IAMAT - International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers
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Programs and results
What we aim to solve
We address the gap in travel health services by supporting travel medicine education and training. Our scholars are young doctors and nurses who are not able to access specialized travel medicine education because training programs are prohibitively expensive or non-existent in their country. They are leaders in their community who are already practicing aspects of travel medicine or plan to establish a travel health clinic in the near future alongside their general medical practice. Our scholars improve health standards in their community, benefiting travelers and local patients alike. We also provide lectureship grants to travel and tropical medicine experts to present at conferences to advance travel medicine knowledge and best practices.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Travel Medicine Scholarships
We award travel medicine scholarships to doctors and nurses from countries where travel medicine is an emerging specialty.
This unique program provides scholars with the knowledge and practice to become certified practitioners in travel medicine. Upon graduation, scholars return to their home country to lend their expertise in travel medicine clinical best practices and improve health standards in their community.
We also sponsor lectureship grants for clinicians and researchers to present and the latest research in travel and tropical medicine.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of travel medicine scholarships awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Travel Medicine Scholarships
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Scholarships are awarded to doctors and nurses from countries where travel medicine is an emerging specialty to expand travel health services in their community.
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
IAMAT aims to make the world a healthier place to travel by expanding travel health services and awareness of travel medicine so that travelers have access to quality medical care anywhere they go.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our scholars attend travel medicine courses taught by travel medicine experts and participate in clinical observations at respected travel and tropical medicine institutions. The training prepares them to become certified travel medicine practitioners.
Our scholars are chosen for their capacity to teach travel medicine best practices and integrate travel health services in their workplace. They are also chosen for their ability to expand the practice of travel medicine in their region or country to form a national group or society.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
IAMAT has 60 years of experience in travel health and as a result, has a deep understanding of the gaps in travel medicine education and training as well as the medical needs of travelers.
Our training partners are leading travel and tropical medicine institutions, currently:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine / Sociedad Latinoamericana de Medicina de Viajero
South African Society of Travel Medicine / University of the Witwatersrand
Our Board of Directors is comprised of doctors, public health experts, and non-profit legal experts. We are also supported by an International Medical Advisory Board and a network of health experts who are members of the International Society of Travel Medicine and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Awarded 38 scholarships since 2002.
Next: Evaluate the impact of our scholarships within the scholar's workplace and more broadly in their country.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization collecting feedback from the people you serve?
Electronic surveys (by email, tablet, etc.),
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve,
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With whom is the organization sharing feedback?
The people we serve, Our staff, Our board,
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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IAMAT - International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers
Board of directorsas of 2/3/2021
Ms Assunta Uffer-Marcolongo
not affiliated
William Forgey
No Affiliation
Michele Marcolongo
No Affiliation
Seth Perlman
No Affiliation
Shirley Cheng
No Affiliation
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.