Education of medical professionals is also part of Medical Missionaries’ mission.  Every other year, we organize and host a symposium for practicing medical workers in the U.S.  The symposium consists of lectures by noted national experts on relevant topics (e.g., tropical medicine) and practical sessions on applications that can be used in the field with limited resources.  The next symposium is scheduled for Nov. 12-14, 2010. 

Additional education is provided to foreign medical professionals by visiting team members as they travel to needy countries.  The visiting team members demonstrate new techniques and work side-by-side with the local medical staff.

In 2006, Medical Missionaries extended its education program to pre-med students by instituting a Fellowship Program in Foreign Medicine at the clinic in Thomassique, Haiti.  Two pre-med students are chosen each year, after a nationwide search and screening process, to work for one year in the clinic.  The first year’s Fellows came from Princeton.  They are now enrolled in medical schools.  The second year’s Fellows are from Duke University.