MedicalMissions.com Podcast

This session will give an overview of the current picture of trafficking in persons within the United States focusing mainly on child sex trafficking, the major form of trafficking in persons within the U.S. In addition, the session will address specific ways that health professionals can become abolitionists.

There have been many major developments in HIV research in the past year. So much so that many are now talking confidently about the end of the disease, zero new infections, curing HIV, etc. This interactive session will explore the developments, including those presented at the International AIDS Conference in July to which the facilitator is a delegate. There will be opportunities to explore the...

In the wake of the AIDS pandemic and other disasters remain those least capable of caring for themselves. How do we best respond to their needs? Drawing from the speaker's international experience and using case studies and an interactive format, the session will explore the health issues of OVCs and the physical, mental and social components to their care.

How can a ministry continue after we leave? Drawing from the speaker's mission expereince and using case studies and an interactive format, participants will explore successful principles and strategies for sustainability in medical missions.

If you’ve been on a short-term trip you’ve experienced it;
it’s the last day and the line of patients is as long as the day of arrival. Desperation is in the air. There is a nagging sense in your gut that this is not right. This session
will present techniques that empower believers to meet the healthcare needs in their own community

The worlds population slipped over 50% in 2010 now living in the city with it becoming 70% by 2020. Working with people living in the city is different then the rural world. I will use a 10 minute TED Talk with the balance of the session discussing in how how urban settings are different then rural setting where Community Development has been historically done and the implications for doing so in...

Disability: Displaying the Works of God in Wholisitic Development People with disability were a priority in Jesus' ministry while on earth. He even defined himself in terms of his disability ministry when questioned by John's disciples on whether or not he was the promised Messiah. By examining Jesus' ministry among the disabled, we will discover how His Body should prioritize ministry...

How can an “outside” Church, NGO, Short term team or missionary help a community in need without creating dependencies, stripping dignity, and under minding long-term development?

Using Stories for Wholistic Health Education Stories are proving to be an extremely effective way to communicate "truth that sticks." They naturally break down resistance, and create interest. They are more easily understood, remembered, and repeated. Stories change lives. Stories are best if they are short, clear, and relate to the listener's life experience. The impact of stories i...

Christian Connections for International Health (CCIH), a global health membership organization has prioritized advocacy efforts to strengthen U.S. and global commitment to improving the health and well-being of people in developing countries. This presentation will begin with an overview of why Christians should be involved in advocacy, including a Biblical case for advocacy and speaking for the v...

Professional education programs are geared toward preparing students to do curative care in healthcare settings. In order to reach into the community with preventive healthcare requires an additional set of knowledge and skills. We will look at the principles that were operative in the 1978 Alma Ata and examine what needs to be included in the education of healthcare professionals to achieve Healt...

when macro level economic integration occurs across borders, it results in the movement of people across borders at an unprecedented level. While this brings tremendous opportunity for trade and employment (people move from the poorer to the richer country, while good move from the richer to the poorer country). The benefits flow most easily to the more food secure housholds (RFSA-1 and RFSA-2) wh...

Every village has a development strategy (survival strategy) that it pursues for its survival and advancement. External interventions that seek to be sustainable, need to understand, engage and build upon this strategy. This is the startegy of the THV50-40-10 (Total Health Village), which sees health as not only treating diseases and preventing them; but goes beyond public health to address issues...

Best Practices in Short-term Medical Missions In recent years there has been a tsunami of short-term healthcare volunteers going into the developing world; both faith-based and humanitarian. Recent estimates tell us that 29% of students enrolled in medical schools participate in some type of short-term global health project prior to graduation. Dental, nursing, and allied health schools are also b...

Women’s Cycle of Life is training by and for women, developed and designed by nurses especially trained in maternal and public health and following the Community Health Evangelism strategy to bring both hope and health to women everywhere! The training (previously called CHEPS) was first piloted in Haiti in 1999. Since then, WCL training has taken place on every continent around the globe. WCL mat...

This is a NEW EMERGING model of empowering the local church to care for the most vulnerable. Globally there has been a growing realization that the church (called civil society in government and UN circles) in its manifold expressions has been under-utilized in developing countries in community development in general and specifically in the fight against HIV and AIDS, especially with the drastic r...

Global health does not stand still. The needs remain high, the priorities change, the field gets ever more complex. Deciding what's the most important way to contribute is a big challenge, whether we are students or experienced professionals or somewhere in between. And discerning our own gifts and how we can be of most use to God is most important of all We will explore global health trends a...

Medical mission or what I prefer to call Health Care Mission remains a crucial issue for 21st century Christians. Yes, we need to be fully involved in medical missions but just as important, be effective as people of faith in secular environments where we can be agents of change and transformation. In this breakout session we will try to discern together how medical missions can help to become mor...

Health networks are becoming increasingly essential in global health. By working together through intentional groupings of those with similar interests and objectives, we can have a greater impact, and work more effectively with government and donors Most important of all we can mazimize our value to God's Kingdom by demonstrating harmony, unity and joint purpose This session considers health...

This session will look at ways in which team leaders and programme managers can help to encourage their team members to maximize their motivation and to work as effectively as possible. It will consider spiritual, psychological and physical components. It will look at top tips in how to encourage day-to day motivation and encouragement

Effective Ministry Partnership Development is the key to raising resources for life and ministry. We’ll address how correct thinking, biblical principles and practical principles are the key. This session will explain “why people give,” “how to effectively gain their support and involvement,” “ways to grow your list of prospects” and “what the basis is for successful long-term financial partnershi...

Without a robust biblical theology of suffering, medical missionaries will neither persevere nor bear spiritual fruit. Utilizing examples from the Bible and church history, this session will introduce the inevitability of hardships, their divine purposes, and principles for enduring and flourishing through them.

The "missionary-call" can be a source of high anxiety and soul-searching for those who think God is leading them to the mission field. But what do we mean, and more importantly, what does the Bible really have to say about the call to missions? And what do we think of when we use the word "missionary"? Does our view match what we find in the Bible? In this session we will explo...

Why should you do an international rotation while in training? Do you know? What are the advantages to you for your training and future? Can God really use you as a student? How do you prepare for His working through you? How to find the place(s) to do an overseas rotation? How do you get the clinical and procedural experience you desire? What do you need to take? Where can you find the money? How...

We would all like to believe that as we reach out to share our medical expertise and the love and the compassion of Christ we will be safe, but is there any place in which we can be safe today? Security as we know is it is not the absence of danger, but the presence of the Lord. Being good stewards of the great blessings given to us of volunteers serving the least, the lost and the last is our obl...