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Orientation for Medical Missions Annual
Conference
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| Graduate Professional | $195 |
| Spouse of Graduate Professional* | $170 |
| Resident/Student | $125 |
| Spouse of Resident/Student* | $110 |
*The Spouse Fee is for spouses attending with a
graduate professional or resident/student, and can be used even if
the spouse is a doctor, resident, or student.
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Registration
• Mail-in Registration
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Late Registrations
After April 2, 2010, there is the addition of a $25 late fee.
Lodging
This conference will be held at CMDA’s Conference Center. However,
there is no lodging at the facility so area hotels have been contacted
for those needing overnight accommodations. Expense is the
responsibility of the participant.
Hotels
CMDA has received special rates at the Holiday Inn and
Suites and also at the Courtyard by Marriott.
Both hotels are located in Bristol, Virginia at Exit 7 off Interstate
81. The area has a variety of shopping and restaurant options to enjoy
during free time. When booking your reservation, mention the
Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA) to
receive the special rate.
| Holiday Inn and Suites | $TBD single/double occupancy | 276-466-4100 |
| Courtyard by Marriott | $TBD single/double occupancy | 276-591-4400 |
The following hotels are also located at Exit 7 off of Interstate 81 in Bristol, VA. Please contact the specific hotel for the prevailing rate.
| Days Inn | 423-968-2171 |
| La Quinta Inn | 276-669-9353 |
| Microtel Inn | 276-669-8164 |
| Super 8 Motel | 276-466-8800 |
Contact Information (Conference Facilitators)
Susan Carter, BSN, MPH
Director, Center for Medical Missions
Christian Medical & Dental Associations
PO Box 7500
Bristol, TN 37621-7500
(423) 844-1000
Daniel Tolan, MD
Associate Director, Center for Medical Missions
Christian Medical & Dental Associations
PO Box 7500
Bristol, TN 37621-7500
(423) 844-1000
Detailed Schedule:
Friday, April 23
8:30 – 9:00 AM
Registration – Coffee, tea, bagels, fruit, yogurt
9:00 – 9:15 AM
Welcome – David Stevens, Daniel Tolan, Susan Carter
9:15 – 10:15 AM
What are the keys to surviving the demands of missionary medicine, especially your first experience?
10:15 – 11:00 AM
Leadership models for the missionary physician
11:00 – 11:30 AM
Break
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Medical Missions as Relationships. Empowering others, not yourself
12:30 – 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 PM
Cross-cultural issues/medical anthropology. Our “North American” instincts and values – the good, the bad and the ugly in medical missions.
3:00 – 3:30 PM
Break
3:30 – 4:00 PM
Introduction to developing world health systems. Government relationships with medical missions. Christian Medical Associations.
4:00 – 5:00 PM
Community Health. Models, financing a community’s health needs, entering a community, training trainers.
5:00 – 6:00 PM
Dinner
6:00 PM
Fireside Chat
Saturday, April 24
8:30 – 9:00 AM
Breakfast – coffee, tea, bagels, fruit, yogurt
9:00 – 9:15 AM
Devotions
9:15 – 10:15 AM
Cross-cultural spiritual ministry. Whose job is it? How? Obstacles.
10:15 – 11:00 AM
Lessons learned in t he first years of World Medical Mission’s post-residency program.
11:00 – 11:30 AM
Break
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
What determines or most influences health in impoverished cultures?
12:30 – 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 PM
Medicine and Controversial Issues in Missiology. Competing World Religions and Medicine.
3:00 – 3:30 PM
Break
3:30 – 5:00 PM
The non-medical spouse. Raising the missionary family. The single missionary.
5:00 – 6:00 PM
Dinner
6:00 PM
Fireside Chat
Sunday, April 25
8:30 – 9:00 AM
Breakfast – coffee, tea, bagels, fruit, yogurt
9:00 – 10:00 AM
Worship together. Facing My Giants in Medical Missions.
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Medical Ministry in Creative Access Countries.
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Vision Casting – what is left to do, where, who, how, when. Closing.
12:00 PM
Lunch and conference ends
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