Beyond Medicine: What Else You Need to Know to Be a Healthcare Missionary

“What I didn’t realize initially was that learning to practice medicine overseas was
the easy part....” As a first year medical missionary in Kenya, Dr. David Stevens was
prepared and well-trained to use his medical skills to help serve and care for the needy
people in Africa. But his years spent in medical school and family practice residency
certainly didn’t prepare or train him for the myriad of other responsibilities he faced—
governance, management, administration, recruitment, community he...