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MedicalMissions.com Podcast
Hosted by MedicalMissions.com · EN
Resources for students, residents, and healthcare professionals who want to learn more about healthcare missions. Includes sessions from the Global Missions Health Conference.
28episodes
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Operating at the Margins: Surgical Care in Underserved Indigenous Communities
1w agoTap to summarizeThis seesion will give a brief overview the current state of surgical needs and care on the Navajo reservation. It will also discuss spiritual needs and opportunities.
Transcribe →Of Snake Bites and Stretching the Scope of Practice at a Rural Mission Hospital
2w agoTap to summarizeMedical missionaries are often called upon to provide care that is beyond the scope of their training and previous experience. This interactive case presentation looks at the realities of clinical decision-making in a critically ill snakebitten patient, and offers suggestions on how to navigate similar challenging situations.
Transcribe →Emergency Dental Diagnosis and Management for the Non-Dentist
3w agoTap to summarizeThis lecture will serve to enlighten/empower non-dentists with some basic diagnostic & treatment skills to manage dental emergencies in a non-dental setting.
Transcribe →Cross-Cultural Communication in Medical Contexts
4w agoTap to summarizeUnderstanding how values and communication styles differ across cultures is key to succeeding internationally. That’s why training in cross-cultural communication has become commonplace in the international business world. In this session, we’ll look at 6 dimensions of cross-cultural communication and their application to medical scenarios.
Transcribe →The Emotional and Spiritual Impact of Disability
Jun 24Tap to summarizeWith nearly 1.3 billion disabled people in the world, we assume that the medical community focuses on physical health. But who is helping people with the emotional and spiritual impact of disability? In this session, we will explore the emotional and spiritual impact of disability and how the church and global workers can effectively support the disabled community with this critical need.
Transcribe →Risk It!
Jun 17Tap to summarizeTo become the person God wants you to be and to accomplish what God wants you to do, you must take risks. Risk is the fertilizer that grows your faith and bears spiritual fruit for God’s Kingdom. Are you willing to risk it?”
Transcribe →Plenary Session 1, 2025: Thirty years of GMHC - Looking Back and Pressing Forward
Jun 17Tap to summarizeThe Global Missions Health Conference (GMHC) had humble beginnings, but over the last three decades, it's grown into one of the most influential forces in international and domestic healthcare missions. Hundreds of Christian healthcare workers around the world began or altered their ministry careers by attending the conference. We'll review the most influential speakers and concepts that made the GMHC a groundbreaking movement. We'll also look forward to the next thirty years of Christian healthcare missions.
Transcribe →Serving God in Singleness
Jun 3Tap to summarizeNo description available
Transcribe →How to Use (and Not Abuse) Our Power as Healthcare Missionaries
May 27Tap to summarizeThe 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.
Transcribe →How Compassion, Technology, and Innovation Empower Health Equity in Resource-Limited Contexts
May 20Tap to summarizeTransforming 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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