*Registration   *Agenda   *Faculty   *CE Credit  

Course Description and Target Audience
The Global Missions Health Conference in Louisville, KY, now in its 13th year, is one of the largest medical mission’s conferences in the world with an average of over 2,500 attendees.  GMHC brings together leaders in global health missions from around the world for networking, education and collaboration.  Our conference offers over 65 workshops addressing gaps in current practice through case study and practice applications from various health professionals and leaders.  Workshops are grouped into the following ten clusters:  Equipping & Empowering Local Personnel, Community Health, Global Health Issues and Resources for Effective Health Mission, Personal Development, Round Table Discussions on Themes in Global Health, Dinner Topics (Q & A), Short-term Teams & US Mission Methodology.  Plenary speakers for 2009 include Dr. Russell White of Tenwek Hospital, Kenya; Dr. Florence Muindi of Life in Abundance Africa; Brother Daniel from West Africa; Dr. Chuck Cheatham & Dr. Dave Stevens of Christian Medical & Dental Association.

The target audience is all specialties of physicians, nurses, pharmacist, social workers, psychologists, dentist, pharmacist, and others supporting them and interested in these topics.

Agenda                                                       
Thursday,
November 12                                               
1:00 - 4:00p
Registration             

4:15-4:45p                                                               
Conference Kick Off                                       

5:00 - 6:00p
Breakout Sessions 1

6:00 - 7:20p
Dinner and Exhibit Hall

7:30 - 9:00p
Plenary Session 1

Friday, November 13
8:00 - 9:00a
Registration

8:30 - 9:30a
Breakout Session 2

9:45 - 11:45a
Plenary Session 2

12:00 - 2:30p
Lunch and Exhibit Hall

1:30 - 2:30p
Student Mentor Groups

2:45 - 3:45p
Breakout Session 3

4:15 - 5:15p
Breakout Session 4 & Working Groups

5:30 - 7:30p
Dinner and Exhibit Hall

5:30 - 6:30p
Dinner Groups

7:30 - 9:30p
Plenary Session 3

Saturday, November 14
8:45 - 9:45a
Breakout Session 5

10 - 11:30a
Plenary Session 4

11:30 - 1p
Lunch and Exhibit Hall

1 - 2p
Breakout Session 6

2:15 - 2:45p
Closing Celebration Session


Breakout and Plenary Session Workshops
Participants Will Choose One Workshop For One Credit Hour

Thursday, November 12th, 2009 – 5:00-6:00 PM
Missions Medicine & Academic Medicine: An Unlikely Marriage?
Speaker: Russell White, MD
Location: Chapel
Category: Equipping & Empowering Nationals

Historically, the practice of medicine in the mission setting has been stereotyped as involving a single doctor involved in direct patient care from dawn until dusk, caring for a myriad of different conditions.  Little attention was given, in many situations, to the academic pursuits of teaching and research.  This workshop will strive, in an interactive fashion, to discuss the merits of adjusting our paradigm of mission medicine to involve the pursuits of training of national staff and developing local programs of medical research, which will allow for long-term change to be realized in the pursuit of providing quality, sustainable medical care.  CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY

What are the Different Foundations for Health Care and Medicine?  REPEATED
Speaker: John Patrick, MD
Location: Six Plex
Category: Biblical Foundations of Health Missions   

This workshop will discuss the differences between provision of community health and coping with individual diseases via cure, relief or palliation.  The ethics of the two systems are quite different and raise pointed problems about the proper use of limited resources.  CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY

Mid-Level Providers: The Future of Medical Missions
Speaker: John Sexton
Location: ED 202/206
Category: Global Health Issues  

Short-term medical missions often destroy community confidence in the local health system. Working through true case presentations we demonstrate how medical mission teams can cause harm in communities. These case presentations also show how the local medical community can be negatively impacted by mission teams. We then work through medical mission strategies that aid and support local health providers.  CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY

Women in Missions REPEAT
Speaker: Christine Birnie
Location: ED 210/212
Category: Personal Preparation  

Women globally have difficulties and challenges that can often only be addressed by other women.  This session will discuss the specialized and imperative role of women on the mission field and will also address the increasing roles of single women in many of these roles.  SOCIAL WORK & PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

How Your Short Term Team can Provide Long Term Care
Speaker: Michael Nahrwold
Location: ED 213
Category: Short Term Teams  

How Your Short Term Mission Can Provide Long Term Healthcare. CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY

Holistic Health & Self-Empowerment in Latin America  REPEAT
Speaker: Jose De Angulo
Location: ED 214/215
Category: Community Health   

Holistic health has been understood in many different ways, most of the time focused on different aspects of the individual with little attention to the sociopolitical and cultural factors. Individual health status and life styles are clearly determined by multiple factors and historical contexts in which individuals are immersed. This workshop will explore a 20-year case study in Latin America developing and refining a comprehensive approach which sees health as simultaneously a gift and a right/responsibility of each person and of society. Health is a journey manifested in a dynamic process of self-empowered families & communities gaining control over an integrated web of health determinants that enables them to construct meaningful and sustainable families and society. The workshop presents a 10/40/60 comprehensive model that allows community organizations, churches and government to invest resources and energies on three types of efforts: Curative interventions/Preventive care/Building healthy environments, healthy behaviors & healthy policies. Self-empowerment process in families & communities allows all to gain control over their personal and social health determinants. The traditional goal of Health for all needs a new approach where healthcare professionals can be empowered to construct healthy environments, healthy behaviors and healthy policies that allow nurturing and sustainable conditions for the coming generations. CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY 

The 10/40 Window via the 240 Window
Speaker: Rick Donlon
Location: ED 280
Category: Domestic Missions  

Despite extensive preparation and planning, many first time missionaries don't complete their first term. Many more don't return for a second term. Why do so many struggle and fail? Is there a way to increase the chances of long-term success?  SOCIAL WORK AND PSYCHOLOGY

JAMKHED Model
Speaker: Connie Gates
Location: WC 231
Category: Community Health  

The Comprehensive Rural Health Project (CRHP), Jamkhed, India, has been a pioneer in developing sustainable comprehensive community-based primary health care (CC-BPHC) since 1970, which has empowered communities to address their own health problems and development.  Villages are transformed into caring and sharing communities, working together to improve the health of the whole community, especially poor, marginalized and women.  Over the years it has continued to be innovative in its work in various aspects of health, now including non-communicable conditions and mental health, as well as various aspects of development.  The program is based on the building capacity of communities, especially through village health workers, and dealing with root causes (social determinants of health).  Its principles are equity, integration and empowerment.  The Jamkhed Institute shares this experience with people from all over the world, training leadership in CC-BPHC.  Its experience influenced the Alma Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care by WHO/UNICEF in 1978, which is currently being revitalized by WHO and others worldwide. The session will describe the philosophy, principles and practice developed by the CRHP staff and villagers of the Jamkhed area, and discuss the effectiveness and sustainability of this approach, which has been shared with people all over the world, including religious organizations.  CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Dentistry 101 REPEAT
Speaker: Sam Molind, DMD
Location: WC 264
Category: Resources for Effective Health Missions  

There are not enough dental professionals on the mission field and time and time again I have been asked, "What should I do and what can I do to help those in an emergency situation?"  Dental needs and emergencies are ubiquitous on the mission field and often a non-dentist is the only one to care for them.  Our time together will summarize some important insights and guidelines to care for those in great need without hope and without help.   CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY

Disaster Relief: Preparing to Respond
Speaker: Mitch Duininck
Location: AT 106/109
Category: Resources for Effective Health Missions

Describe what preparation a healthcare professional needs to be ready to assist after disasters and serve as a dynamic agent of love for the world.  CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Plastic Surgery in the Jungle  REPEAT
Speaker: Louis Carter
Location: ATCR 206
Category: Global Health Issues

Describes how reconstructive surgery can remove guilt, fear of a curse or fear of evil spirits in many parts of our world.  Those with severe congenital and acquired deformities often feel rejected and live isolated from their neighbors.  Reconstructive surgery often bridges the gulf to a spiritual awakening and provides evidence that they are loved.  CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY

Integrating Primary Health Care & Community Healthcare Outreach REPEAT
Speaker: Arnold Gorske
Location: FH 111
Category: Community Health

Curative primary care is essential for at least 30% of our patient healthcare problems, and we must continue our efforts to provide and teach high quality curative services. However, if we wish to provide high quality, evidence-based care for the remaining 70%, integration of community health with primary care is essential- especially on the mission field. The integration of primary care and community health was one of the main themes of the 2008 WHO World Health Report which was devoted entirely to Primary Care: http://www.who.int/whr/2008/en/index.html . This integration is also being promoted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the AMA for physicians in our country: Road maps for Clinical Practice. A Primer on Population-Based Medicine.-See AMA website: http://www.ama-assn.org/.  The following will demonstrate how an evidence-based holistic health education program can be used to integrate primary care and community health outreach at all levels of the WHO health care pyramid (Hospital, Clinic/Health Center, and Family/Community), in both rural and urban areas, and in developing countries.  CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Friday, November 13th, 2009 – 8:30-9:30 AM  
A Missionary’s Life?  Is it for you?
Speaker: David Stevens, MD
Location: Six Plex
Category: Personal Preparation   

Answer the 10 basic questions most often asked by those considering career missionary field. SOCIAL WORK , PSYCHOLOGY

Dependency & Empowerment  REPEAT
Speaker: Emily Obwaka
Location: ED 202/206
Category: Equipping and Empowering Nationals   

The volume of aid resources doesn’t matter as much as the implementation philosophy that the aid is being channeled into. The old adage that ideas have consequences is quite true.  Untested and shallow ideas often have negative consequences on those that are being served. This session will explore the difference between a dependency philosophy and an empowering strategy, and these ideas will be shared and applied to any aid related work.  SOCIAL WORK AND PSYCHOLOGY

Fostering Health System Development Through Short Term Missions  REPEAT
Speaker: Greg & Candi Seager
Location: FH 111
Category: Short Term Teams

This workshop includes a number of case presentations, which were events reported to us from multiple sources over our years of medical missions service. It is also our desire to review some of the problems caused by mission teams so we can mitigate the potential harm teams can do while working in communities.  The idea of potential harm resulting from medical missions may be difficult for some to grasp; but it does exist and in a much more real way than most of us care to acknowledge.

Unfortunately, these case presentations demonstrate how many short-term medical missions work against the health development process. The traditional medical mission model often diminishes confidence in the local health system. It can also adversely affect local health care providers economically and subvert their place of authority in the community. Short-term medical missions need to be cognoscente of these potential effects in order to utilize mission models that minimize or eliminate them. By working with local providers to facilitate health programs, and utilizing WHO standards and guidelines groups can facilitate the health development process. Working alongside local providers allows them to set the priorities demonstrate respect and promote community confidence in their knowledge and abilities.
CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Update on Malaria Treatment REPEAT
Speaker: Ron Herman
Location: ED 280
Category: Global Health Issues

Malaria control requires an integrated approach with an emphasis on prevention and prompt treatment with effective anti-malarias.  This presentation will review some of the key points of the WHO Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria and the key elements of the Global Malaria Action Plan.  Key interventions to control malaria include: prompt and effective treatment with artemisinin-based combination therapies; use of insecticidal nets by people at risk; and indoor residual spraying with insecticide to control the vector mosquitoes.  CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

The Newest Antiretroviral Agents: Their Role in Therapy REPEAT
Speaker: Dan Hussar
Location: WC 231
Category: Resources for Effective Health Missions  

Twenty-five antiretroviral agents have been marketed in the United States for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection/AIDS.  The classification of these agents is reviewed and the properties of the five newest antiretroviral agents are discussed in detail.  The specific indications for which the use of the new agents is recommended are identified, as are the risks and limitations of their use.  The advantages and disadvantages of the new agents are considered in the context of comparisons with previously marketed antiretroviral agents.  A rating (on a scale of 1 to 5) for each of the new drugs is provided based on an evaluation of their advantages and disadvantages. CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Allocation of Limited Resources REPEAT
Speaker: April Perry
Location: WC 264
Category: Resources for Effective Health Missions  

Healthcare providers will find their resources to help others limited in nearly every realm of their work-time, skills, financial, emotional, equipment and spiritual to name a few. We know what care is available to patients and come skilled to provide it. But many times we are unable to provide it due to limitations of many kinds on the field. How does one decide what care to provide and whom to provide it to? This talk will discuss the conflicts the healthcare provider finds in the field as they serve to provide health care in less than optimal circumstances.  Using a spiritual healing ministry as an example, guidelines will be provided on how to effectively serve in situations where care cannot be given to all as the healthcare provider would like. A foundation in decision making and practical guidelines will be discussed to assist the front line healthcare provider with these problems.  CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Human Trafficking, Health, and Medicine REPEAT
Speaker: Katherine Welch
Location: WC 370
Category: Global Health Issues

A basic overview of the human trafficking situation and the health consequences of human trafficking will be provided. Many opportunities already exist for health professionals to become involved against trafficking. For those at this conference looking to be involved on the front lines of injustice around the world, organizations and health professionals will assess the efforts already being made, how to get more involved, and what still needs to be done.  CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Building Strategic Partnerships for Effective Resource Utilization
Speaker: Donald Thompson
Location: AT 106/109
Category: Resources for Effective Health Missions

How can I get started in providing health care in the medical mission field?  This workshop will help answer this essential question for those desiring to serve in medical missions, and those who desire to increase their effectiveness by partnering with others.  Discuss motivations for partnership, including access to resources, experience, and needed capabilities; types of partners available; barriers to successful partnership; and initial steps necessary to begin to develop a successful partnership.  CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Whole Person Care
Speaker: Dan Fountain
Location: ATCR 200/202
Category: Round Table Discussions

This session will explore how to prepare to provide health care and serve the vast spiritual and emotional needs of disaster victims. Information will be shared on how to prepare yourself as a healthcare professional and your team to work in such devastating emotional conditions.   CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY

Case Studies in HIV/AIDS REPEAT
Speaker: Suzie Snyder
Location: ATCR 206
Category: Community Health

Despite the declining AIDS death rate and lessening HIV prevalence in many African countries, HIV/AIDS remains a tremendous challenge with medical, emotional, economic and social problems. Using case presentations and an interactive format, this workshop will explore HIV/AIDS care and treatment issues particularly from the speaker’s experience in Africa. CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Caring for your Neighbor: A Look at the US Health Care System and the Uninsured REPEAT
Speaker: Art Jones
Location: FH 111
Category: Domestic Missions

Despite outspending every other nation to provide health care for its people, the U.S. fails to measure up in many basic measures of health status, and leaves millions uninsured and without adequate access to health care services.  This workshop examines the evolution of the U.S. Health Care system and attempts to predict future trends, especially as it impacts our ability to care for the disenfranchised.  CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Friday, November 13th, 2009 – 2:45-3:45 PM 
Allocation of Limited Resources REPEAT
Speaker: April Perry
Location: ED 214/215
Category: Resources for Effective Health Missions   

Healthcare professionals in the field will find their resources to help others limited in nearly every realm of their work-time including: skills, financial, emotional, equipment and spiritual to name a few. We know what care is available to patients and come skilled to provide it, but many times we are unable to provide it due to limitations of many kinds. How does one decide what care to provide and whom to provide it to? This talk will discuss the conflicts the medical missionary finds on the mission field as they serve to provide health care in less than optimal circumstances. Using spiritual guidelines as an example, these guidelines will be provided on how to effectively serve in situations where care cannot be given to all as the healthcare professional would like. A foundation in decision making and practical guidelines will be explored to assist the front line healthcare professional with these problems. CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY

TB DOTS Treatment in Afghanistan
Speaker: Brad Friar
Location: ED 280
Category: Global Health Issues

This session will critically review one team’s 5-year experience in Afghanistan combating tuberculosis and seeking to introduce spirituality to the population.  We will review the initial call and vision for our work, the current public health situation in Afghanistan, high points and low points, and candidly discuss what worked and what did not.   CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Empowering Nationals to Develop Culture-Specific Strategies for HIV Prevention & Ministry
Speaker: Duane Crumb
Location: WC 231
Category: Equipping & Empowering Nationals   

In this interactive session we will discuss what makes HIV prevention and ministry effective, the importance of the active involvement of the church in HIV and why it is essential to tailor strategies to local culture. The session will be based on the experience of the facilitator in HIV prevention (since 1985) and in empowering nationals to develop their own unique approaches to and tools for HIV assistance around the world. CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Why do so many New Missionaries Wash Out?   REPEAT
Speaker: Rick Donolon
Location: ATCR 206
Category: Personal Preparation 

Work among the poor in the US is remarkably good preparation for healthcare workers interested in serving overseas. This session will demonstrate how work in the inner-city of Memphis TN has prepared many missionaries for the toughest fields on earth--and how this model could be employed all over the U.S. Social Workers and Psychologists

Fostering Health System Development Through Short Term Missions  REPEAT
Speaker: Greg & Candi Seager
Location: FH 111
Category: Short Term Teams

This workshop includes a number of case presentations, which were events reported to us from multiple sources over our years of medical missions service. It is also our desire to review some of the problems caused by mission teams so we can mitigate the potential harm teams can do while working in communities.  The idea of potential harm resulting from medical missions may be difficult for some to grasp; but it does exist and in a much more real way than most of us care to acknowledge.

Unfortunately, these case presentations demonstrate how many short-term medical missions work against the health development process. The traditional medical mission model often diminishes confidence in the local health system. It can also adversely affect local health care providers economically and subvert their place of authority in the community. Short-term medical missions need to be cognoscente of these potential effects in order to utilize mission models that minimize or eliminate them. By working with local providers to facilitate health programs, and utilizing WHO standards and guidelines groups can facilitate the health development process. Working alongside local providers allows them to set the priorities demonstrate respect and promote community confidence in their knowledge and abilities. CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Friday, November 13th, 2009 – 4:15-5:15
Plastic Surgery in the Jungle REPEAT
Speaker: Louis Carter, MD
Location: Chapel
Category: Global Health Issues

Describes how reconstructive surgery is used to remove guilt, fear of a curse or evil spirits in many parts of our world.  Those with severe congenital and acquired deformities often feel rejected and live isolated from their neighbors.  Reconstructive surgery often bridges the gulf and gives evidence that they are loved.  CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY

Mission Pharmacy for Short Term Teams
Speaker: Bob Coulter
Location: ED 210/212
Category: Short Term Teams

This presentation will review the various suppliers available for short term mission pharmacy.  Their processes, lead times, product availability and cost considerations will be presented. AAFP, CME,  NURSING, PHARMACY

Holistic Health & Self-Empowerment in Latin America: A Christian Perspective REPEAT
Speaker: Jose De Angulo
Location: ED 213
Category: Community Health  

Holistic health has been understood in many different ways, most of the time focused on different aspects of the individual with little attention to the sociopolitical and cultural factors. Individual health status and life styles are clearly determined by multiple factors and historical contexts in which individuals are immersed. This workshop will explore a 20-year case study in Latin America developing and refining a comprehensive approach which sees health as simultaneously a gift and a right/responsibility of each person and of society. Health is a journey manifested in a dynamic process of self-empowered families & communities gaining control over an integrated web of health determinants that enables them the construction meaningful and sustainable families and society. The workshop presents a 10/40/60 comprehensive model that allows communities organizations, churches and government to invest resources and energies on three type of efforts: Curative interventions, Preventive care, Building healthy environments, healthy behaviors & healthy policies. Self-empowerment process in families & communities allows one to gain control over their personal and social health determinants. The traditional goal of Health for All needs a new approach.  All for Health, in which believers can be embodied in constructing healthy environments, healthy behaviors and healthy policies that allow nurturing and sustainable conditions for the coming generations.  CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY

Human Trafficking, Health, and Medicine REPEAT
Speaker: Katherine Welch
Location: ED 214/215
Category: Global Health Issues

A basic overview of the human trafficking situation and the health consequences of human trafficking will be provided. Many opportunities already exist for health professionals to become involved against trafficking. For those at this conference looking to be involved on the front lines of injustice around the world, organizations and health professionals will assess the efforts already being made, how to get more involved, and what still needs to be done. CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY

The ABCs of Appropriate Medical Equipment for Mission Hospitals & Clinics 
Speaker: Rick Wood
Location: ED 280
Category: Resources for Effective Health Missions

Finding appropriate medical resources for your mission project is a challenge. This session will explain how to evaluate medical projects, determine what specific equipment is needed, and how to find the resources to meet those needs. CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Nursing Leadership Development Through STMs
Speaker: Robyn Bullock
Location: WC 231
Category: Short Term Teams   

Nurses from developed countries who have advanced degrees, such as MSN and PHD. are strategically positioned to meet the growing need of Nursing Leadership by development of nurse leaders in developing countries. Today, in many developing countries, nursing is still yet to be recognized for its significant impact on quality patient care.  As a result, these nurses are seen more as subordinates to physicians and lack the opportunities to develop to their full potential as leaders in healthcare organizations and in the provision of quality patient care.  NURSING

What are the Different Foundations for Health Care & Medicine?
Speaker: John Patrick, MD
Location: WC 370
Category: Biblical Foundations of Health Missions

This workshop will discuss the differences between provision of community health and coping with individual diseases via cure, relief or palliation.  The ethics of the two systems are quite different and raise pointed problems about the proper use of limited resources. CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Missions, Medicine, and Academic Medicine: An Unlikely Marriage?
Speaker: Russell White
Location: ATCR 200/202
Category: Equipping & Empowering Nationals

Historically, healthcare professionals in the mission setting have been stereotyped as involving a single doctor involved in direct patient care from dawn until dusk, caring for a myriad of different conditions.  Little attention was given, in many situations, to the academic pursuits of teaching and research.  This workshop will strive, in an interactive fashion, to discuss the merits of adjusting our paradigm of missions medicine to involve the pursuits of training of national staff and developing local programs of medical research (along with spiritual discipleship) which will allow for long-term change to be realized in the pursuit of providing quality, sustainable medical care.  CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Women in Missions REPEAT
Speaker: Christine Birnie
Location: FH 111
Category: Personal Preparation

Women globally have difficulties and challenges that can often only be addressed by other women.  This session will discuss the specialized and imperative role of women on the mission field and will also address the increasing roles of single women in many of these roles.  SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Saturday, November 14th, 2009 – 8:45-9:45 AM
Why Do So Many New Missionaries Wash Out?

Speaker: Rick Donolon
Location: Six Plex
Category: Personal Preparation   

Work among the poor in the US is remarkably good preparation for healthcare workers interested in serving overseas. This session will demonstrate how work in the inner-city of Memphis TN has prepared many missionaries for the toughest fields on earth--and how this model could be employed all over the U.S. CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY

Sustainability By Medical & Public Health Capacity Building
Speaker: Donald Thompson
Location: ED 214/215
Category: Equipping & Empowering Nationals 

What steps should I take so my efforts contribute to lasting change in the community where I will serve as a healthcare professional?  You will review components, content, governance, and types of service providers in successful healthcare delivery systems; and will identify areas and opportunities for sustainable capacity building.  A discussion of engagement strategies will follow, and will include political, regional, cultural, and worldview issues, and steps that will help avoid feeding corruption and creating dependency. CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY

Maternal Mortality: A Key Battle
Speaker: Donna Harrison
Location: ED 280
Category: Global Health Issues

A session to familiarize the healthcare professional with the Millennium Development Goals of maternal mortality and the implications for life issues internationally. CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Drug Diversion: How It Hurts All of Us
Speaker: Harold Harder
Location: WC 231
Category: Global Health Issues    

Drug diversion, counter-fitting and unethical drugs are not just a major problem in developing nations.  This problem has now come home to the USA and affects or potentially could affect any person here as well as those abroad.  This workshop will first focus on the magnitude of the problem.  New regulations that will be enforced within the US will be briefly outlined.  Finally, there will be a presentation of various means to limit or eliminate this problem. CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Suffering & Evil In The Eastern Worldview: A Simplified Approach For The Western Mind
Speaker: Vinod Shah
Location: WC 264

Career medical missions have changed dramatically in the past few decades. The building of mission hospitals has dramatically dropped.  The focus of mission organizations has changed. The amount of time and money needed to train a doctor and other healthcare professionals in the US is incredible and prevents healthcare professionals from going into career missions. The great majority of medical needs overseas can be handled by nurse practitioners, physician assistants and nurse anesthetists.  Often, physician specialists can periodically visit to help the rest.  Young people desiring to be a healthcare professional in the mission field should consider mid-level training for missions preparation.  CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY

Community Health
Speaker: Dan Fountain, MD
Location: WC 370
Category: Community Health

This session will address three questions:  What are the cultural origins of health-related behavior?   How can we help people and communities change health-related behavior through changes in the cultural origins of their behavior?   How does community health promote the spiritual being of the people?  CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY

Identifying Transformation
Speaker: Stan Rowland
Location: ATCR 200/202
Category: Round Table Discussions 

In our time together we will grapple with, how can you identify if holistic transformation is taking place in your locations of service. The world transformation is used quite frequently in ministry today but very few organizations are able to know if true transformation is taking place in all areas of people’s lives. A Survey will be presented which was filled out by 25 organizations on how they viewed transformation and how they are trying to identify if it is taking place.  SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY

The Newest Antiretroviral Agents: Their Role in Therapy   REPEAT
Speaker: Dan Hussar
Location: ATCR 206
Category: Resources for Effective Health Missions 

Twenty-five antiretroviral agents have been marketed in the United States for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection/AIDS.  The classification of these agents is reviewed and the properties of the five newest antiretroviral agents are discussed in detail.  The specific indications for which the use of the new agents is recommended are identified, as are the risks and limitations of their use.  The advantages and disadvantages of the new agents are considered in the context of comparisons with previously marketed antiretroviral agents.  A rating (on a scale of 1 to 5) for each of the new drugs is provided based on an evaluation of their advantages and disadvantages.  CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Update on Malaria Treatment REPEAT
Speaker: Ron Herman
Location: FH 111
Category: Global Health Issues 

Malaria control requires an integrated approach with an emphasis on prevention and prompt treatment with effective anti-malarials. This presentation will review some of the key points of the WHO Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria and the key elements of the Global Malaria Action Plan. Key interventions to control malaria include: prompt and effective treatment with artemisinin-based combination therapies; use of insecticidal nets by people at risk; and indoor residual spraying with insecticide to control the vector mosquitoes.  CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Saturday, November 14th, 2009 – 1:00-2:00 PM 
Integrating Primary Health Care & Community Health Evangelism REPEAT
Speaker: Arnold Gorske
Location: ED 210/212
Category: Community Health

Curative primary care is essential for at least 30% of our patient healthcare problems, and we must continue our efforts to provide and teach high quality curative services. However, if we wish to provide high quality, evidence-based care for the remaining 70%, integration of community health with primary care is essential- especially on the mission field. The integration of primary care and community health was one of the main themes of the 2008 WHO World Health Report which was devoted entirely to Primary Care: http://www.who.in/whr/2008/en/index.html    This integration is also being promoted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the AMA for physicians in our country: Road maps for Clinical Practice. A Primer on Population-Based Medicine.-See AMA website: http://www.ama-assn.org/ The following will demonstrate how an evidence-based holistic health education program can be used to integrate primary care and community health evangelism at all levels of the WHO health care pyramid (Hospital, Clinic/Health Center, and Family/Community), in both rural and urban areas, and in developed as well as developing countries.  CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Case Studies in HIV/AIDS REPEAT
Speaker: Suzie Snyder
Location: WC 231
Category: Community Health     

Despite the declining AIDS death rate and lessening HIV prevalence in many African countries, HIV/AIDS remains a tremendous challenge with medical, emotional, economic and social problems. Using case presentations and an interactive format, this workshop will explore HIV/AIDS care and treatment issues particularly from the speaker’s experience in Africa.CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Dependency vs. Empowerment REPEAT
Speaker: Emily Obwaka
Location: WC 264
Category: Equipping and Empowering Nationals 

The volume of aid resources does not matter as much as the implementation philosophy that the aid is being channeled into. The old adage that ideas have consequences is quite true. Untested and shallow ideas often have negative consequences on those that are being served. This session will explore the difference between a dependency philosophy and an empowering strategy, and these ideas will be shared in such a way to be applied to any aid related work. SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY

Improving Medical Care by Improving Medical Teaching
Speaker: Sharon Falkenheimer
Location: WC 370
Category: Equipping and Empowering Nationals 

There is a great shortage of well-trained health care workers. Healthcare education in many nations does not effectively prepare students to be able to work independently upon graduation.  These nations focus on use of the lecture method, rather than methods which facilitate adult learning.  Realizing this is a problem, nations are increasingly requesting training in how to teach effectively.  This session will outline more effective, interactive methods to use in teaching adults to enable them to learn more effectively, retain what is taught and be able to put what they have learned into practice. CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Global Health Trends
Speaker: Ted Kuhn
Location: ATCR 206
Category: Global Health Issues

This presentation will cover major threats to global health, including current and emerging infectious diseases.  CME, AAFP, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, PHARMACY

Faculty
Christine Birnie, Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutics
St. John Fischer College, Wegmans School of Pharmacy

Robyn Bullock, MSN, RN
Christian Medical College

Louis L. Carter, Jr. MD, FACS
Consultant Plastic and Hand Surgeon, SIM USA   SIM USA Medical Consultant
University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga Unit, Chattanooga, TN

Bob Coulter, RPh
Red Cross United Drug, Inc

Duane Crumb
HIV Hope
New Mission Systems International

Jose DeAngulo, MD, MAR, MPH
MAP International Bolivia National Director
MAP International

Rick Donlon, MD
Associate Professor of General Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Sciences
Center, Memphis, TN
Christ Community Health Services

Mitchell W. Duininck, M.D.
President and Residency Director, In His Image, Inc. 
In His Image, Inc.

(Name Protected) MEI Director, MA (Bioethics), MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Preventative Medicine and Community Health,
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas
Fellow, Center for Bioethics& Human Dignity, Trinity International University,
Deerfield, IL

Dan Fountain, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Director, Global Health Training Program
King College, Bristol TN

Brad Friar, MD
Christ Community Health Services
Memphis, TN.

Connie Gates, MPH
President
Jamkhed International- North America (JINA)

Arnold L Gorske, MD
Editor, Health Education Program for Developing Countries
Health Education Program For Developing Countries

Harold C. Harder, PhD
President
Blessings International

Donna Harrison, MD
President, American Association of Pro-Life OBGYN’S
Southwestern Medical Clinic

Ronald A. Herman, Ph.D.
Director, Iowa Drug Information Network
Assoc. Professor (Clinical)
University of Iowa College of Pharmacy

Daniel A. Hussar, Ph.D.
Remington Professor of Pharmacy
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

Art Jones, MD, FACP
Founder, Lawndale Christian Health Center
Lawndale Christian Health Center

Walter Kuhn (Ted), MD, FACEP, RDMS, DTMTH
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Medical College of
Georgia and Medical Director, Mission to the World, Presbyterian Church in America
Medical College of Georgia, and Mission to the World

Samuel E. Molind, DMD
Director of Global Health Outreach, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
Christian Medical & Dental Associations, USA

Michael Nahrwold, MD
Professor (retired)
Medical missionary

Emily Njoki Obwaka, BDS, MPH, MA (Missions)
Dr./ Country Director
Life in Abundance - Kenya

John Patrick, M.B., B.S., M.R.C.P., M.D.
Professor
Augustine College, Ottawa, Canada

April Perry, APN, M.Ed
Clinical Educator
Duke HomeCare and Hospice

Stanley Rowland, BA, OPM
Facilitator Neighborhood Transformation
Collaborative for Transformational Ministry

Candi Seager, RN
Adult ICU RN
Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, TX

Greg Seager, RN
Supervisor of Patient Care Services
Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital

John Sexton, MSN, FNP
Staff practitioner
Three Streams Family Health Center, INC.

Suzie Snyder, MD
CMF Fields Medical Consultant
Christian Missionary Fellowship

David Stevens, MD
CEO
Christian Medical  & Dental Associations

Donald Thompson, MD, MPH, THM
Senior Medical and Public Health Program Director
George Mason University School of Law

Katherine Welch
Medical Director, Global Health Promise; Board Member, Doctors At War;
living in Asia since 2000

Russell White, MD, MPH, FACS
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery       
Medical Superintendent, Chief of Surgery
Tenwek Hospital, Kenya:  Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI

Richard Wood, BA
President
TECH, Midland, MI

Continuing Education Credit
Physician Credit - The University of Louisville Continuing Health Sciences Education office designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing Credit - This program has been approved by the Kentucky Board of Nursing for 1.2 contact hours for each of the following workshop dates and times,  1) 11/12/09 - 5:00 PM provider number 3-0046-01-2013-95 ; 2) 11/13/09 - 8:30 AM provider number 3-0046-01-2013-96; 3) 11/13/09 - 2:45 PM provider number 3-0046-01-2013-97; 4) 11/13/09 - 4:15 PM provider number 3-0046-01-2013-98; 5) 11/14/09 - 8:45 AM provider number 3-0046-01-2013-99 & 6) 11/14/09 - 1:00 PM provider number 3-0046-01-2013-100 through the University of Louisville School of Nursing, expiration date January 31, 2013.  The Kentucky Board of Nursing approval of an individual nursing education provider does not constitute endorsement of program content.  Participants must attend entire session, provide license and SS#, and complete evaluation to receive contact hours.

Psychologist - The Kentucky Board of Psychology has approved this program for 6.0 Continuing Education Units.

Social Worker - This conference has been approved for CEU credit for participating social workers by the Kentucky Chapter, NASW.

AAFP - Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending.

Pharmacist - Continuing pharmacy education credit pending Kentucky Board of Pharmacy approval.

Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the University of Louisville and Southeast Christian Church. The University of Louisville is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Registration
Registration Fee:
Physicians, $185.00
Nurses, $185.00
U of L Faculty, $110.00
U of L students, $45.00
U of L Residents, $45.00
Career Missionary $ 45.00, Exhibitors $45.00

To Register, Contact Julie Snipp: 502-253-8069 or jsnipp@secc.org


Refund Policy
Requests for cancellation must be submitted to jsnipp@secc.org


Parking
Free parking is available to attendees on campus at Southeast Christian Church.


Driving Directions
For driving directions, go to http://www.mapquest.com/


Learning Objectives & Outcomes
OBJECTIVES
1) Discuss the merits of adjusting our paradigm of mission medicine to involve the pursuits of training of national staff and developing local programs of medical research.
2) Distinguish the differences between provision of community health and coping with individual diseases via cure, relief or palliation.
3) Demonstrate how the local medical community can be negatively impacted by mission teams and work through medical mission strategies that aid and support local healthcare providers.
4) Address the specialized and imperative role of women on the mission field and the increasing role of single women.
5) Describe how short term missions can provide long term healthcare.
6) Illustrate how community organizations, churches and government can invest resources and energies on three types of efforts: Curative interventions/Preventive care/Building healthy environments, healthy behaviors & healthy policies.
7) Implement healthy environments, healthy behaviors and healthy policies that allow nurturing and sustainable conditions for coming generations.
8) Empower communities to address their own health problems and development.
9) Describe the philosophy, principles and practice developed by the CRHP staff and villagers of the Jamkhed area.
10) Discuss the effectiveness and sustainability of the CRHP staff and the villagers of the Jamkhed area.
11) Apply insights and guidelines to care for those who need immediate dental attention.
12) Describe the preparation that healthcare professionals need to assist after disasters.
13) Describes how reconstructive surgery can remove guilt, fear of a curse or fear of evil spirits in many parts of our world.
14) Demonstrate how an evidence-based holistic health education program can be used to integrate primary care and community health.
15) Explore 10 basic questions asked by those considering a career in the mission field.
16) Discuss the difference between a dependency philosophy and an empowering strategy in order to apply these ideas to aid related work.
17) Identified key interventions to control malaria.
18) Discuss the Twenty-five antiretroviral agents that are marketed in the United States for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection/AIDS. 
19) Summarize the classification of the antiretroviral agents. 
20) Review the properties of the five newest antiretroviral agents.
21) Identify specific indications for the use of the new antiretroviral agents.
22) Cite the risks and limitations of the antiretroviral agents’ use. 
23) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the new antiretroviral agents.
24) Explore the conflicts the healthcare provider finds in the field as they serve to provide health care in less than optimal circumstances.
25) Assess the human trafficking situation and the health consequences of human trafficking.
26) State how to get started in providing health care in the medical mission field.
27) Explore how to prepare to provide health care and serve the vast spiritual and emotional needs of disaster victims.
28) Describe HIV/AIDS care and treatment issues particularly from the speaker’s experience in Africa.
29) Examine the evolution of the U.S. Health Care system and attempts to predict future trends, especially as it impacts our ability to care for the disenfranchised.
30) Discuss the conflicts the healthcare professional in the field finds as they serve to provide health care in less than optimal circumstances.
31) Critique what makes HIV prevention and ministry effective.
32) Review the various suppliers available for short term mission pharmacy. 

OUTCOME:
Gain knowledge on medical missions and networking so that the healthcare professionals will be able to treat and educate their patients in a global outreach.


Background/Needs Assessment
Each year the GMHC connects healthcare professionals and students with one another and with mission workers, agencies, non-profit organization leaders, and ministers. Further, through main sessions and breakouts the conference provides information, training and equipping for medical personnel interested in ways to use their skills to connect healthcare to the global community.

The Global Missions Health Conference exists to inform, train, and equip health care professionals and students to use their medical skills to further education, all through sharing healthcare knowledge with those in need on both the international and domestic mission field.

The Global Missions Health Conference began in 1996 as a way to bring healthcare professionals and students together to network with missions and ministry experts. From its first gathering of a couple hundred people, the conference has grown to become the largest of its kind in the world, drawing more than 2,000 each year. Whether you are a dentist seeking opportunities in short-term medical missions or a medical missionary looking for partners, the GMHC provides one of the most inclusive gatherings for all areas of health ministry around the world.

An interactive pre-conference each year encourages participants to develop strategies on various medical missions issues such as HIV/AIDS, and holistic healing. Plenary speakers at the conference come from both small and large para-church organizations, prominent medical and research schools, and government and church leaders. Former speakers include: Richard Stearns of World Vision; Ben Homan of Food for the Hungry; Dr. John Tarpley of Vanderbilt University; and Dr. Ed Green of Harvard. In addition to main sessions, the conference offers dozens of breakout sessions in smaller, often interactive formats.


Special Services
If you need special accommodations due to a disability, or for an alternative form of course materials, please contact Julie Snipp: 502-253-8069 or jsnipp@secc.org at least 14 days prior to the date of this program. Continuing Health Sciences Education fully complies with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof.


Accreditation
The University of Louisville School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.