Medical Mission Overview: An Orientation to International Aide Work (Aug, 2021)

Medical Mission Overview: An Orientation to International Aide Work is organized by Remote Care Education and will be held from Aug 22 - 28, 2021 at Floating Doctors, Bocas del Toro, Panama.

Note: Accommodations, daily meals, and Wi-Fi are provided and included in the registration fee.

Target Audience: 
This conference is ideal for experienced and inexperienced medical practitioners primarily from internal medicine, emergency medicine, family practice, pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology who have a desire to effectively participate in providing quality healthcare in the remote setting, especially in tropical areas.

Description:
This interactive course is designed to combine hands-on training alongside the experienced Floating Doctors staff with classroom didactics lead by an international staff of highly trained and experienced physicians. Once onsite, there will be a total of four days of classroom discussions, reviewing perspectives on best practices for remote care diagnostics and treatments, two-and-a-half hours of hands-on portable ultrasound techniques, and two days of hands-on training in remote clinics where learners will be paired with a Lead Medical Provider with the Floating Doctors.

Learning Objectives:
Following completion of this activity, learners should be better able to:
• Plan and organize your own medical mission.
• Diagnose conditions using portable ultrasound.
• Describe how to identify and treat common presentations in remote settings without hospital support.
• Discuss tools and resources for the diagnoses and treatment of conditions outside your specialty in remote settings.

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.