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Global Missions Health Conference Find Where You Belong November, 2013

Global Missions Health Conference Find Where You Belong November, 2013. Working with Universities, Governments & National Healthcare. Working with Universities, Governments & National Healthcare. Panelists

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Global Missions Health Conference Find Where You Belong November, 2013

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  1. Global Missions Health ConferenceFind Where You BelongNovember, 2013 Working with Universities, Governments & National Healthcare

  2. Working with Universities, Governments & National Healthcare Panelists Matthew Koh, MD, is a general surgeon from Singapore. He is President of MSI Professional Services, serving in southwest China. James D. Smith, MD, Professor Emeritus of Otolaryngology, Oregon Health & Science University. Chairman of the Medical Education International (MEI) Advisory Council. Daniel Tolan, MD, lived full time in Kenya from 1989 to 2002. He and Cindy are missionaries with World Gospel Mission, now working in missionary recruitment and retention and with Christian Medical Dental Associations (CMDA). Neil O. Thompson, MD, Panel Moderator. Served as missionary surgeon at Manorom Christian Hospital in Central Thailand from 1978-2001. He is now Medical Mission Advocate with OMF International.

  3. Opportunities to use Medical Education as an Outreach in Medical Universities Worldwide James D. Smith, MD Professor Emeritus Oregon Health & Science University

  4. Objectives • Participants will be introduced to the worldwide need for current medical education training which can be used as a mission outreach in both short term and long term settings. • Participants will be able to prepare for and find opportunities to work in Medical Universities worldwide and use this as a forum to serve the Lord

  5. Personal Journey • Academic Otolaryngology – OHSU • Sabbaticals • Visiting Professor – National U. of Singapore • Full time - 2 ½ years • Part time – for the past 14 years

  6. The Key • The key to having an opportunity to share your faith in other cultures is to develop genuine and caring relationships • How can we do this?

  7. The Key To Successful Short Term Teams • Teaching and Training • Transfer of skills • Repeat trips – necessary to develop relationships

  8. The Key To a Successful Long Term Career • Get to know the culture • Develop long term relationships • Be a role model • As a teacher • The way you treat patients • Clinical

  9. Opportunities • Medical Schools • Christian – Zambia, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia • Secular - Kazakhstan • Residency Training • PAACS, Family and Internal Medicine • Secular – Jim Jewell • Faculty Development • China – Loh Cheng • Zambia – Cheryl Snyder

  10. Preparation • “To be a good teacher one needs to love their subject and love their students” • Prepare career with a view of being a teacher • Take education courses • Plan to take a faculty position in a training program

  11. But What Can I Do? • Influence medical students clinically and spiritually • A role model as an excellent teacher • A role model for treating patients with care and respect

  12. What Should be Our Motive? • Our overriding reason is to show the love of Christ • I Peter 3:15 – Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.

  13. Campbell, A, Sullivan, M, Sherman, R. Magee, W: The Medial Mission and Modern Cultural Competency Training. American College of Surgeons Vol. 212, No. 1, Jan 2011: 124-129 • Ethics for International Medicine: A practical guide for aid workers in developing countries. Anji E. Wall • When Helping Hurts. Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert

  14. Working with Universities, Governments & National Healthcare Panelists Matthew Koh, MD, is a general surgeon from Singapore. He is President of MSI Professional Services, serving in southwest China. James D. Smith, MD, Professor Emeritus of Otolaryngology, Oregon Health & Science University. Chairman of the Medical Education International (MEI) Advisory Council. Daniel Tolan, MD, lived full time in Kenya from 1989 to 2002. He and Cindy are missionaries with World Gospel Mission, now working in missionary recruitment and retention and with Christian Medical Dental Associations (CMDA). Neil O. Thompson, MD, Panel Moderator. Served as missionary surgeon at Manorom Christian Hospital in Central Thailand from 1978-2001. He is now Medical Mission Advocate with OMF International.

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