The Christian Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical
education for physicians.
The Christian Medical Association designates this educational activity
for a maximum of 7 hours for one week trips and 14 hours for two week
trips of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ . Physicians should only
claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the
activity.
The Christian Dental Association is designated as an Approved PACE
Program Provider by the Academy of General Dentistry. The formal
continuing education programs of this program provider are accepted by
AGD for fellowship, mastership, and membership maintenance credit.
Approval does not imply acceptance by a state or provincial board of
dentistry. The current term of approval extends from 1/01/07 to
12/31/10.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the
standards of the Academy of General Dentistry Program Approval for
Continuing Education (PACE) through the joint program provider approval
of CDA and (non-approved program provider). The Christian Dental
Association is approved for Awarding FAGD/MAGD credit.
If you qualify and require CME/CDE credits for your trip,
you must also download a copy (if you did not receive one from your team
leader) of the CME Evaluation form OR CDE
Evaluation form and send a signed copy to GHO. CME credit will
not be awarded without a signed copy on the CME Evaluation
OR CDE Evaluation on file.
Education Objectives:
- To understand the specifics, importance and implications of travel
medicine.
- To recognize medical conditions commonly encountered by medical
teams in developing countries.
- Knowledge and proficiency in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases
found in developing countries.
- Learn and implement cost effective treatment for these medical
conditions and their public health implications (especially in the realm
of epidemics and pandemics).
- Implement the community health program created for use in developing
countries by Arnold Gorske, MD – “Health Education Program
for Developing Countries” www.hepfdc.info correlating with WHO
(World Health Organization Education) guidelines.
- Formulate culturally sensitive and sound approaches to medical needs
beyond the scope of a medical team.
- Implement a strategy for emergency care and follow up, in a setting
of limited resources.
- Identify the obstacles and barriers in cross-cultural healthcare
delivery and formulate a strategy to overcome them.
- Equips GHO to maintain Best Practices while training the doctors on
the trip in indigenous care.Many of the diseases seen on the field are
not seen in the U.S.
on a regular basis, but with the ease of travel, we will see more of the
diseases mainly seen in developing countries as they are carried into
the U.S.
CME Evaluation Form
CDE Evaluation Form
