Christian Academy of African Physicians



Christian Academy of African PhysiciansCAAPHealthcare Missions Preparatory Courses and Resources 2019USA-based Global Health Short Courses and On-lineThere are several one to three-week courses that give an overview of cross-cultural health and medical issues and an introduction to core tropical medicine topics. They are quite valuable for understanding the broad range of health interventions employed in medical missions. These courses are encouraged for you to consider.CMDA Orientation to Medical Missions: Preparing the Career Medical Missionary CMDA provides this excellent 3-day overview of orientation issues pertinent to medical and health-related missions that do not get covered in the general AIM US orientation. This is recommended for all long-term U.S. health ministry appointees.Place:CMDA Headquarters, Bristol, TennesseeWhen:Spring/summer weekend 2019 Dates: 14 - 19 MarchCost: $195 ($125 for resident/student); $170 ($110) for spouseWebsite: Course on International Health: Clinical Community Care Sponsor: U of ArizonaProf. of Family Medicine, Ron Pust, initiated this course in 1982 and continues to coordinate. Although taken mostly by medical students contemplating a summer international experience and not specifically mission focused, it is an excellent, interactive approach with focus on community aspects of majority world health needs. Place:U of Arizona, Tuscon, ArizonaWhen:2019 Dates: 30 Sept – 18 October 2020 Dates: 11 – 29 May Cost:$950 tuition + housing ($300-400)Website: Medicine (INMED) Self-Paced CoursesSponsor: INMEDINMED offers on-line courses that offer CME credits in the following areas: international public health, diseases of poverty, disaster medicine management, international HIV medicine, international health leadership and cross-cultural competency.Place:OnlineWhen:Each course available on-line with 90 days to finishCost: $29 for 90-day subscription to each course; $50 with 5 hrs. CME creditWebsite: U of MN Global Family Medicine CourseA 40 hour, all online subset of the U of Minnesota Global Health Course that is focused on clinical and administrative preparation for family medicine global service. Place: OnlineModules: Overview, Clinical practice in resource-limited setting; Environmental issues, Nutrition; Infectious Diseases; Trauma and disaster management; Surgery in resource-limited settings; Special topicsCost: $795; $400 if living globallyWebsite access: International – Missionary Medicine for PhysiciansThe training consists of detailed presentations of the most common diseases seen in majority world settings emphasizing diagnosis and treatment in resource constrained settings Place:Marion, NC Also in Shawnigan Lake, British ColumbiaWhen:2019 Dates: 12 – 16 NovemberCost:$990 Website: Health EvangelismThe training consists of detailed presentations of the most common diseases seen in majority world settings emphasizing diagnosis and treatment in resource constrained settings Place:Marion, NC; Shawnigan Lake, British ColumbiaWhen:2019 Dates: 19 – 24 May and 22 – 27 SeptemberCost:$660 Website: Health Evangelism ToT Training Sponsor: Medical AmbassadorsThere are three levels of Training the Trainers (ToT) seminars, each held for three days.Place:Several venues –California, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa When:See website for list of 4 – 6 training sessions per year; 3 days each.Cost:$50 registrationWebsite: Unite for Sight Global Health UniversityA Yale University-based NGO that runs an annual Spring well-attended global health conference at Yale. Their education site online is like a boiled down MPH, covering a large portion of the topics for pretravel orientation and preparation that a clinician or educator needs in some very condensed readings. Choose from a number of certificate programs, depending on what you role you’ll be playing overseas. Our board member, Dr. Steve Merry, requires all Mayo Clinic students, residents and fellows doing international health electives to do the readings for a Certificate in Global Health Practice on this site.Place: OnlineCost:Free, unless you want to pay for an official diplomaWebsite: USAID Global Health eLearning CenterA long list of thorough online courses and certificates, each designed to take 6- 9 months. Commonly accessed courses are HIV Basics, M&E Fundamentals, Malaria, Antenatal Care, Diarrheal Disease, Youth Reproductive Health, Family Planning 101, Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIVPlace: OnlineCost:FreeWebsite: Duke Divinity School Theology, Medicine and Culture Fellowship (1 year)The Fellowship is a graduate program that provides in-depth Christian theological formation for those with vocations to healthcare. They have both one-year and two-year tracks, with the latter completing a Master's in Theological Studies (MTS) degree. All Fellows receive at least 50% tuition support, and they now have a limited number of full tuition scholarships for those completing the MTS.?Co-director: Dr. Farr Curlin Place: Duke Divinity School, Durham, NCWhen:Application deadline 15 April for Fall Semester start Website: There are a number of other short and long courses offered in affliation with medical schools or international health institutes around the country. Please contact us for more information or to suggest one that you know about.International Medical Missions Preparatory CoursesIndia - Certificate in Tropical MedicineA certificate in traditional tropical medicine topics taken in an endemic site of tropical disease since 2005. Affiliated with McGill U., Canada. Place:Christian Medical College Vellore India When: 2019 Dates: 18– 30 November Cost: $1800 plus travel and accommodation Website: UK - Developing Health Course Sponsor: UK Christian Medical Fellowship An intensive two-week course held since 1970 for and by medical missionaries. “Lectures, practical skills and tutorials focusing on health care in resource-poor settings. Includes Bible teaching, prayer and reflection; Week 1: Paediatrics, tropical and general medicine, HIV, community medicine and cross-cultural care. Week 2: Trauma, orthopaedics, surgery and maternal health. Place:Oak Hill College, Chase Side, London, UKWhen:2019 Course cancelled due to staff sickness; 2020 Dates: July/August Cost: ?950 ($1250); ?30 ($40) per night bed and breakfastWebsite: Tropical Medicine CoursesThese are full-length, two to five-month courses that cover in-depth diseases of poverty encountered in the majority world. Unless noted, successfully completing one of these courses allows you to sit for the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Certificate of Knowledge Examination in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers’ Health Information about the exam is found at: Additional U.S.- based courses are at: U of Virginia, Armed Services U, Johns Hopkins U, Baylor College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve, U Texas – Galveston. The full list of courses with current information for costs, curriculum, dates, etc. can be found at: Global Health Course: Clinical Tropical, Migrant and Travel Medicine - MinnesotaA mostly on-line course presented in affiliation with the CDC - Atlanta. The full ASTMH eligibility course is seven on-line modules and two, week-long modules that need to be taken in-person, for a total of nine modules. Individual on-line modules can be taken separately.Place:Online. In-person modules at University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MNAlternate in-person modules at Mahidol University, Bangkok ThailandWhen:Online modules available anytime. In-person sessions 2019: 6 - 31 MayCost:Online modules 1 – 7: $790 each; + $100 for opt. CME. 2 wk. in-person modules 8 & 9 (usually taken together): $1580; Housing x 2 weeks: $600 + $200 for CME credit.These prices include a 10% discount given to AIM members Total: ~$6725Website: Clinical Tropical Medicine and Traveler’s Health - West VirginiaFour, two-week modules can be taken any time and in any order.Place: West Virginia University?in Morgantown, West VirginiaWhen:Four, two-week modules. 2015 Dates: 9 June – 17 AugustOnline course also availableCost: $4,750 (7% discount by Mar 1); housing x 8 wks. $425- $750/ month. Total: ~$6,000Website: Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers’ Health The U.S. course that has the longest history.Place: Tulane University?in New Orleans, LouisianaWhen:Late August - December (15 credit semester)Cost:$12,000; living expenses est. $1,000/ month Total: ~$16,000Website: of Tropical Health and Hygiene - LiverpoolA?physician-oriented diploma program. This or the London course are highly recommended. Place:Liverpool School of Tropical Health, Liverpool, England, UKWhen:February and September for 13 weeks Cost:?4,960 ($6550); living expenses est. ?700 ($930)/ month Total: ~$11,500Website: There is also a certificate program for nurses.Website: Diploma of Tropical Health and Hygiene - LondonA highly-rated diploma course; it is a little more expensive since living in London.Place: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England, UKWhen:Multiple course are available in a variety of subjects; Classic DTM&H plan 1-2 years aheadCost: ?4,945 ($6530); living expenses est. ?1000 ($1320)/ monthTotal: ~$13,500Website: East Africa Diploma in Tropical Medicine and HygieneThis program “takes the London School course and translates it into the Africa context”.Place:First six weeks in Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College, Moshi TZ; one week break; second six week term at Makerere University, Kampala UgandaWhen: 2019 Dates: 26 August – 22 NovemberCost:?6,300 (~$9,800); living expenses est. ?1,350 (~$2,100) includes bkfst. Total ~$12,000Website: Postgraduate Course in Tropical Medicine and International HealthA well-respected and extensive 5-month (23 weeks) course in English.Place: Institute of Tropical Health, Antwerp, Belgium When: 2019 Dates: 3 Sept 2019 – 12 March 2020 Costs: €3000 (~$3,400); room €450 (~$510)/ month. Total: ~$7,200Website: Gorgas Course in Clinical Tropical MedicineAffiliated with U of Alabama and taught in Lima Peru. Taught in English.Place: Lima- UPCH Institute of Tropical Medicine, Lima PeruWhen:2020 dates: 22 January – 27 MarchCosts: Tuition $8,700; room ~$650 – 1300/mo. Total: ~$10,000Website: Global Health Ministries Conferences (US)Global Missions Health Conference The main medical missions conference in the US since 1994 with over 2000 attending. Breakout sessions on many topics of interest in health related mission and ministry. Place:Southeast Christian Church, Louisville, KentuckyWhen:The 2nd Thursday – Saturday each November 2019 Dates: 7 - 9 November 2019Costs: $200; lodging at area hotels and in homes of church membersWebsite: : A 2 hour “pre-conference” on healthcare education missions meets at 1pm Thursday.Remedy OrlandoCMDA US sponsored medical missions course held at Place:Orlando, FLWhen:2019 Dates: 28 – 30 MarchCost: $160Website: WestCMDA US sponsored medical mission course held at California Baptist University Place:Riverside, California When:2019 Dates: 28 – 30 MarchCost: $160Website: Korean American Missions Health Conference Started in 2006 with over 1000 attending in 2010. Place:Varies between East and West coastWhen:2020 Dates: Usually June Cost:Website: Global Health ConferencesAAFP Global Health Summit Started in 2005 and averages 300 in attendance; focus on family medicine topics for medical schools and residency development and globally.Place:2019 Place: Albuquerque, NMWhen:2019 Dates: 9 – 12 OctoberCost:$750Website: INMED Humanitarian Health Conference Started in 2006 and averaging over 400 in attendance. Place:Graceway, Kansas City, MissouriWhen:2019 Dates: 5 – 6 April Cost:$230Website: of Universities for Global Health The main conference for university clinical care professionalsPlace:2019 location: Hilton Chicago When:2019 Dates: 8 - 10 MarchCost:$550Website: American Public Health Association – Global Health SectionThe main conference for university public health professionalsPlace:2019 Place: Philadelphia, PAWhen:2019 Dates: 2 - 6 NovemberCost: $550Website: Handbooks of Medicine in Low Resource and Tropical AreasIndextra Africa from Digital African Health Library An iOS or Android app with 40 handbooks, guidelines, journals available off-line but only on arrival in Africa. Includes the Handbook of Medicine in Developing Countries and Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine below.Registration: ($10 subscription per year; Visa or Mastercard) Institutional and group subscriptions available. Target audience: All primary care health workers who diagnosis and manage patients Handbook of Medicine in Developing Countries, 5th Ed. Dennis Palmer &Catherine E. Wolf, CMDA, 2018. 540 pg. Available from CMDA ($30), ($40)Target audience: Doctors and other clinicians going on short-term or long medical trips.Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine (Oxford Handbooks Series), 4rd Ed. Michael Eddleston, Robert Davidson, Andrew Brent and Robert Wilkinson, Oxford U Press, 2014. 830 pg.Available from ($40), Teaching Aids at Low Cost - - (?11)Target audience: Residents and practicing clinicians in the West or majority world. Part of a classic?series of Handbooks used and respected widely in Anglophone Africa.Lecture Notes: Tropical Medicine, 7th Ed. G. V. Gill & Nick Beeching, Blackwell, 2014. Available from ($43), Teaching Aids at Low Cost (?15)Target audience: Students and practitioners of tropical medicine. This is a 30-year classic from the Liverpool School that uses bullet point outlines, tables, boxes and lists extensively for easier mon Medical Problems in the Tropics, 3rd Ed. C.R. Schull, Oxford UK, 2010Available from ($34), Teaching Aids at Low Cost (?7)Target audience: paramedical workers in majority world countries. Gives approach to diagnosis of presenting symptoms within a resource-limited setting.Please contact CAAP if you have other resources to suggest for inclusion. ................
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