INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL MEDICINE

Course Faculty:

Nicholas Comninellis, MD, MPH, DIMPH

Todd Franks, English Language Director

Paul Larson, MD, DTM&H

Scott Armistead, MD, DIMPH

Overview:

Faculty physicians require special skills in teaching, guiding, and evaluating their students and learners. International physicians require special understanding of differing health systems, unusual diseases, and foreign cultures and languages. International faculty physicians must be prepared to overcome all these challenges together. This course will introduce and equip Chinese physicians for esteemed careers as international medical faculty.

Timeframes:

This Professional Certificate Course includes 8 weeks of structured learning and assignments due each Sunday night. Each week includes a required virtual class with the faculty for discussions, simulations, case studies and final exams. This weekly required virtual class may last up to 120 minutes. At the end of the course will be two days of in-classroom instruction and final examination.

Academic Credit:

Completion of this course requirements earns two credit hours of graduate academic credit and thirty-two hours of Continuing Medical Education.

Admissions Requirements:

Medical school graduates with valid license to practice medicine are welcome to register. These should have basic English language skills.

Weekly Assignments:

International Faculty Physician Development Week One: Effective Teaching and Learning Jan 17-23

·      Medical English for the course lessons

·      Skill Transfer and Empowerment

·      Effective Learning

·      Effective Teaching

International Faculty Physician Development Week Two: Evaluation and Instructional Design Jan 24-30

·      Medical English for the course lessons

·      Feedback and Evaluation

·      Instructional Design

Jan 31-Feb 13 – no class

International Faculty Physician Development Week Three: Disease Prevention Feb 14-20

·      Medical English for the course lessons

·      Scope of Prevention

·      Levels of Prevention

·      Screening for Disease

International Faculty Physician Development Week Four: Chronic Disease Management Feb 21-27

·      Medical English for the course lessons

·      Chronic Disease Management

·      Syndrome Management

International Faculty Physician Development Week Five: Cross-Cultural Skills Feb 28-Mar 6

·      Medical English for the course lessons

·      Relevance of Cultures

·      Basic Cross-Cultural Skills

·      Healthcare Cross-Cultural Skills

·      International Cross-Cultural Skills

International Faculty Physician Development Week Six; Health Systems, Policy, and Planning Mar 7-13

·      Medical English for the course lessons

·      Health and Social Context

·      Health Policy in Practice

·      Health Planning Cycle

International Faculty Physician Development Week Seven: Health Leadership Mar 14-20

·      Medical English for the course lessons

·      Introduction to International Health Leadership

·      Strategy for Health

·      Major International Health Initiatives

·      How to Lead a Health System

International Faculty Physician Development Week Eight: Career Development Mar 21-27

·      Medical English for the course lessons

·      Use of Information Technology

·      Conducting Research

·      Publishing Research

·      Building Your Résumé

In-Person Classroom Section Schedule, April 9-10

Day 1 - April 9

Successful international faculty physician attitudes

Holistic care and behavior medicine

Doctor-patient communication

Common mental problem, screening, diagnosis, and treatment

Cognitive therapy

Palliative care

Professionalism

Basic Life Support Instruction

Day 2 - April 10

Principles of competency-based medical education

Participatory learning

How to build a successful residency program

Qualifying for national and international accreditation recognition

Securing learning resources

Future development of family medicine in China

Final Course examination

Basic Life Support Instruction

Certification

Upon completion of the course requirements and activities, participants will be recognized with the INMED Professional Certificate in International Faculty Development and Basic Life Support Certification.

Humanitarian Health Conference Invitation

Graduates of the INMED Professional Certificate in International Faculty Development will receive an invitation to participate in the 2022 Humanitarian Health Conference. This conference will be held on June 10–11 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. The conference registration is free for graduates, and an official letter of invitation will be issued. Travel expenses will be at the responsibility of each person.