Podcast

This session will explore goals of intervention for children with cerebral palsy or spina bifida and how to accomplish this in a setting with limited resources. We will look at the basics of treatment, equipment options, seating and positioning, and bracing.

The implications of a community's worldview and long term missions in Africa -- Could poverty and underdevelopment in the material realm have a metaphysical rather than a physical root? The answer
is yes! In this session, we will explore the concept of worldview and examine its implications for the health and development of people, communities, and cultures. We will also examine ten specific principles from Scripture that relate to health and healthcare that hold the potential to bring dramatic, positive, sustainable change to people and communities.

Objectives: (1) Describe the six key indigenous partner groups needed for effective medical missions (2) Discuss three common challenge areas for medical missions: Missiologic Point of View, Curative Care Perspective, Surgical Care (3) Explore WHO guidelines relevent to the use of oral medications in medical missions

The search for medical equipment and supplies for your mission project seems to be a never ending challenge. We often settle for whatever we can find and have low expectations. God has high standards and the ability to provide if we seek Him for these resources. This session will provide information on how to evaluate medical projects, determine what specific equipment is needed, and how to find the resources to meet those needs.

While not a new problem, human trafficking is now a globally acknowledged issue of our times. Even so, many people do not have a solid grasp of what exactly it is, how it happens, and what the core issues are in order to counter it. An overview of human trafficking internationally, including to/from the USA as well as outside the States is presented here. Some specific examples of how human trafficking may intersect the life and work of health care professionals are given, but more depth on that topic is given in other talks.