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 […]
“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,”
Larissa Penner: seriously enthusiastic about serving forgotten people. An RN from Nova Scotia and to the left in this photo, I met Larissa at the 2018 Glendale CA Professional Certificate Course in International Nursing & Public Health. Weeks later, she was on location in Jérémie, Haiti, to begin a two-year service stent. Larissa is socially
INMED enjoys a fifteen year history of attracting learners who possess virtuous personal attributes and exceedingly high career aspirations. That INMED can add refined vision and skills to their laudable intentions is our great privilege. Among our Graduates stand out remarkable individuals like Sean Mark, who is today an emergency medicine resident physician at Truman
“Arriving in South Sudan in 2012,” writes Lynn Fogleman, “our first emphasis was training traditional birth attendants. We quickly picked up on the cultural importance of sharing tea together with all our learners, and singing and dancing with them over joy at receiving birthing kits – supplies like cord clamps and bulb suctions necessary
“So, there’s nothing we can do for him?” inquired the student. The doctor replied, “There is always something you can do. You can put your arm on his shoulder, look him in the eye, and say I am here with you, you are not alone.” With these words, Chase Zeilenga, begins his essay
“I’m a super refined specialist. What can I do to serve the world’s most poor?” We at INMED regularly hear questions of this nature from healthcare professionals whose expertise is narrowly focused, and often also highly reliant upon technology and other specialists. Douglas Blackall, an academic pathologist at the University of Arkansas, carried similar questions
Many healthcare professionals are enamored with the dream of serving forgotten people. Yet relatively few ultimately make this their career tract. Nathaniel Uhl, RN, is one of these few. Last month he returned from a service stent at Mushili Health Center in Zambia, where he completed qualifications for the INMED Diploma in International
This award recognizes one who has made significant leadership contributions to bridging cultural gaps in healthcare services and has set an example for other leaders to emulate. The 2018 INMED Cross-Cultural Healthcare Leadership Award recipient is Mary Smith. In 1988 Mary, a master’s degree trained registered nurse, traveled with her Methodist church to
This award recognizes an individual who has made an important impact in training future international healthcare personnel. The 2018 INMED International Healthcare Preceptor Award Recipient is James, a Kansas City native who began his career as a youth pastor in El Salvador. James later qualified as a registered nurse, serving at Saint Luke’s