Cross-Cultural Maternal/Child Health Care & Disaster Preparedness Training
For Making a Real Difference in the Developing World
Dates:
January 2-13, 2012 Philippine Islands (Open Enrollment)
July 2-13, 2012 Philippine Islands (Open Enrollment)
July 9-20, 2012 Philippine Islands (Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine only)
Held in the Philippines islands at Sheavens Seafront Resort, an idyllic tropical garden setting edged by the emerald-blue waters of Subic Bay, combining Continuing Education (accredited CEU's awarded) with vacation and inspiration!
This two week Maternal/Child Health Care and Disaster Preparedness Training in a developing world setting will give you vital continuing education and understanding of cross-cultural settings for birth, how to prevent and treat diseases in at-risk children, and how to prepare families anywhere in the world for the possibility of natural disasters. The first week will cover three main topics in an intensive format: the unique needs of pregnant women living in poverty in developing nations, including new and updated "Best Practices" birth protocols from the world health community; the simple prevention and treatment of the main diseases that kill children under 5 in the developing countries; and preparation for disasters, both in surviving disaster situations, and providing aide. We will compare what is similar and what is very different from the western way of looking at these health problems. You will learn to diagnose and treat specific complications such as parasites, tetanus, TB, malaria, and the devastating effects of malnutrition, and learn how to prevent mother-to-child transmission of AIDS. Special attention will be given to the five major causes of maternal death in the third world, and you will learn life-saving advanced skills to prevent these unnecessary deaths. We will also focus on practical ways to reduce the high rate of newborn deaths and stillbirths, and Best Practices in child survival. Primary Health Care principles will be taught and practiced. In the Disaster Preparedness portion, you will learn basic principles of natural disasters, how to survive each kind, why the poor are always more vulnerable, and then practice vital basic skills like knot tying and rapid water crossing techniques for rescue during a disaster.
All this training will take place on a beautiful tropical island where you will reside for the lecture portion in a guest house by the sea. During the second week, we will expose you to valuable experience in providing cross-cultural health care. Prenatal and postpartum home visits will further enrich your understanding of the conditions mothers and babies are living with day by day. We will hike into the mountains to conduct "where there is no doctor" clinics with remote tribal people groups, and check up on pregnant women. During this week, you may sleep on some floors and experience the rougher side of life in the developing world.
This intensive is open to both experienced practitioners or students in the disciples of midwifery, medicine, nursing, doulas, childbirth educators, and those who want to decide if third-world maternal or child health care is the path they will choose. 13.5 hours of the seminar portion qualifies for continuing education credit for licensed midwives, both CPMs and CNMs.
Time will be set aside for fun activities such as swimming or snorkeling in the ocean, or you can enjoy a relaxed break time in a beach chair with a good book. This week is about Education, Inspiration, and Vacation
Two week Intensive Session-
Cost is $1,500 United States dollars.
Included in this cost is pick-up at the airport, accommodations, and your training materials. You will pay for your own meals. You will be responsible for your round trip flight into Manila International Airport. Visas are free for 21 days at the airport. Note: Prices are for a shared room; if you are coming with a family, they will have a wonderful time while you are studying and you will have breaks to spend with them on the beach or checking out the local markets. Just let us know when you apply if you are bringing a husband or kids; we will work on housing accommodations that will work for your size family and let you know the cost accordingly.
Or, if you live in the Philippines, you can take the 5 day seminar without the clinical outreach; many missionaries have done this in the past…
contact us for details: vickipenwell@gmail.com
Instructors:
Vicki Penwell, CPM, LM, MSM: Maternal Child Health and Disaster Preparedness
Ian Penwell, CPM, LM, ASM: Primary Health Care
Rose Penwell, CPM, LM, BSM: Maternal Child Health
Send in your application:
You may now apply by email. Go to the application below, and copy and paste those questions into the body of an email, fill it out and email it to info@mercyinaction.com. If you are applying as a group, each member and the leader need to fill out a separate application, which the team leader will send to us all at once.
Receive your acceptance by email in 2-6 weeks and make plans to attend!
Pay your fees After acceptance, to hold your spot in the training, pay a non-refundable deposit of $500 by 6 weeks after acceptance. The balance will be due by 2 months before the start date. This is so we can know how many to plan for when making travel and lodging plans.
Do not purchase your airline tickets until you are paid in full for the seminar.
The best and easiest way to pay is through this website:
To register and pay your fees on-line go to the Training Fees & Donation page on this web site:
Get a passport if you do not already have one that is good for at least 6 months past your planned travel time. You can get your first passport or renew your old one by going to a post office or going on line at : http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html
Visa
You will get a free visa at the airport good for 21 days.
Purchase a ticket to fly into Manila, Philippines. Many airlines fly into Manila, you can ask your travel agent, use a search site like www.kayak.com, or use our Mercy In Action travel agent:
Barbara Lambert at Bon Voyage Travel:
Phone :800-800-8511
E-mail: barbara@bonvoyagetravelintl.com
Bring money to exchange at the airport when you depart for your international flight. At most airports that have international flights there is a booth to change your money into Philippine pesos. Bring enough for eating out and the wonderful native baskets, jewelry, sarongs, and other souvenirs you can buy inexpensively here. You may also want to pay for activities during time off, such as boating, snorkeling, diving, or jet skiing in the ocean, or enjoying a massage on the beach.
Pack light, you must be able to carry all your own luggage without assistance. The only exception is if you bring donated supplies with you we will pay for a porter to help you. (see below). All the clothes you need will fit in a back-pack. Bring a light weight sleeping bag. Bring a few sets of tee shirts or tank tops and shorts, and a swim suit. Pack some mosquito spray and sunscreen, and any prescription medicines you are taking. You will need sandals plus shoes to go hiking. Bring one sweater or light jacket for on the plane (probably the coldest you will be!).
Bring medical donations in your luggage to bless the mission of Mercy In Action. The items we need most are gloves, both sterile and non-sterile, gauze pads, band-aids, chux underpads, adult or child disposable diapers, individual packets of alcohol wipes, K-Y jelly, antibiotic ointments like Neosporin, hydrocortisone creams, and ointments for burns. All of these can be bought at Wal-mart or any drug store, (cheap there, especially if you buy generic versions--but very expensive and hard to find here!) or you may be able to ask your doctor or dentist for donations, especially medical gloves, absorbable sutures, 1cc and 3cc syringes, and IV needles.
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Send in your application:
You may now apply by email. From this application page, click, copy and paste these questions into the body of an email, fill it out and email it to info@mercyinaction.com.
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