Healthcare education and professional certification require core clinical competencies to be demonstrated before privileges are granted. In the midst of the endless cycle of healthcare training, experience, documentation and verification, there are ways to act with compassion. In global health we are called to balance competence through learning procedures, improving abilities, and honing skills, with compassion by doing what we can now to meet the immediate incredible needs before us.
This session will include leaning how the following in a community setting can help with spiritual follow up in healthcare missions:
- Utilize partnerships with local church planting agencies [Indian Christian agencies]
- Utilize relationships of trust established at the hospital or through the Community health and development programs, realizing most of us come to know Christ thru such relationships
- Offer to pray with patients / contacts
- Invite to a nearby house church for Sunday worship
Want to know the key to raising resources for a life-time of ministry or for a short-term mission trip – its Effective Ministry Partnership Development (MPD). We’ll address how correct thinking, biblical principles and practical principles are the key. This session will explain “why people give,” “how to effectively gain their support and involvement,” “ways to grow your list of prospects” and “what the basis is for successful long-term financial partnership.” Anyone wanting to increase the involvement of others in the ministry and increase their financial partnership should attend this session.
With the staggering rates of global disasters, terrorism, and even abuse in our own backyards trauma and it's debilitating affects are increasing at a terrifying rate here in the United States and around the world. Survivors of trauma need to gain healing from a variety of healthcare professionals. Trauma affects each aspect of an individual's life and requires the knowledge and understanding health care workers in every realm. But beyond the skills of medicine, rehabilitation, and psychology, what does the healthcare worker's role in addressing the patients spirituality entail. How do we as health care workers who value the role of spirituality have a gift to share beyond the mere measures of modern day science. This session not only helps to explain the neurological affects of trauma, but also how to delicately and affectively treat patients here in the United States and in culturally appropriate measures around the world using rhythmic and movement to create relationship and build trust after trauma. There will be active group participation and examples of treatment approaches during this one hour session.
This session will look at previous outbreaks of disease among missionaries. This session will also identify resources for travelers to learn about health risks associated with international travel, such as CDC's Travelers' health page containing the most up-to-date information about health needs for individuals traveling overseas.
