Medical Links to Haiti
The Train the Trainer Project
The Brunswick (GA) Chapter of the Links, Incorporated, in conjunction with
Southeast Georgia Health System, is sponsoring a seminar on medical and
cultural issues affecting Haitians. The seminar is designed to familiarize
medical professionals and the community on these issues.
- When: Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
- Where: Southeast Georgia Health System, 2415 Parkwood Drive, Brunswick,
Linda S. Pinson Conference Center
Webinar
The presentations from this seminar are available online! If you were unable
to attend the seminar, you may register to watch the webinar online, but
watching the webinar will not qualify you to obtain CMEs.
Seminar Attendees: Obtain Continuing Education Credit
Requirements
If you attended the seminar in person and would like to obtain Continuing
Medical Education (CME) credit for this course, please email
Margie Harris.
Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation
requirements and policies of the Medical Association of Georgia through
the joint providership of Southern Alliance for Physician Specialties
CME and Brunswick Georgia Chapter of the Links, Incorporated. The Southern
Alliance for Physician Specialties CME is accredited by the Medical Association
of Georgia to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation
The Southern Alliance for Physician Specialties CME designates this live
activity for a maximum of 33 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians
should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation
in the activity.
Presentations
Making a Sustainable Difference in Haiti: Understanding the Needs and the
Culture of Haitian People
Diane Smith, Ph.D., R.N.
Medical Missions Project Coordinator
Helping Hugs, Incorporated
Outline of Diseases Experienced by the Haitian People
Mark G. Hanly, M.D., MBChB, FRCPath (Lond.), FCAP, FASCP, MAIC
Chief Medical Officer, Southeastern Pathology Associates
Chief of Staff and Chief, Department of Pathology,
Southeast Georgia Health System Brunswick Campus
Everything You Need to Know to Travel, Study and Work in Haiti
Diane Smith, Ph.D., R.N.
Medical Missions Project Coordinator
Helping Hugs, Incorporated.
Presenters
Mark G. Hanly, M.D., MBChB, FRCPath (Lond.), FCAP, FASCP, MAIC
Dr. Mark Hanly has been a member of the Medical College of Georgia’s
adjunct clinical faculty since 1997, and he is a Professor of Laboratory
Science at The College of Coastal Georgia. He has been Vice Chair of the
Communications Committee of the Medical Association of Georgia since 2002,
and he also currently Chairs the Georgia State Board for Physician Workforce.
Active in the College of American Pathologists (CAP) as a laboratory inspector,
he has been lead faculty on the CAP AP3 Ultrasound Guided Fine-Needle
Aspiration course since 2011 and has developed an Ultrasound Guided Fine-Needle
Aspiration Clinic, based at Southeast Georgia Health System, Brunswick Campus.
Diane Smith, PhD, R.N.
Dr. Diane Smith has practiced nursing in New York, Connecticut, Maryland,
Texas, Alaska, Florida and Georgia in civilian and military hospitals.
She served ten years in the Navy Reserve Nurse Corps. and has been volunteering
in developing countries since 1973 including Mexico, Jamaica, Nepal and
Haiti. She says that her most rewarding clinical practice has been in
these countries where the poor have such limited access to health care.
Contact
If you have questions about registering for this event or obtaining continuing
education credit, please email
Margie Harris.