Institute for International Medicine
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Surgeon Steve Duncan
arriving in Angola, Africa
Healthcare professionals who enter service in low-resource communities often discover that their education poorly prepared them to work effectively because:
  • Health challenges are distinct. Malnutrition, unique injuries, and certain infectious diseases are common in low-resource communities, but rare in wealthier ones.
  • Healthcare resources are minimal. Safe drinking water and adequate housing, let alone diagnostic technologies and specialty consultation, is rarely available in low-resource communities.
  • Cultural context is challenging. Success in promoting health and combating disease requires an intimate understanding of human behavior, which often contrasts sharply from one community to another.
  • Leadership skills are underdeveloped. Effective health intervention requires attention community-wide needs and resources, team building, and strategic planning - concepts infrequently addressed in education of healthcare professionals.
  • Living and serving within low-resource communities demands unique personal skills.
The purpose of this course is to equip healthcare professionals with the unique knowledge necessary to serve successfully in low-resource communities. This course will address five particular bodies of knowledge:
  • Determinants of Health - Those factors that most significantly impact health in low-resource communities
  • Diseases of Poverty - The health conditions most frequently encountered in low-income communities
  • Cross-cultural Competence in Health Care - Those skills necessary to effectively promote health in a new cultural context
  • Health Leadership - How health care professionals can work in cooperation with communities to design and lead effective health systems
  • Personal Skills For Cross-Cultural Living - Covering cultural adaptation, physical health, personal relationships and financial skills connected with service in low-resource communities
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All individuals involved in the planning and providing materials for the International Medicine Online Course have fulfilled the disclosure requirements set forth by the ACCME. All planners, including their spouse/partner, do not currently have and have not had any relevant financial relationship in the last 12 months with the manufacture of the products or services that will be included in this CME activity.

The INMED International Medicine Online Course is not accredited for continuing education at this time.



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