endocrinologists overseeing diabetes mellitus, gastroenterologist treating GERD. Like the United States in the 1970s and 80s, China’s policy makers today recognize the profound inefficiencies of this organ-system approach to medicine. While a small percentage of patients do indeed need the expertise of
“We Kurds are a persecuted people, condemned for centuries by foreign lords,” proclaims Iraqi Kurdish attorney Lawand Talal. “So when Syrians fleeing utter terror from ISIS arrive at our borders how can we not but respond with compassion? We know exactly their plight,” explained Lawand to me on location last year in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Asena Madison, pictured second from the left, is presently serving in Ghana at Ankaase Methodist Hospital – an experience demanding astute skills in unusual diseases of poverty, complicated obstetric problems, and cross-cultural dilemmas. You remember Asena, don’t you? In my post dated January 20th she’s pictured among the graduates of INMED’s comprehensive International Medicine
No name is a perfect reflection on the substance of an organization. GE makes more the light bulbs. NASA goes far beyond launching rockets. Similarly, INMED – the Institute for International Medicine – offers opportunities beyond curative healthcare and not simply for those in the medical profession. An important example: RNs are welcome
This week the presidential candidate of a well-known United States political party was asked their plan for Aleppo. In response, the candidate replied, “What is Aleppo?” Shocking, but not at all surprising. Today Americans are consumed with the season football kickoff, Halloween planning, and the back-to-school rush. None of these activities carry any maleficence.
A dearth of accessible international health academic resources existed when we launched INMED in 2003. Sure, one who attend the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. But this required tens of thousands of dollars, plus six months living in the UK. Therefore, one of our first INMED priorities was to create quality, low-cost,
We at INMED are all about personal accounts. We emphasize stories both of people in great need who are assisted with compassion and expertise, and people whose lives are transformed through personal sacrifice and service on behalf of our world’s most impoverished. Just consider for a moment the experience of Scott Biggerstaff, INMED student