1. What are some ministry tasks that you want the intern to accomplish while serving with you?

Internships at Shalom Christian Birthing Home are tailored to the skill and confidence level of the intern. Because it is a medical facility, competency must be demonstrated prior to clinical participation. Typical interns are third or fourth year nursing or midwifery students or licensed practitioners who are looking for more experience in a cross-cultural setting, while deepening their Christian faith.

Interns may expect to help with vital signs, maternal and fetal assessment during antenatal and intrapartum periods, assisting with births, observing various assessment tools, and accompanying nurses and discipleship leaders during home visits and community Bible studies.

Most of the intern's time will be spent in direct clinical placement. Tailored experiences, such as home visits and Bible study involvement, will depend entirely on the intern and as opportunities arise. Administrative tasks such as clinical documentation are minimal, but expected as part of maintaining a proper healthcare facility.

2. What are some key lessons from your ministry and walk with the Lord that you want to impart to the interns to help them as they consider their own individual call to missions or vocational ministry?

Shalom is a great place to explore missions in a very supportive environment! Interns are given the opportunity to observe how medical ministry operates and slowly join into the fray as opportunities arise.

3. What would a typical day look like?

There is no such thing as a typical day at Shalom! Because we are a 24 / 7 facility, interns may be assigned to assist with an antenatal clinic, in the laboratory, on a birth room delivery shift, or conducting house to house visits with a Shalom staff member. Interns are never left alone and are typically assigned to an 8 hour shift, 5 days a week.

4. Please list specific skills an intern may expect to develop by the time the internship is completed.

Interns may expect to solidify skills learned in school, such as antenatal maternal / child assessment, labor & delivery, and well-mother / child assessment in the continued postpartum period. Depending on the intern's interest, additional skills may be developed, such as performing basic laboratory tests, ultrasound assessment, assistance with births, and neonatal resuscitation.