Medical Mission Service Training

It has been said that short-term medical missions will either build confidence in the local health systems or they will diminish it; they will build capacity or they will build dependence. This medical mission orientation hopes to convey the principles and concepts necessary to build capacity and facilitate healthcare missions that empower communities. This orientation provides a basic overview of the complexities you will face in cross cultural health care missions. The program is self-paced but is meant to be completed one module per week, and each module will require 2 to 6 hours of study. 

We hope and pray this program will ecourage you to do more in healthcare missions. This course seeks to provide a basic foundation for healthcare mission service.   

This program is available to short-term medical mission teams from Churches and para-Church organizations free of charge. We ask for a donation for those seeking CME or CEU credit for the training programs which varries based on profession and type of training program. Contact us for information CME/CEU Credit for this course. http://healthservicecorps.org/contactus.html  

Orientation Course Objectives: 

1) Describe health/medical mission models that facilitate health development and decrease the potential for harm 

2) Delineate the international standards for safe medical and nursing practice in developing countries 

3) Review and discuss the ways short term missions (medical and non-medical) have the potential to harm communities they serve 

4) Review the World Health Organization standards for child health in developing communities 

5) Review and discuss the relevant global health issues and complexities related to providing care in resource poor communities.