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ICMDA Global Conference in Sydney It was a privilege, joy and challenge to attend this conference in July and to meet medical students and graduates from around the globe, sharing experiences, vision, problems, opportunities and learning from one another. The overseas section of CMF was well represented and involved in...
I'm just writing to let you know that I'm off to the ends of the earth next week for a couple of years… So often, this is the first we hear of someone's intent to work overseas. Leaving it that late means that you may miss out on the resources...
News of our members working abroad We currently have 155 members working abroad, 14 currently in the UK on home assignments and 12 preparing to go abroad within the next nine months. At the same time 11 members have returned home at the end of their contracts overseas. Please continue...
Student Conference The HealthServe team were all involved in the recent Students' Conference. Seminars on The Global Health Crisis and A Radical Career Path by Steve Fouch and myself were very well attended. Laura was able to input and answer many questions about electives and other overseas matters from those...
It doesn't take much to transform some situations. A simple slip on the wet grass - my leg broke and immediately life took on a new perspective, as even the simplest of tasks became a major exercise. Now, as I sit recovering at my bedroom window, I see another scene...
Kashmir Earthquake – the need for longerterm involvement The CMF appeal has generated a hugely generous response in terms of money donated together with some members who have offered to get involved personally (see Triple Helix). In the short term, CMF has been directing interested persons to SIM, Tearfund and...
Many of those who have worked in Africa and who have come face to face with the desperate, despairing young woman with a vesico-vaginal fistula caused by obstructed labour and have faced the daunting prospect of trying to repair it, will know the name Hamlin and know of the fistula...
Nigeria leads the way The Nigerian CMDA held its first Developing Health Course in Abuja in September. Josiah Gana of the NCMDA attended the DHC at Oak Hill in 2003 specifically because God had laid it on his heart to hold a similar course in Nigeria, open to healthcare professionals working...
Keeping in touch and ongoing intercession for members working abroad They say that ‘no news is good news’ but the writer to Proverbs once wrote ‘Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a far country’ (Proverbs 25:25). It’s so easy to forget those of our members or...
A recent article in BMJ Careers highlighted the launch of NHS Links (careerfocus.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/330/7488/78). Set up in collaboration with THET, it aims to establish a network of doctors and health professionals involved in a variety of health links between NHS Trusts and health centres in less developed countries. It aims to...
