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4.6 Further Medical training
There are a huge variety of courses available. (See Appendix 1), or visit relevant websites.
The residential CMF 'Developing Health Course' held each year at Oak Hill in North London – usually during the first two weeks of July is 'tailor made' for healthcare workers planning to work overseas and is highly commended by those who attend each year.
The first week mainly covers medical topics and second covers the surgical specialities. It is best to attend the whole course but it is possible to attend for 'specialist days'.
The speakers and workshops facilitators are all experts in their field and all have spent time overseas. The course is very interactive with lectures, workshops, seminars, discussion groups and case studies.
The course is usually accredited each year by the RCP for CME/CPD purposes.
Go to www.healthserve.org/developing_health/ for details of the course, the programme for the current year and biographical details of the speakers
The Developing Health Course CD – produced every two years - contains lecture notes and management protocols (and much more) is also a very useful resource – contact CMF for a free copy.
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For some posts, particularly where teaching students is important, a short 3 month course in Tropical Medicine or a DTM&H course in Liverpool ( www.liv.ac.uk) or London ( www.lshtm.ac.uk/courses) is essential.
It would be worth gaining advanced life support skills (ALS) or the advanced training life support (ATLS) qualification and possibly a similar certificate as it relates to your specialty – e.g. in Paediatrics
Medair, run courses in disaster relief as does the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine which also offer a Diploma in Humanitarian Aid (a 6 week course). ACET International (Aids Care Education and Training), specialising in the field of AIDS, runs a series of excellent courses for those wishing to gain expertise in this field. (Contact addresses can be found in Appendix 6)
It is desirable, and maybe obligatory, to do a short period of orientation to the local medical scene at an approved hospital in the region you are going to be working in. That way you will gain some experience of local disease patterns, treatment protocols, cultural beliefs and practices. It will give you the opportunity to learn the basic operative and anaesthetic skills required for a district hospital e.g. A&E triage, caesarean section and use of the ventouse, while at the same making friends and useful contacts
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Acknowledgements
My thanks to Chris Lavy, Eldryd Parry, Ian Spillman and Nick Wooding, all of whom have worked overseas and have a continuing involvement, for their helpful comments and advice.
First edition 1994 - Entitled ‘A Medical Missions Handbook’ by Peter Saunders.
Second Edition 1998 (updated April 2000)
Third Edition September 2003 - by Peter Armon
Fourth Edition 2007 – renamed ‘Working Abroad’ - totally revised & rewritten by Peter Armon
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