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This program is designed for those healthcare professionals in the clinical fields who wish to complement their education with both academic skills and clinical experience in international medicine. Equipped in this way, recipients of the INMED International Medicine Diploma will be prepared to lead comprehensive health promotion efforts in low-resource communities.

  QUALIFICATIONS  

Enrollment is open to healthcare professionals and healthcare profession students in the clinical fields, including physicians, dentists, advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, resident physicians, and students of medicine, dentistry, advanced practice nursing, and physician assistants.

  LEARNING OBJECTIVES  

At the completion of the International Medicine Diploma, students in the context of a low-resource community will be able to:
  • Assess community health status based on the leading determinants of health
  • Prevent, diagnose and treat the leading diseases of poverty
  • Assure that health interventions are culturally appropriate
  • Design effective health interventions as part of a health leadership team
  • Successfully adapt one's lifestyle to a new cultural context
  INTERNATIONAL MEDICINE DIPLOMA EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS  

Recipients of the INMED International Medicine Diploma must:
  QUALIFICATIONS FOR EQUIVALENT INTERNATIONAL MEDICINE TRAINING  

INMED endeavors to recognize excellent international medicine training provided by other institutions. In application for equivalency, one must provide documentation that the experience was:
  • Providing healthcare to a low-resource community in a developing nation
  • Continuously supervised by a mentor whose qualifications would be acceptable to an appropriate North American healthcare education institution
  • At least one month in continuous duration
  APPLICATION  

Healthcare professionals and healthcare profession students who meet all the above qualifications are invited to submit an application for the INMED International Medicine Diploma. The application should be submitted only after completion of all the above requirements. Please contact INMED with any questions in this regard.

  TIMETABLE  

The INMED International Medicine Intensive Course may be taken either before or after completing the INMED International Medicine Certificate requirements, but both must be completed within four years of one another.

  CERTIFICATION  

Students who successfully complete the above requirements will receive the INMED International Medicine Diploma. Verification of the educational experience will be provided to any graduate's affiliated school or residency program. Diplomas are presented at the annual Exploring Medical Missions Conference.