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| 2008 CONFERENCE THEME: LAUNCHING INTO MEDICAL MISSIONS |
Most health professionals contemplate international service and are inspired by the prospects. Yet few are confident about where to begin. The 2008 Exploring Medical Missions Conference equipped health professionals with the necessary professional, cross-cultural and personal skills. It will also provided guidelines for career decisions, including how to select a sending organization and a community in which to serve. Participants enjoyed ample chance to network with medical mission organizations about specific opportunities.
| OBJECTIVES |
At the completion of this conference participants will:
- Be more prepared for international service with appropriate professional, cross-cultural and personal skills
- Be able to wisely choose a sending organization and select a community to serve
- Be able to diagnosis and management of common diseases of poverty
- Be prepared for cross-cultural adaptation and communication
- Be able to lead health interventions that are most appropriate for resource-poor nations
| THREE YEARS & RUNNING... |
408 attended the 2008 Exploring Medical Missions Conference, including 88 physicians, 12 resident physicians, 95 nurses, 3 dentists, 4 pharmacists, 6 therapists, 38 medical students, 9 nursing students, 2 pharmacy students, 40 undergraduates and 111 others. 32 states were represented, and some 29 nationalities. In addition, 42 organizations exhibited at the conference!
| ANONYMOUS CONFERENCE FEEDBACK |
"Overall-absolutely exceptional conference. I was skeptical about how useful or beneficial it would be - But I was completely blown away by how valuable and challenging it was to network and talk to people who are on the field now. My husband and I intend to be on the field full-time in 2-3 years and the conversations we had here have been instrumental. Thank you so much for putting this conference together!!!"
"This conference has improved every year - I've been to all three."
"What a thing to see so many interested in serving others! Everyone at the conference seemed to share this focused goal. That, in itself was uplifting. Speakers were experienced and committed. More exhibitors than I see at most CME events. Thanks to INMED and UMKC School of Medicine for this conference opportunity. I'll do my part to encourage others to attend and, of course, to go on a mission."
"Greatest good of this conference was not topics, but people I met."
"Student volunteers were very nice."
"Excellent Conference!"
| CONFERENCE SCHEDULE |
| Friday, May 30, 2008 * Indicates Disaster Management Track | ||
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Sign In & Visit Exhibitors | |
| 9:00 - 9:50 | Plenary Session #1 Welcome - Dr. Betty Drees, Dean, University of MO-Kansas City School of Medicine Launching Into Medical Missions - Nicholas Comninellis |
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| 10:00 - 10:50 | Plenary Session #2 Why Do Medical Missions? - Brent Hambrick |
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| 11:00 - 11:50 | Group Session #1: Professional Skills Maternity Without Borders - Richard Derman Pediatrics In The Two-Thirds World - Bruce Banwart Low-tech Electronic Med Records - Kendra Wyatt Disaster Management* - Micah Flint |
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| 11:50 - 1:30 | Lunch (provided) & visit exhibitors | |
| 1:30 - 2:20 | Plenary Session #3 Presentation of 2008 International Medicine Awards Global Health In Perspective - Anil Cherian |
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| 2:30 - 3:20 | Group Session #2: Professional Skills Pediatrics In The Two-Thirds World - Bruce Banwart Surgical Caring - Bruce C. Steffes Ophthalmology For A Needy Nation - William White Biological Emergencies* - Daniel Hinthorn |
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| 3:30 - 4:20 | Group Session #3: Professional Skills Dentistry for Non-Dentists - Jim Elias Caring for Disabilities & Deformities - Louis Carter Low-Resource HIV Care - Anil Cherian Trauma Intervention* - Bruce C. Steffes INMED International Medicine Certificate Graduate Debriefing - Nicholas Comninellis & Antoinette Brown |
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| 4:30 - 5:20 | Group Sessions #4: Professional Skills Low-Resource HIV Care - Anil Cherian Air Borne Infections - Tim Myrick Vector Borne Infections - Daniel Hinthorn Water Borne Infections* - Waheed Khan International Pharmacy - Christine Birnie |
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| 5:20 - 6:00 | Visit exhibitors | |
| 6:00 - 9:00 | INMED Social Event at Linda Hall Library, UMKC Campus (Advance purchase tickets required) |
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| Saturday, May 31, 2008 | ||
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Visit exhibitors | |
| 9:00 - 9:50 | Plenary Session #4 Welcome - Nancy Seelan, VP, St. Luke's Health System Global Health Initiative Art of Crossing Cultures - Bob McGurty |
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| 10:00 - 10:50 | Group Session #5: Cultural Skills Health Thru The Eyes Of Culture - Karen Herrera Surviving Culture Shock - Jean Fields Language Acquisition - Gene Flanery Communicating Faith Across Cultures - Patrick Railey Money Management & Med Missions - Andy Heath |
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| 11:00 - 11:50 | Group Session #6: Personal Skills International Travel Made Easier - Fred Loper Marriage & Family On The Move - Lori Myrick Money Management & Med Missions - David Topazian Integrating Faith and Med Missions - Brent Hambrick |
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| 11:50 - 1:30 | Lunch (provided) & visit exhibitors | |
| 1:30 - 2:20 | Plenary Session #5 Choosing Your Best Service Path - Nicholas Comninellis Sponsored by the Jack Hill Continuing Medical Education Foundation |
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| 2:30 - 3:20 | Group Session #7: Choosing a Community to Serve Africa - Bruce Steffes Honduras - Brent Hambrick India - Anil Cherian United States - Mercy & Truth Medical Missions |
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| 3:30 - 4:20 | Group Session #8: Choosing a Sending Organization Making Short-term Investment Have Long-term Results - Operation Mobilization Attitudes Toward Missions Participation - Health Teams International International Insurance Considerations - Adams & Associates Packing Your Bags for Healthcare Missions - Baptist Med-Dental Fellowship International Service Opportunities - Catholic Medical Missions Board Delivering Healthy Babies In Haiti - Cindy Obenhaus & Maison de Naissance |
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| 4:20 - 5:00 | Visit exhibitors | |
| FEATURED SPEAKERS |
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Anil Cherian, MD, MPH, is Director of Community Health and Development for the Emmanuel Hospital Association in northeastern India. Dr. Ahenian, a pediatrician at Chatarpur Christian Hospital, and oversees 24 community health centers and 6 HIV treatment centers. |  |
Karen Herrera, RN, MSN, is Coordinator of Field Ministries and Community Health with HealthCare Ministries, and a leader in Global AIDS Partnership. Her experience includes program and policy development for care of persons with disabilities and AIDS. |
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Richard Derman, MD, MPH, is president of the World Foundation for Medical Studies in Female Health, and is associate dean for women's health at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He leads pioneering research in India addressing obstetrical complications, including post partum hemorrhage. |  |
Daniel Hinthorn, MD, is the Chief of Infectious Diseases at Kansas University Medical Center, a leading HIV investigator for the National Institutes of Health, and on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Center for Infectious Diseases. |
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Cindy Obenhaus, RN, is a neonatal nurse and director of the Maison de Naissance birthing center in Haiti, where infant mortality was once as high was 30 percent, but is minimal today thanks to this ministry. |  |
Jean Fields, RN, MSN, CNS, is a nurse educator teaching community health nursing at the Research College of Nursing. Her service in Africa, India, Central and Latin America, and Eastern Europe has focused on the illuminating the cultural aspect of health care. |
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Fred Loper, MD, is Executive Director of Baptist Medical Dental Fellowship in Oklahoma City, an organization of that sends medical volunteers to serve in more than fifty nations each year. |  |
Bob McGurty, DMin, taught cross-cultural skills for the United States Embassy in Bangladesh, where he lived for fifteen years. Dr. Bob is a survivor of the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2005, and today is Director of Healthcare Ministries for the Assemblies of God. |
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William L. White, MD, is an Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. Dr. White is Medical Director of the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission, and helped to establish the eye clinic in St. Louis du Nord. |  |
Gene Flanery, MA, is Director of Healthcare Ministries for World Indigenous Missions, and served for twenty years in the Philippines and Mexico. Gene is instructor of Spanish at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences and at the UMKC School of Dentistry. |
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Louis L Carter, Jr. MD, is Assistant Clinical Professor of Plastic and Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Tennessee. He served for ten years in Nigeria, and today teaches plastic and hand surgery in developing nations in association with SIM, CMDA, and CURE Hospitals. |  |
David S. Topazian, DDS, is a retired oral & maxillofacial surgeon, a founder of Project MedSend. He served with The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM) in Venezuela from 1988-1994 and as President of the Christian Medical Dental Associations (CMDA). |
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Bruce Steffes, MD, is CEO of the Pan African Academy of Christian Surgeons, a general surgical training program for African physicians. Since 1998 Dr. Steffes has served in Central and South America, Africa and Asia. He is the co-author of Handbook for Short-Term Medical Missionaries. |  |
Micah Flint, MPA, is Chief Programs Officer of INMED and a graduate of the Disaster Management program at Park University. Micah serves on the board of directors for Samaritan Emergency Medical Search and Rescue. |
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Patrick Railey, MD, is Director of Operation Mobilization Medical Ministries, an international Christian mission agency doing relief and development work in more than 100 countries. Dr. Railey is a leader in HIV prevention and protection of newborns. |  |
Kendra Wyatt is the Strategist for Community Access at Cerner Corporation, and an Advisory to the Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Foundation, sponsor of the Maison de Naissance Birthing Center in Haiti. Her expertise is implementing sustainable information technology to promoted health in developing nations. |
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Antoinette Brown, RN, is a St. Lukes Hospital nurse who embodies the compassionate mission of the St. Lukes Health System. Antoinette served at Burrows Memorial Christian Hospital in the underdeveloped northeast region of Assam, India. |  |
Brent Hambrick, MD, is the founder and director of MedMissions, an organization helping national physicians and dentists reach their own people with the gospel through health care. He has served the past eight years as a missionary in Latin America. |
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Bruce Banwart, MD, is an intensivist at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City and a veteran of medical service in Latin America and Thailand with Operation Smile. |  |
James Elias, DDS, of the Center of Dental Excellence in Independence, MO, and director of dental services for Mushili Health Center in Zambia, Africa. |
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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. |  |
Christine R. Birnie, R.Ph., Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, N.Y. and a board member for the Christian Pharmacists Fellowship International (CPFI). Dr. Birnie is a strong advocate for pharmacy missions service amongst students. |
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Andy Heath, CFM, is Assistant Vice President and International Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch, overseeing and coordinating the financial life of a select group of families and businesses. He has also served as board president of Medical Missions Foundation. |  |
Lori Myrick, RN, with her husband Tim have raised three children while serving for the last seventeen years in Jordan, Tunisia, and the Comoros Island near Madagascar. |
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Nicholas Comninellis, MD, MPH, is president of INMED, 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 Shanghai, China and Angola, Africa. | ||
| HOSTS |
| Jack Hill Continuing Medical Education Foundation | ||
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University of Missouri School of Medicine | |
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St. Luke's Health System | |
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University of Kansas School of Medicine | |
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Research Medical Center | |
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Healthy Mothers - Healthy Babies Foundation | |
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Institute for International Medicine | |
| SPONSORS |
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Adams & Associates | |
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Bankers & Investors, Co. | |
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Catholic Medical Mission Board | |
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Chick-fil-A | |
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College Park Family Care Center, Overland Park KS | |
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Healthcare Ministries | |
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Healthy Mothers - Healthy Babies Foundation | |
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Operation Mobilization (OM) Medical Ministries | |
| CONFERENCE EXHIBITORS |
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| PHYSICIANS CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION |
Joint Sponsorship Statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Ed Bixby Institute for Postgraduate Medical Education and the Institute for International Medicine. The Ed Bixby Institute for Postgraduate Medical Education is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA-PRA Credit: The Ed Bixby Institute for Postgraduate Medical Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 13 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AAFP Credit: This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 13 hours of Prescribed credit by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).
Disclosure Statement: All individuals involved in the planning and speakers that are presenting at the 2008 Exploring Medical Missions Conference have fulfilled the disclosure requirements set forth by the ACCME. All planners and speakers, including their spouse/partner, do not or have not had any relevant financial relationship in the last 12 months with the manufacture of the products or services that will be presented in this CME activity or in their presentations.
| NURSES CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS |
HCA Midwest Division is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Missouri Nurses' Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses' Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This program has been approved for 5.25 contact hours for May 30, 2008 and 4.5 contact hours for May 31, 2008. Approval to present this program does not imply ANCC Commission on accreditation or MONA approval or endorsement of any commercial products.
| DENTISTS CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS |
This program has also been approved for 13 hours of Continuing Education by the Missouri Dental Association.
| PHYSICAL THERAPY, PHARMACY, EMT & PARAMEDIC CEU |
Continuing education units are also available for these professions.