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Held At Curry Auditorium
Research Medical Center-Brookside Campus
6675 Holmes, Kansas City, Missouri
| SYNOPSIS |
2005 was the year of world disasters. The tsunami in the Indian Ocean, devastating earthquake in Pakistan, and hurricanes in the Gulf are compelling health professionals to consider international service like never before. The Exploring Medical Missions Conference will provide the needed knowledge to be successful in international medicine, and will address international health issues, tropical diseases, cross-cultural skills, and health promotion strategies. It will also give participants an opportunity to network with individuals and organizations that are already active in the field.
| OBJECTIVES |
- Provide the unique knowledge and skills for health professionals to successfully serve in the developing world
- Increase understanding of the greatest threats to world health
- Provide diagnostic and therapeutic insights into the common and unique "tropical" diseases of developing countries
- Promote understanding of cross-cultural adaptation and communication
- Increase awareness of those health promotion strategies most effective for developing nations
- Provide practical information on how to incorporate medical missions into professional practice
| OPENING YEAR |
200 people attended the first Exploring Medical Missions Conference, including 85 physicians, 20 nurses, 14 resident physicians and 20 medical students from Kansas University, University of Missouri-Kansas City and Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. Attendees came from as far away as Angola, Africa!
| ANONYMOUS CONFERENCE FEEDBACK |
"Great lectures covering broad topics which are practical for missions, the displays gave great information, and talking with other attendees."
"Diversity of professionals lecturing and topics discussed. Realistic expectations discussed regarding medical missions."
"I enjoyed the personal stories and resources for training and ways to serve."
"I really enjoyed Dr. Shaffer's presentation. It provided strategies of interest. I also enjoyed the Health Strategies by Dr. Comninellis, very informational."
"Everything! Speakers were excellent; I enjoyed the honesty in the presentations."
"Size of conference was excellent for being able to talk at length to exhibitors"
"Diverse attendants. Good attendance by students and residents."
"It is good to have these topics brought back to mind and hear new thoughts. The interaction with those who have served was very good."
"The fact that it occurred. Balance in lectures between 'hard' and 'soft' topics."
"The people of course...the networking is awesome!"
"Every general aspect of medical missions was touched on. The enthusiasm and expertise of the speakers was wonderful."
"Knowledgeable speakers who are mostly in the 'trenches'".
"Confirmed some of the feelings I have experienced," by a medical student
| CONFERENCE SCHEDULE |
| Friday | ||
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Sign In | |
| 9:00 - 9:45 | Priorities in World Health Today - Comninellis | |
| 10:00 - 10:45 | Mal-Disposed Mycobacterium: TB & Leprosy - Myrick | |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Preying Protozoa: Malaria - Hinthorn | |
| 11:45 - 1:00 | Lunch (provided) | |
| 1:00 - 1:45 | Foreign Fevers: Measles, Polio, Dengue - Driks | |
| 2:00 - 2:45 | Maternal/Child Care in the Emerging Nations - Shaffer | |
| 3:00 - 3:45 | Adjusting For International Medicine Practice - Myrick | |
| 4:00 - 4:45 | Open Forum: International Medical Practice - Panel | |
| Saturday | ||
| 9:00 - 9:45 | Health & Cross-Cultural Communication - Liddle | |
| 10:00 - 10:45 | Culture Shock, Adaptation and Reentry - Hickey | |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Med Missions Around the World - INMED International Medicine Certificate Grads | |
| 11:45 - 1:00 | Lunch (provided) | |
| 1:00 - 1:45 | Health Strategies in International Medicine - Comninellis | |
| 2:00 - 2:45 | Integrating Missions Into U.S. Medical Practice - Morsch | |
| 3:00 - 3:45 | International Medical Opportunities - Comninellis | |
| 4:00 - 4:45 | Open Forum: International Medical Opportunities - Panel | |
| FEATURED SPEAKERS |
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Gary Morsch, MD, MPH, is President of Heart to Heart International, a relief and development organization based in Kansas City. Dr. Morsch has served in refugee camps and mission hospitals throughout the world. He is also founder of Docs Who Care and author of Heart and Soul: Awakening Your Passion to Serve. |  |
Stan Shaffer, MD, is Director of Neonatology at St. Luke's Health System, in Kansas City, and founder/medical director of the Maison de Naissance in Haiti, a birthing center and community health program where more than 300 babies born each year under vastly improved circumstances. Shaffer is an E. Gray Diamond Professor of International Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. |
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Tim Myrick, MD, a native of Kansas City, is medical director of the Annoor Sanatorium, a referral center in Mafraq, Jordan, Middle East. Tim is board certified in both tropical medicine and family medicine, has served for the last twelve years in Jordan, Tunisia, and the Comoros Island near Madigascar. |  |
Larry Liddle, MD, is Senior Medical Advisor of the Oasis Hospital in the United Arab Emirates, where he has lived since 1975. A graduate of University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, he has helped guide Oasis Hospital through enormous political and economic changes to becoming one of the UAE's finest health care institutions. |
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Nicholas Comninellis, MD, MPH, is president of the Institute for International Medicine, and is board certified in both public health and family medicine. Nicholas trained in tropical medicine at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and served four years in China and Angola, Africa. |  |
Dan Hickey, M.Div., is founder/director of Transformational Journeys, an international service learning organization. Dan also co-founded the Service Learning department at William Jewell College, and over the last twenty hears has trained and lead over fifty teams to serve in developing countries. |
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Michael Driks, MD, is an infectious disease consultant at Kansas City HCA and Saint Lukes Hospitals, whose experience includes tropical medicine service in Thailand. |  |
Daniel Hinthorn, MD, is the Chief of Infectious Diseases at KU Medical Center, and on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Center for Infectious Diseases. |
| HOSTS |
| Jack Hill Continuing Medical Education Foundation | |
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Physicians & Staff of College Park Family Care Center, Overland Park KS |
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University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
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Baptist-Lutheran Medical Center |
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Research Medical Center |
| CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT |
Physicians: This Conference is accredited by the Research Medical Center's Bixby Institute to award physicians up to 13 hours of Category 1 CME credit toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award, and up to 13 hours of Prescribed credit by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Nurses: Nursing CEUs are provided through HCA Midwest Division. Dentists: This program has also been approved for 13 hours of Continuing Education by the Missouri Dental Association. EMT and paramedic CEU credit is also available.