A look at the life of Dr. Paul Brand, a pioneer in developing tendon transfer techniques for use in the hands of those with leprosy.
A Glimpse of Africa through the eyes of Dr. David Stevens and his mentor, Dr. Ernie Steury
Medical education in missions is becoming an increasingly important vehicle not only for improving health care (building capacity) in a given country but also for evangelizing the lost and discipling believing health care providers. This is especially true in creative access countries where traditional approaches to providing health care and Christian witness through medical missions may not be accepted or allowed. This session will look at the potential benefits of including medical education in a medical mission vision, both for short-term trips and long-term calls. Examples will be taken from creative access countries in the 10-40 window and elsewhere.
This session will focus on the treatment of malaria both outside and within the United States. Time will also be spent on symptom control and the potential for a malaria vaccine.
It is the general idea that the short-term missions is one sided. Often creating dependency- teams from USA go to the underdeveloped country to help and bring short term relief and address felt needs in the comminutes of the countries they visit. While that may be true, ‘passing on of skills’ showcases how the trend can be reversed and these very missions can impact providing long term and sustainable projects and help move from ‘relief’ to ‘development’ and self sustaining mode. Caleb Rayapati, will show case how the “Pass on the skills” is making an impact on the ground, a firsthand account of the partnering mission using the Dental Outreach skills in self sustaining method, involved in community development in India impacting through practice of Biblical wholisim.
