Remember being a student on the first day of class? We usually received a course syllabus, and a generation ago that syllabus began with a list of subjects studied; lists like: Epidemiology of childhood illness Physiology of fever Metabolism of acetaminophen Astute educators soon realized that the objective of education is not […]
Introducing the 2015 INMED Butterfield United States Public Health Class. Throughout June and July these learners are participating in the INMED United States Public Health Hybrid Course, with their daily service-learning clinical experience at Oklahoma City Christian safety net clinics: Good Shepherd Clinic, Open Arms Clinic, and Crossing Community Clinic. The academic subjects INMED
Dale Whittom and his wife Lisa participated in the 2014 Exploring Medical Missions Conference (EMMC) and ended up moving to Brazil. They didn’t see it coming, either. “My wife’s a nurse practitioner and I’m an EMT. We have served on a number of short-term medical trips to Central America,” says Dale, “but never considered any
“We in healthcare experience the unique opportunity of meeting, even defending, people when they are most ill, most distressed, most vulnerable.” Chris Deuel is a resident physician and currently a student in the INMED International Medicine & Public Health Hybrid Course, photoed here on the left. He appealed to his twenty-five classmates, “If we
“Three years ago I participated in the Humanitarian Health Conference” says James Fyffe, an Emergency Department nurse at North Kansas City Hospital. “There I met influential staff from Bach Christian Hospital in Asia. They invited me to come visit, and soon I was on location with them in the mountains.” Last week James, with his
In other words, as a person launching your international healthcare career is it better to first choose a particular community to serve, and then select from the available partnering organizations? Or vice versa? I’ve personally taken both approaches. In the 1980s my main objective was a patient care position in China (the ball
INMED, in short, is all about equipping healthcare personnel with the skills essential to caring for the world’s most marginalized people. This graphic illustration, created by INMED Chief Programs Officer Elizabeth Burgos, condenses a thousand words into the essential ones. GREAT NEED: In spite of today’s communication and transportation marvels, women commonly perish during
Thanks and giving. The union is a powerful combination. Do you have thanks for the advantages you receive? Perhaps education, good health, encouraging friendships, a little financial margin. Recently have you told those in your circle of your gratefulness? Expressing appreciation is excellent for the health of any relationship. And whether earned or undeserved, it
This week I hosted the in-classroom section of the 2014 Fall, Glendale CA, INMED Intensive Course. Our ten participants came armed with extensive of experience in Cuba, Zimbabwe, Cambodia, Pakistan, Ghana, and Papua New Guinea. Nevertheless, most who serve on behalf of forgotten people, discovered that their prior education poorly prepared them for effective
What is the most dangerous day in a person’s entire life? Perhaps the one when a teenager receives his or her driver’s license, the first big college party event, a rock climbing or back woods vacation? Worldwide data actually demonstrate that the highest risk of death – life’s most dangerous day – is the