By what metric should we evaluate the effectiveness of healthcare among those who are poor? We could measure health data, like child mortality and life expectancy. We could also measure health knowledge or literacy – the degree to which people understand their medical conditions. But it is neither data nor knowledge that most compels […]
Marek Banas, a medical student at Lincoln Memorial University, just returned from her INMED service-learning experience at The Surgery, a general practice clinic in Kampala, capital of Uganda. I find her account one of the most compelling I have ever read. “The Surgery is potentially the best clinic in Uganda,” she writes. “People
Non-profit organizations are an unusual phenomena in China, best known of course for it’s rapidly growing economy and keen business sense. For the last three weeks I’ve enjoyed the privilege of being with Liaoning International General Health Trainings – better known as LIGHT. In the northeastern city of Shenyang, LIGHT provides both post-graduate education
The heartening North American response to Haiti’s earthquake has tragically not been replicated in the case of Pakistan. With twenty percent of the nation underwater, some 1100 people known dead, and four million now homeless, this catastrophe ranks among the worse in modern times. Yet extreme distance and unfamiliarity cause most in our midst
Kelly Hankins is a medical student at University of North Carolina in the midst of her INMED service-learning at Kapuna Hospital in Papua New Guinea. “On my second day, a 13-year old boy came in with what was supposedly a two-week-old stingray injury-the tail had entered one side of his calf and come out
Erica Horton is a medical student at the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (KCUMB) who attended INMED’s Exploring Medical Missions Conference in May 2006. “God had already laid on my heart ideas about going into medical missions. During the INMED conference I listened to the presentation by a UMKC student who served
Students, residents and attending physicians who apply for the INMED International Medicine Certificate frequently seek out opportunities to study in the most underserved locations on earth. In light of this fact, INMED is pleased to announce two new training sites in Papua New Guinea. Kapuna Hospital and Kikori Hospital are both in remote areas
Emily Schwartz is a wonderful example of the enthusiasm that characterizes students pursuing the INMED International Medicine Diploma Program. When applying she commented, “I believe that God put me on this earth for a purpose, and gave me a desire to study medicine for a reason. I believe that He wants me to share not only
INMED is devoted to developing the next generation of international medical volunteers. To this end, we work to maintain a close connection between ourselves and our international training sites, and to assure that our teaching stays on course with the reality of international medicine practice. To this end, INMED President Nicholas Comninellis worked alongside Steven Foster
Africa is being ravishing by disease; a fact compounded by the frequent lack of even most basic health care. Countries like Zambia, southern Africa, are witnessing dramatic increases in HIV/AIDS, malaria, and malnutrition. According to the UNICEF, for example, one child dies of malaria each 29 seconds, from TB each 18 seconds, and one