Leading a STM Medical Team
Early Pre-Trip Tasks
Calendar
Here and in Calendar, Part II and
Calendar, Part III we will consider the development of the calendar of
activities for
the time of the trip itself (the ministry calendar).
The ministry calendar must be developed with the overall objectives in mind, in consultation with the
national host. It must be consistent with a pace and schedule that will prevent burnout
among team members. It must allow daily time for devotions and prayer at the start of the day, as well as a brief
"check-in" after dinner.
The calendar must account for each day - actually, each hour from trip departure to the arrival back home.
You must consider each meal, each morning's and evening's activities, where the team will sleep and shower, free time, a
day of rest (if the trip is
long enough to warrant one), and how the team will get from one place to another. The calendar should make reasonable
allowance for travel time between activities, down time, and preparation for the next day's activities. In other words,
the leader needs to create a calendar - in consultation with the national host, the medical director and the nursing director -
that will allow for a successful trip.
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