Welcome to the MedicalMissions.com Podcast

This is a series of sessions from leading experts in healthcare missions.

Cultural Distress and the Physiological Response

What is cultural distress? It is a negative response rooted in a cultural conflict where the patient lacks control over their situation. It results in more physiologic effects on the body resulting in allostatic overload. To prevent this, healthcare practitioners must use strategies such as cultural humility to help patients navigate healthcare. Come find the best ways to deliver culturally sensitive care in any setting.


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How to Use (and Not Abuse) Our Power as Healthcare Missionaries

The practice of healthcare is inherently powerful, and our patients are vulnerable to our power. Though power can be abused, the righteous use of power, for the benefit of the vulnerable, is profoundly Christlike. We will explore the lessons of power which help us understand our roles, including the fundamental nature of professionalism and key kingdom strategies of healthcare missions.


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How Compassion, Technology, and Innovation Empower Health Equity in Resource-Limited Contexts

Transforming healthcare delivery in resource-limited contexts around the world calls for compassionate, innovative solutions. Learn how The Luke Commission is bringing healthcare to the most isolated and underserved in Eswatini through a scalable model for advancing health equity.


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Faith and the Fight Against Human Trafficking - A Missions Journey

Develop an understanding of faith, its depth, the growth, and the journey from a mission standpoint and from a personal standpoint. Gain a revelation that God uses all our skills, if we are willing to surrender all to Him. Learn how faith works in the fight against human trafficking. Understand the link between human trafficking and craniofacial birth defects


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