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Nurses and other healthcare team members must provide evidence-based care for the broken, hurting, suffering, and vulnerable. Believers can do that in a God-honoring, loving, caring, and compassionate way. Nurses can be the hands and feet of Jesus while holistically providing shalom and meeting people's physical, spiritual, emotional, and psychosocial needs amid uncertainty. Learn practical ways to show everyone holistic respect, caring, and compassion.

Session recorded on November 7 2024 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM and November 7 2024 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Session block #1
Speaker name(s): Rebecca Meyer
Session webpage: https://www.medicalmissions.com/events/gmhc-2024/sessions/nurses-on-mission

Surviving motherhood is a genuine concern. Maternal and newborn deaths are the 6th and 7th leading causes of life years lost in the world’s poorest nations. Sepsis, post-partum hemorrhage (PPH), eclampsia-preeclampsia, and failure to progress are the leading causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. Major interventions are to reduce family size and to provide quality obstetric care at delivery, including care for PPH and basic newborn resuscitation.

Session recorded on November 7 2024 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM and November 9 2024 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Session block #1
Speaker name(s): Nicholas Comninellis MD, MPH, DIMPH
Session webpage: https://www.medicalmissions.com/events/gmhc-2024/sessions/high-risk-low-resource-maternal-care

Jesus demonstrated repeatedly the connection between physical health and the gospel. This session will discuss innovative ways to leverage healthcare skills through the local church in frontier mission areas that creates exponential Kingdom impact.

Session recorded on November 7 2024 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM. Repeated November 8 2024 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Session block #1

Speaker name(s): Charlie Vittitow

Session webpage: https://www.medicalmissions.com/events/gmhc-2024/sessions/innovative-ways-to-leverage-healthcare-skills-for-exponential-kingdom-impact

Living and working in settings with overwhelming poverty, malnutrition, disease, and death can result in accumulating stress, trauma, and burnout. How is it possible to endure in these settings for years? What strategies enable us to not only endure but to do so with joy? We'll discuss the value of remembering with gratitude, lamenting in community with national and missionary colleagues, and looking forward with hope.

Session recorded on November 7 2024 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Session block #1

Speaker name: Alyssa Pfister

Session webpage: https://www.medicalmissions.com/events/gmhc-2024/sessions/enduring-hard-times-with-joy

Getting to the mission field is a complex process. The decisions required are truly life changing. Once on the field, the attrition rate is high. The adjustments for many are enormous. Getting to the field and staying on the field are strengthened immensely by a healthy sending church. However, a sending church can't simply be found in the final months before departure. Discover how to make finding a local church a part of missionary preparation that is both enjoyable and extremely helpful. You don't have to go it alone, before you leave or once you arrive!

The Biblical model for sending missionaries is through the local church. See Acts 13 concerning the church at Antioch. For a variety of reasons many with long term missions interest don't build a relationship with a sending church. This can lead to lack of prayer support, financial support and counsel when the missionary is on the field.

Session recorded on Saturday, November 11th during Session Block #6 at 8:00 AM EST ; speaker: Doug Christgau

Session webpage: https://www.medicalmissions.com/events/gmhc-2023/sessions/why-missionaries-need-a-sending-church