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| 2007 CONFERENCE THEME: FIGHT HIV |
Global attention is riveted on the HIV/AIDS crisis, and rightly so. The most threatening epidemic of modern times claimed 3.1 million lives in 2005 alone, and some 4.9 million people were newly infected. 95 percent of all people with HIV live in the developing world, and managing HIV in resource-deficient nations presents special challenges. This year's Exploring Medical Missions Conference will focus on HIV intervention. The Conference will also provide physicians, nurses, students, pharmacists, therapists and other health professionals with an understanding of international health issues, diseases of poverty, cross-cultural skills, and health leadership. Participants will have ample chance to network with medical mission organizations about opportunities to serve.
| OBJECTIVES |
- Understand how to manage HIV in resource-deficient situations
- Describe the greatest issues in world health today
- Understand the epidemiology, diagnosis and management of the common and unique diseases of poverty
- Understand principles of cross-cultural adaptation and communication
- Describe those health interventions that are more appropriate for resource-poor nations
- Understand how to incorporate medical missions into professional practice
| TWO YEARS & RUNNING... |
350 people attended the event - almost twice the number that attended last year's conference. These including 120 physicians, 146 nurses, 34 medical and nursing students and 50 others including pharmacists, dentists, therapists and physicians assistants.
| ANONYMOUS CONFERENCE FEEDBACK |
"Very well organized conference."
"Speakers are well respected community members and well versed in their topics."
"Broad range of topics and great opportunity to network."
"I learned what is going on in international medicine, what works, and how to get involved."
"Great Conference! I don't know of any other event that is similar to this conference."
| CONFERENCE SCHEDULE |
| Friday, May 11, 2007 | ||
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Sign In | |
| 9:00 - 9:45 | Plenary Session Today's Challenges In World Health - Comninellis |
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| 10:00 - 10:45 | Group Sessions #1: Infectious Diseases TB & Leprosy - Scott Armistead Malaria - Daniel Hinthorn Measles, Polio & Dengue - Michael Driks HIV in the Developing World - Patrick Railey |
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| 11:00 - 11:45 | Group Sessions #2: Infectious Diseases TB & Leprosy - Scott Armistead Malaria - Daniel Hinthorn Measles, Polio & Dengue - Michael Driks HIV in the Developing World - Patrick Railey |
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| 11:45 - 1:00 | Lunch (provided) | |
| 1:00 - 1:45 | Plenary Session Why I Do Medical Missions - Patrick Railey |
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| 2:00 - 2:45 | Group Session #3: Special Care Needs Obstetrics in the Developing World - Betsie Wickstrom Pediatrics Without Borders - Bruce Banwart Surgery & Anesthesia - Ted Higgins Community Health - Nicholas Comninellis |
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| 3:00 - 3:45 | Group Session #4: Special Care Needs Obstetrics in the Developing World - Betsie Wickstrom Pediatrics Without Borders - Bruce Banwart Surgery & Anesthesia - Ted Higgins Dentistry - James Elias INMED International Medicine Certificate Graduate Debriefing - Nicholas Comninellis |
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| 4:00 - 4:45 | Group Session #5: International Practice Open Forum Africa - Paul Shumpert Latin America - Gil Mobley Western Asia - Scott Armistead Eastern Asia - Tim Talbert |
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| 5:30 - 9:00 | Fight HIV Benefit Night at Diastole 5:30 Social Hour 7:00 Dinner and presentation about the INMED Fight HIV Campaign (An opportunity will be given to make a tax-deductible contribution) |
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| Saturday, May 12, 2007 | ||
| 9:00 - 9:45 | Plenary Session Health Strategies in International Medicine - Comninellis |
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| 10:00 - 10:45 | Plenary Session The Art of Crossing Cultures - Cindy Obenhaus |
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| 11:00 - 11:45 | Group Session #6: Cross-Cultural Skills Health & Culture - Nicholas Comninellis Cultural Adaptation - Dan Hickey Language Learning - James Fyffe Integrating Faith and Med Missions - Patrick Railey |
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| 11:45 - 1:00 | Lunch (provided) | |
| 1:00 - 1:45 | Plenary Session Emergency Medical Relief: Pakistan Report - Scott Armistead |
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| 2:00 - 2:45 | Group Session #7: Global Health Emergencies Avian Flu and ID Emergencies - Daniel Hinthorn Pakistan Report, Q & A - Scott Armistead Principles of Disaster Management - Micah Flint |
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| 3:00 - 3:45 | Group Session #8: International Opportunities Open Forum Physicians - Paul Shumpert Nurses & Nursing Students - Cindy Obenhaus Dentists - James Elias Pharmacy - Russell Yount Med Students & INMED International Medicine Certificate Grads - Jennifer Flint |
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| FEATURED SPEAKERS |
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Bruce Banwart, MD, is an intensivist at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City and a veteran of medical service in Latin America and Thailand. |  |
Scott Armistead, MD, a graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Family Medicine Residency, practices in Pakistan, and cared for victims of the Pakistan earthquake in October of 2005. |
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Patrick Railey, MD, is Director of Medical Ministries for Operation Mobilization, an international Christian mission agency doing relief and development work in more than 100 countries. Dr. Railey is a leader is HIV prevention and prophylaxis to prevent mother to child transmission of the infection. |  |
James Elias, DDS, of the Center of Dental Excellence in Independence, MO, and director of dental services for Mushili Health Center in Zambia, Africa. |
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Russell Yount, BS, RPh, is a clinical pharmacist at Excelsior Springs Medical Center and a member of Christian Pharmacist Fellowship International. Russell has provided pharmacy support for medical teams serving in Honduras and China. |  |
Dan Hickey, M.Div., is founder of Transformational Journeys & co-founder of the Service Learning department at William Jewell College. He has trained and lead over 50 teams to serve in developing countries. |
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Cindy Obenhaus, RN, is a neonatal nurse and director of the Maison de Naissance birthing center in Haiti, where infant mortality was once as high was 30 percent, but is minimal today thanks to this ministry. |  |
Daniel Hinthorn, MD, is the Chief of Infectious Diseases at KU Medical Center, and on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Center for Infectious Diseases. |
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Jennifer Flint, MD, is an internal medicine/pediatrics resident at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Jennifer is one of the very first INMED International Medicine Certificate graduates, studying in Ghana, West Africa during her final year of medical school. |  |
Micah Flint, MPA, is Cheif Executive Officer of INMED and a graduate of the Disaster Management program at Park University. Micah serves on the board of directors for Samaritan Emergency Medical Search and Rescue. |
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Nicholas Comninellis, MD, MPH, is president of INMED, and is board certified in both public health and family medicine. Nicholas trained in tropical medicine at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and served four years in China and Angola, Africa. |  |
Michael Driks, MD, is an infectious disease consultant at Kansas City HCA and Saint Lukes Hospitals, whose experience includes tropical medicine service in Thailand. |
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Elizabeth (Betsy) Wickstrom, MD, is a maternal-fetal medicine specialist in Kansas City, mother of two wonderful girls and one thriving birthing center in Haiti, "Maison de Naissance" - a birthing center where more than 300 babies born each year under vastly improved conditions. |  |
Ted Higgins, MD, is a general and vascular surgeon at Research Medical Center. He has provided surgical care in the Dominica Republic each year since 1995. |
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Paul Shumpert, MD, is an emergency physician from Rome, Georgia. He and wife Cindy are volunteer physicians at the Nalerigu Baptist Medical Center in Ghana, West Africa. |  |
James Fyffe lived two years in El Salvador working as a youth minister. Today James is a staff paramedic at St. Lukes Hospital. |
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Tim Talbert, MD, practiced the complete range of clinical medicine for 5 years in Nepal in association with TEAM - The Evangelical Alliance Mission. Today, Dr. Talbert practices at College Park Family Care Center in Kansas City. |  |
Gil Mobley, MD, is an emergency medicine physician who for the last five years has lead the Lake Atitlan Medical Project, providing care to 40,000 isolated indigenous Maya people in Guatemala. |
| HOSTS |
| Jack Hill Continuing Medical Education Foundation | |
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University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
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College Park Family Care Center, Overland Park KS |
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Research Medical Center |
| CONFERENCE EXHIBITORS |
| CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT |
Physicians: This Conference is accredited by the Research Medical Center's Bixby Institute to award physicians up to 13 hours of Category 1 CME credit toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award, and up to 13 hours of Prescribed credit by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Nurses: Nursing CEUs are provided through HCA Midwest Division. This program has been approved for 5.25 contact hours for May 11, 2007 and 4.5 contact hours for May 12, 2007. Dentists: This program has also been approved for 13 hours of Continuing Education by the Missouri Dental Association. Pharmacy, EMT and paramedic CEU credit is also available.