MEDICAL MISSIONS 101
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Medical Missions 101 is an online community dedicated to educating, encouraging and engaging those who share our passion for medical missions. As a community we are pursuing best evidence based practice in medical missions and global health; we invite you to join us. New content is added each week! If you find our content helpful, please share it!
Standards and Guidelines to Support Human Dignity in Cross-Cultural Healthcare
The relief and development community has created a set of comprehensive minimum standards for humanitarian response, although they have been slow to make significant progress in the USA. These standards, known as the Sphere standards, are a set of principles and minimum standards created to improve quality and accountability of humanitarian response in four technical areas: Water supply, sanitation, and hygiene promotion (WASH), Food security and nutrition, Shelter, and settlement, and last but not least Health.
Asking the Right Questions: 12 Questions Medical Missionary Candidates Need to Ask Before Deciding on a Sending Organization
One thing that was always clear to me, was that sending a doctor, nurse or other healthcare professional to serve in a mission hospital, or even a community health program, looks very different than sending a pastor.
The Church and Global Access to Health Care
Christian Mission hospitals and health programs account for about 50% of all healthcare delivered in Sub-Saharan Africa (Olivier, et al., 2015). That figure is probably closer to 70% of the truly functional healthcare services delivered. Sadly however, many of these facilities have closed, those that remain are fighting for survival.
6 Lifesaving Interventions for Children in a Low-income Countries
Saving the lives of children is one of the greatest joys of medical mission work. What if you could save the lives of not a few but of many children? This blog shares six very basic interventions that can help you achieve that aim.
WWJD: What if Jesus went on hospital rounds with me?
New on Medical Missions 101: I know there are no simple answers for giving good care in mission hospitals or for being a good medical missionary, especially in settings that do clinical education. I also know that these environments can be extremely challenging and frustrating for professionals trained in the West. Finding people who are modeling best practices as “medical missionaries” and learning from them as a new missionary is crucial.
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This channel was created to tell the story of medical missions, health programs, mission hospitals, and the missionaries who serve in them. Each week we will upload new episodes from the field and from here at home as we interview mission leaders facilitating health programs and medical missions around the world.
TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Teaching Healthcare in a Global Setting – ONLINE
Healthcare educators - access online training sessions available November 18, 2020 - November 17, 2021.
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Disaster & Refugee Response: Global Principles & Practice – 2021 GMHC Pre-Conference
Offered as GMHC Pre-conference. Learn how to respond with life-saving and dignity-upholding measures.
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Workshop on Teaching Healthcare Professionals in a Global Setting
Healthcare educators - learn and practice skills for teaching internationally.
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WHEN HEALTHCARE HURTS
When Healthcare Hurts is the first book to look seriously at the challenges of patient safety and developmental safety in global health missions, and it defines evidence based guidelines through which these issues can be addressed.
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