Missionary Medicine for Physicians (MMP)
Sorry we are no longer offering this course.
Are you a short-term or long-term medical missionary? MMP is designed specifically for physicians, physicians assistants, and nurse practitioners who work in remote locations.
Course Overview
The course consists of detailed presentations of the most common diseases seen in developing world settings and emphasizes diagnosis and treatment. Course instruction includes treating not only common diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS, but also many other tropical diseases and conditions not usually seen in Western medicine.
Other topics will be discussed as well, including critical childbirth and women's issues, international drug options, complications of malnutrition and anemia, common dental issues facing physicians, Physical Therapy strategies, and barriers to best practices in global health missions. In addition to formal didactic presentations and discussion, students will work independently to successfully complete a series of well-crafted case studies.
This course helps prepare participants to:
Practice medicine without sophisticated instruments and laboratory.
Diagnose and treat diseases common in developing countries.
Recognize critical childbirth and women’s issues.
Utilize available options to develop a mobile laboratory.
Promote sustainable sanitation and hygiene programs.
Prepare evidenced-based medical mission trips.
Identify common dental conditions.
Cost & Dates
$990 (without CME credit)
$1,320 (with CME credit)
Includes course instruction, materials, comfortable housing and tasty meals. Our affordable fees are made possible by professional instructors who volunteer or raise their own support.
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“One of the best Continuing Medical Education courses I have attended in over 40 years of medicine.”