Podcast

Do you want to "live on mission" with your patients regardless of whether you are stateside or abroad? This session will present proven and practical methods that will help you assess and address the spiritual needs of your patients in a professional, ethical, and compassionate manner. These tools have been utilized in secular and faith-based healthcare settings worldwide. Bob serves as executive director of Medical Strategic Network, which for 33 years, has been equipping healthcare students and professionals to care for the whole person.

Empowering nurses and nursing students through education and experience to maximize their potential as effective nurse leaders, thus creating positive and sustainable outcomes in their communities and nation.

There are over 50 million disabled people in Africa. 18-20% would likely improve with some surgical care. Africa has insufficient surgical expertise to provide for this need, and will likely not have sufficient sub specialists for 50-100 years. An alternate form of limited training is needed both for the surgical and the support needs of the disabled.
Care for the disabled opens spiritual doors for both the child and the parents. It may also open doors into traditionally "closed" countries.

This session will share answers on how to select a missions agency. Each person who attends will receive a 3 x 5 card when they enter the room. The moderator John McVay will group and select questions, direct them to appropriate panelists, and receive questions from the floor. Probable topics discussed from questions expected are: agency focus, doctrine, finances, services, leadership, locations, compatibility.

 

About the moderator: 

John McVay is a missions mobilizer who organizes and moderates a panel of doctors and nurses at GMHC. For prospective missionaries in the USA John launched the Ask A Missionary email newsletter (circulation 2,000) and website. He co-founded The Journey Deepens weekend retreats and served for nine years as a missions pastor. He, his wife Nicole and their children lived and served as missionaries in China for a semester and in France for a year. John now serves In His Image International as Chief Operating Officer for the Family Medicine Residency and missions outreaches. John has a M.S. in Electrical Engineering and a M.Div. in Theology and Missions.

Cross cultural health care service calls for a spectrum of specialized knowledge, skills and attitudes. How does a potential worker equipped him/herself to serve effectively and thrive in such a demanding role as medical missionaries?

We will focus on the key role of mentoring in cross cultural training, and discuss how to find mentors who can facilitate one's development. The selection of an organization with an ethos that supports mentoring will also be discussed.

This interactive session will be of particular relevance to those preparing to serve as cross cultural health care workers, while also being useful to those who are preparing such workers.