{"id":3063,"date":"2017-04-28T03:26:51","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T03:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/?p=3063"},"modified":"2017-05-01T04:22:54","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T04:22:54","slug":"chris-gifford-in-cameroon-inmed-grad-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/2017\/04\/28\/chris-gifford-in-cameroon-inmed-grad-in-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Gifford in Cameroon: INMED Grad in Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/gifford-e1493612013363.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3069\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/gifford-e1493612013363.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chris Gifford spent 2 weeks in Muteghene for a training course called ALSO &#8211; Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics. He took the instructor portion first and then taught the course to 30 medical students and midwives the following week.&#8221; In so doing, Dr. Gifford &#8211; on a two-year medical service stent in Cameroon, West Africa &#8211; is expressing two of the highest values in today&#8217;s approach to international health development: skill multiplication and sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trace the story of Chris&#8217; life and you can understand how he came to embrace such values. Originally from Wichita, Kansas, I met Chris when he was medical student at Kansas City University. In 2012, Chris took advantage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmed.us\/courses-info\/hybrid-courses\/international-medicine-public-health\/\">INMED International Medicine &amp; Public Health Course<\/a>, and then complete his INMED Diploma in 2013 with his supervised service-learning experience at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmed.us\/service-learning\/training-sites\/baptist-medical-centre-ghana\/\">Baptist Medical Center<\/a> in Ghana. All the while, Chris, a man of deep Christian faith, was developing a clearer vision of life beyond his three-year family medicine residency.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/cameroon-e1493611086371.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3066\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/cameroon-e1493611086371.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"330\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This vision became reality on the fall of 2016, when Chris, his wife Ashley, and their two children moved to Cameroon to serve at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmed.us\/service-learning\/training-sites\/banso-baptist-hospital-cameroon\/\">Banso and Mbingo Hospitals<\/a> through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/what-we-do\/world-medical-mission-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Medical Mission<\/a>. Would you like to follow their progress in\u00a0international health development, and occasionally send an encouraging wave? Please just add your email at Chris and Ashley&#8217;s blog page: <a href=\"https:\/\/careinthevalley.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/careinthevalley.blogspot.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &#8220;Chris Gifford spent 2 weeks in Muteghene for a training course called ALSO &#8211; Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics. 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