Content Resources

This talk will address the current trends and updates on global (outside the USA) human trafficking issues. Themes and opportunities pertinent to health professionals will be highlighted.

Even in 2012, children in southeast Asia are sick and dying due to beri beri, a nutritional deficiency due to lack of thiamine. In this session, we will discuss current knowledge about the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of beri beri. We will see how American medical students have contributed significantly to recent research that is clarifying how best to help affected children.

Over half a million children die every year due to diarrhea and its complications. In this session, we will review practical aspects of managing diarrhea in children.

The PRISM Study is a research report by the Medical Missions Survey Working Group of the Continuing Medical and Dental Education Commission of the Christian Medical and Dental Association. The survey was administered between 2010 and 2011 and represents hundreds of current full-time long-term medical missionaries. "It is hoped that this report will help missions organizations to be more strategic in how they implement medical work in the cause of missions globally, and help medical missions candidates to prepare better for a career of service in medical missions."

What Will it Take?

Storm the Gates of Hell

If you are ministering in a Muslim community, it is imperative to understand the cultural implications of Islam. This session will address those implications from a speaker that grew up in those communities.

The bride of Christ, the world- wide church, is filled with health professionals and lay people who can bring wholistic health (physical, spiritual, emotional, socioeconomic) to their communities—but they often lack the vision
and leadership. The best practices of domestic and international church-based health events will be reviewed with an empasis on helping multidisciplinary groups make a measurable impact on the health of a community. We will also explore how to weave the Gospel message into health teaching.