WORKSHOP 1 Global

From craniotomies to discipleship: exploring the breadth of jungle hospital ministry

Track: What the World Needs Now

Thread: Introduction

Date: 19-Sep-08

Time: 1:30-2:30 PM

Speaker: Michael Parsa, MD  

“Am I going to see 100 patients a day?” The thought of never ending days like this deters many from considering medical missions; but medical missions can be more than just nonstop medical work. Come hear about how God is working in the jungles of Papua New Guinea bringing long lasting spiritual fruit through hospital based missionary medicine.

OBJECTIVES

1-Discover the diverse nature of a general physician’s medical practice in remote hospital medicine.

2-Understand the challenge that missionary physicians face in incorporating spiritual ministry into daily lives full of medical responsibility.

3-Encourage physicians to see that it can be done by looking at current examples from a mission hospital in Papua New Guinea.

Presentation

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