Overview

International Outreach Webinar: Guiding Principles for Conducting International Health Activities

Jan. 20, 2016
3:00 - 3:30 p.m. ET (please adjust for your time zone)

Compelled to continue Jesus' mission of love and healing today, U.S.-based Catholic health care organizations are reaching out to our brothers and sisters around the world to improve their health status and quality of life. This tradition of international ministry is a testament to the commitment of associates from across Catholic health ministry to live up to the Gospel mandate to provide compassionate care, with special attention to those most in need.

This 30-minute webinar will introduce CHA members and others to the Guiding Principles for Conducting International Health Activities. The six principles were developed by gathering wisdom from many sources, including Catholic social tradition, and are offered to open up conversations around why and how we conduct international health projects.

Objectives

After completion of this program, participants will be able to:

  • Apply the Guiding Principles for Conducting International Health Activities.
  • Restate the six principles.
  • Employ the Modern Day Parable as a means of opening up discussion around the opportunities and challenges of doing work in low- and middle-income communities around the world.

REGISTRATION PER SITE

Jan. 20, 2016
3:00 - 3:30 p.m. ET

Registration Fee

CHA Members: Free
Other Registrants: $35

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Who Should Attend

This webinar is relevant for:

  • Anyone who has participated in, leads or operationally supports any kind of international health activity, be it a medical mission trip, twinning, medical surplus recovery or financial support, including volunteers
  • Mission leaders and ethicists who might be called to guide conversations around the why and how of this work moving forward
  • Sponsors
  • Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs) staff
  • MSRO staff and volunteers

Speaker

Bruce Compton
Senior Director, International Outreach
Catholic Health Association

Bruce Compton is senior director of international outreach for the Catholic Health Association of the United States. He is based in the association's St. Louis office. Mr. Compton is responsible for assisting and supporting CHA-member organizations in their outreach activities in the developing world. His duties include facilitating collaboration among CHA-member organizations and others, seeking to enhance the impact of international ministries. Additionally, he is responsible for education regarding international outreach issues and encouraging CHA members' participation in various activities of international ministry.

Mr. Compton lived in Haiti from 2000 to 2002, and he continued to work in support of health missions in the developing world after he returned to the U.S. He did so in his capacity as founding president and chief executive of Springfield, Ill.–based Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach, a ministry organization bringing surplus medical supplies from Midwest hospitals to medical missions in the developing world.

Certificate of Attendance

A Certificate of Attendance, indicating program contact hours, is available to program participants following completion of the event. A CHA website account is needed in order to receive a Certificate of Attendance. If you do not have a CHA website account, please go to our Create Account page.

To access a Certificate of Attendance, use the Meeting History link located in the account holder menu.

Please note CHA does not offer Continuing Education Units (CEU) for any programs. Participants may submit Certificates of Attendance to relevant organizations that accept proof of contact hours as credit.

These include:

American College of Healthcare Executives: American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) members may self-report qualifying CEUs using the contact hour information provided on their CHA Certificate of Attendance. To self-report, log in as a member on the ACHE site; use the link on the left-hand side to self-report applicable contact hours for CEU credit.

NACC Board Certified Chaplains: National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC) board certified chaplain members may self-report their continuing education hours (CEH's) using the contact hours information provided on their CHA Certificate of Attendance

For further information regarding Certificates of Attendance, please contact Danette Thompson, (314) 253-3408.

CHA Member Benefit

CHA's webinars are designed to offer timely, convenient, relevant, cost-effective education about key topics and issues.

Participant/Site Coordinator Role

As a participant, you will receive dial-in instructions and webinar materials one week prior to the webinar via email. These materials will come to you from "CHA Service Center," so please watch for that email address. Be sure to have these materials ready the day of the webinar so that you can easily access the event and utilize the materials. If you have registered and are convening a group of participants, please consider yourself the "site coordinator" and review the following suggested recommendations for serving in that role on behalf of the group.

More information

Can't Participate in the Live Event?

If your schedule doesn't permit you to participate in the live event, please register (FREE for CHA members) and you will automatically receive a link to the archived version of the webinar.


Contact

For more information contact the CHA Service Center or Bruce Compton, CHA senior director of international outreach.