PRIME (Partnership in International Medical Education)
This autumn we are busy in Armenia, Ukraine, Romania, Bosnia, Albania, India, Nigeria and Russia, and plans are well advanced with CMF for an inspirational new supportive study course for young UK doctors in those tricky years after qualifying. A recent course in Manchester illustrated the miracle of all that the Lord is achieving, bringing top level professors and deans of medical schools from seven countries overseas to share the vision of PRIME alongside significant UK thinkers; a truly international family. One UK consultant remarked 'I have found the purpose of my life.'
Please support us. The expansion is outstripping our resources. In addition to extra funding we need to expand our administration and are looking for interns. If you have some months spare for some really interesting supportive work, with possible overseas opportunities, please make contact. Also we still long for further friends to emerge as leading creative thinkers to take on the baton of responsibility.
Our newsletter includes upcoming opportunities for those who would like to discover more; a prayer letter is also available. The Lord's vision of PRIME has enabled many of us to see our professional skills, allied to a heart of compassion, as powerful instruments of expression of the Kingdom of God. What is your prime calling in this life?
John Caroe is Chair of PRIME www.prime-international.org
Developing Health Course – medicine in resource-poor settings
'This is by far the best course I have ever attended' - one participant's comment at the end of the fortnight. 63 people attended the course, learning from 30 different speakers. Everyone enjoyed the practical workshops, and had a go at plastering wrists, putting in interosseous needles and pulling out teeth, amongst many other things. 'Learning has never been such fun!' said one participant.
Next year's course will run from 24 June – 4 July 2012.
Fellowship
Congratulations
On his award Rustam Rea FRCP
Outgoing
Bernard Obi to Ethiopia
Helen Brocklehurst to Zambia
Susan Heyes (Leeds) to Malawi
Victoria Parsonson (Birmingham) to Madagascar
Matthew Sherratt (Warwick) to Madagascar
Ros Howles (London) to Uganda
Homecoming
Charlie Besley (Southampton) from Kenya
Simon and Elizabeth Clausen from Kenya
Ann Dean (Nottingham) from South Africa
Ruth Fitch (Birmingham) from South Africa
Emma Stormer (Newcastle) from Malawi
Jamie Erskine (Stockport) from Gambia
Obituaries
David William Jack (b 14 June 1981, d 8 August 2011) was a final year medical student studying at Dundee University, who died suddenly this autumn after the start of the new term. He previously served as a student rep for the CMF group there.
Charlotte Gardiner (q Belfast 1949, d CMF informed November 2011) was a consultant anaesthetist at Belfast City Hospital prior to her retirement.
Regional CMF meetings
See www.cmf.org.uk/fellowship for information about local groups
Vital connections
The CMF communications team aims to help you to stay connected with the Christian medical stories and issues that matter, but also to help you stay connected with other members. We do this through regular print publications eg Triple Helix, Nucleus and CMF News, as well as new media such as the monthly e-news, podcasts, YouTube videos, Twitter, Facebook, the official CMF Blog, and Peter Saunders' personal blog. It's important to us that you feel informed, inspired and supported as we build the fellowship together.
Please use these tools of communication to connect on a local level or in sharing expertise. For example, we've seen dedicated local Facebook groups set up in Northern Ireland, Birmingham and London, and know of several members who have set up a blog or are trying Twitter! These are encouraging connections. To find out more just head to www.cmf.org.uk/communications for all the links and information you'll need.
