Closing General Session

International Treatment Panel

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Saturday, March 20th
Goal: 

To improve awareness of how volunteer international missions are perceived by the host nations.

Objective: 

Attendees will be able to identify the importance of enhanced understanding of the cultural and social issues in the nations where surgical missions perform surgeries and the need for cultural sensitivities.

Session Chair: 

John A. Van Aalst, MD

Schedule

168
10:45am

VOLUNTEER INTERNATIONAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS FROM A HOST NATION PERSPECTIVE
The goal of this panel is to critically examine volunteer international treatment programs around the world from the perspective of health care practitioners in the host nation.  The paradigm for such international treatment program work across disciplines is changing and needs to be host-nation centered rather than volunteer centered; if Westerners hope to continue to be welcome participants in the care of children with clefts in developing nations, we will have to change accordingly.
John A. van Aalst, MD, MA, FACS, Libby Wilson, MD, Jorge Palacios-Martinez, MD, Peter Donkor,  MDSc, FWACS, Shankar M. Rai, MBBS, MS, Percy Rossell-Perry, MD, and Hanine Al Sheikh, BS

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