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Leading global health and humanitarian efforts in less developed countries

Presenter: John Oliphant, MHP, MSEd, PA-C, ATC

Assistant professor at the RIT in the College of Health Sciences and Technology and the Physician Assistant program

Webinar Date: 10-06-2016

Leading global health and humanitarian efforts in less developed countries

Leading global health and humanitarian efforts in less developed countries: Best practices relevant to cross-cultural partnerships.

Many people from the developed world, who intend to help the poor in less developed countries, actually end up doing harm by creating more dependence, demonstrating ignorance of the local culture, not understanding the importance of long-term relationships, and offering solutions to problems without ever getting input and buy-in from those they intend to help.

In this webinar, John will share how those from the developed world can best approach humanitarian relief and development work in the developing world. From the perspective of his work in Haiti and elsewhere in the world, John will share more on how to empower and develop the indigenous people, how to focus on long-term relationships and partnerships with the indigenous people, and how to work on understanding the local culture and how the issues of global health impact us all.

John Oliphant, MHP, MSEd, PA-C, ATC / Assistant professor at the RIT in the College of Health Sciences and Technology and the Physician Assistant program

John Oliphant, MHP, MSEd, PA-C, ATC, is an assistant professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology in the College of Health Sciences and Technology and the Physician Assistant program. He is very active in global health and poverty alleviation work, serving as a board member and the director of Medical and Dental Operations for the organization Restore Haiti.

Additionally, he is a board member for Our World Outreach, which sent personal protective equipment to the healthcare workers of Liberia during the recent Ebola outbreak. He has done consulting work in Liberia, assessing the status of the healthcare system there and researching the utilization of Physician Assistants. He is in the process of completing his Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy at Niagara University with a research focus on global health and best-leadership practices for working in developing nations.