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RxConneXion
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United Methodist Fellowship of Health Care Professionals |
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Through Jesus Christ, the Great Physician,
health-care professionals are connected
to provide expertise to meet the medical needs
from Antigua to Zimbabwe.
(I Corinthians 12: 7-9) |
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JANE
DUNN—NCJ
HEALTH TEAM CONSULTANT
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JANE
DUNN, a veteran of over 12 UMVIM experiences, is the
Health Care Consultant for North Central Jurisdiction
medical teams and individual volunteers being placed
in medical positions. DUNN, a masters-prepared registered
nurse has worked for over 30 years in medical / surgical
settings, as a health administrator, a nursing professor
and in psychiatric care.
JANE and her husband, RICHARD, have led health teams to Guatemala, Honduras,
and Panama. They have also volunteered as individuals in Belize and served
on construction teams in Chile and the Louisiana Gulf Coast. She
did consulting with the GBGM missionary, IRENE MPARUTSA
on health care issues in while on a mission
team in Cambodia. Early
in her career, JANE
was employed for two years by Reynolds Metals
Company as co-manager of an employee hospital in a bush
mining camp in Kwakwani, Guyana. |
JANE
DUNN checks blood pressures on a recent
medical UMVIM trip to Panama. |
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JANE
hopes to use knowledge gained from her volunteer experiences
to assist health teams and their leaders with preparation,
and facilitate growth of UMVIM health teams within the Jurisdiction.
The position officially started in 2007 and is unsalaried
except for an allocation to cover office and travel expense.
Jane
is truly “volunteering” her time to enrich the
lives of others!
Because of her expertise and willingness, JANE has been employed
by the Mission Volunteer unit of Global Ministries to edit
and maintain a blog for healthcare volunteers nation-wide.
She is also called upon to give health care advice and training
to Individual Volunteers when the training sessions are in
the North Central Jurisdiction.
JANE AND RICHARD live in Glen Ellyn, IL. You may reach JANE
at her home phone, 630-790-4387 or by sending an e-mail to
richjane@ameritech.net.
We thank JANE for offering her services in this way and feel
that under her guidance she will enable the number of medical
teams and medical professionals going out of this Jurisdiction
to increase dramatically in the future!
Check out the Blog!
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Health Care Blogsite
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Medical
Team Consultation
May
1-3, 2009 |
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Church of the Dunes UMC, Grand Haven,
MI |
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It’s All
about Community Based Primary Health Care (CBPHC)
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DR. ROGER BOE has been a dedicated proponent of the Community
Based Primary Health Care model for many years and has
been a key participant and workshop leader in many of the
past Rx Consultations.
Thank You, ROGER! |
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After a very successful 2009 event, the Rx Consultation
has been put to rest for another year! We would like to
thank our guests, workshop leaders, other presenters, and
hosts for a wonderful weekend of connecting and sharing!
The workshops were informative and well received and there
was an impressive number of quality displays to view. There
were four displays on water purification and sanitation
alone!
The following guests came to our Jurisdiction to help inspire
us to take principals of CBPHC with us on all of our teams
whether a medical mission or otherwise:
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DR. ROGER BOE, ID; DR. CHERIAN THOMAS,
BARBARA
STONE and LANDON TAYLOR, GBGM;
and CONNIE GATES,
Jamkhed representative. |
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These presenters from the NCJ are to be commended on the
great work that they are doing throughout the world and we
appreciate the sharing of their expertise and field lessons
learned
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JANE DUNN and her PANAMA MEDICAL TEAM (N IL and W MI)
along with Panama UMVIM coordinator, RHETT THOMPSON; DR.
MARK SCHROEDER and DR. CURT JOHNSON, WI ; DEE STICKLEY-MINER,
W OH; DR. DOYLE ELLIS, MARILYN GRIFFITH AND DONALD GRIFFITH
all of S IND; and DEANNA HAWKINS, MN. Several people took
the UMVIM Team Leader training with LORNA JOST. |
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Many participants visited the annual Tulip
Festival in nearby Holland, MI |
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We enjoyed
the devotions, travelogues and country information from
PASTOR DANIEL DUNCAN, Teresa MILLER AND VALERIE MOSSMAN-CELESTIN
of W MI and LARRY CALDERON HURTADO, UMVIM coordinator,
Nicaragua. The concert by “Voices 4 Praise” helped
finish Saturday on the right note!
A special THANK YOU to BRONWEN & BARRY KRAM, our awesome
hosts for the weekend at Church of the Dunes in Grand Haven,
MI! What a wonderful site for this event! |
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Next : Consultation X
May 7-9, 2010 / Iowa
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