On the Ground in a Crisis Zone

 
Mitch Duininck, M.D.,(Bio) is coming to speak this Friday, August 27th at the Narrows.  We are excited because he is just three weeks out from entering into the warzone. (He could use your prayers.)  Afghanistan is his next target.  It still blows my mind the calibur of men coming to the Narrows to share their life experiences.  If you have never been don't hesitate to make this your first.
 
To learn more about what Mitch is passionate about read below.
 
Family Medicine Training Crucial in Responding to Haiti Disaster, Say FPs
By Barbara Bein
2/1/2010
 
 
In His Image Family Medicine Residency physicians Mark Crouch, M.D., left, and Sujan Joshi, M.D., treat patients at the Salvation Army clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Mark Crouch, M.D., a first-year resident at the In His Image Family Medicine Residency in Tulsa, Okla., is at the beginning of his family medicine career. Douglas McKeag, M.D., the retired chair of the Indiana University School of Medicine's Department of Family Medicine in Indianapolis, is at a turning point in his long career. Yet, despite these differences, the two share a common heritage and a mutual calling.
 
In His Image Family Medicine Residency physicians Mark Crouch, M.D., left, and Sujan Joshi, M.D., treat patients at the Salvation Army clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Recently returned from separate medical service experiences in earthquake-shattered Haiti, both of these family physicians said their broad-based training -- though gained decades apart -- equipped them well to care for the many injured Haitian people they encountered during their trips.
 
According to Mitch Duininck, M.D., program director at In His Image, family medicine training is distinguished both by its wide range of knowledge and skills and by its focus on caring for people of every age in the context of their families and communities. In a disaster situation, he told AAFP News Now, family physicians are well able to treat fractures,