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Overseas
Health ]
Health-care
is a very important
issue in the life of
a missionary. If you
can't effectively do
your work due to regular
illnesses or overall
poor health, you don't
need to be overseas.
You
may feel fine and healthy,
but that is a diagnosis
that our doctors will
determine with you,
and sometimes the decision
is made in consultation
with your personal physician.
There
are places in the world
that have totally inadequate
medical care. Think
about it—do you
want to have health-care
problems in a third
world country?
It
is extremely important
to include a valid e-mail
address with your Health
Questionnaire (HQ) and
other IMB paperwork!
If our doctors need
additional information,
they will send an e-mail
requesting this information
from you or your doctor.
If it does not return
to us as undeliverable,
we assume you received
it!
Look
at the "Questions"
page so that you will
not be caught off guard
and delayed due to the
need for additional
health clarification
before medical clearance
will be granted. No
one moves through the
process without securing
medical clearance.
The
HQ is completed online,
please
read the instructions
first.
Physical
examinations:
In order to be good
stewards of the resources
that Southern Baptists
have entrusted to the
IMB and to prepare to
send people to the field
in good physical condition,
we are asking every
applicant 40 years old
and above to get a simple
physical from your personal
physician at the time
you are submitting your
application. You will
need to have your physician
return the completed
form back to the IMB’s
Medical Department for
review. If we fail to
receive your report
by the application deadline,
it may result in your
being delayed until
the next available deadline.
In
addition, we would encourage
everyone under 40 to
have this checkup with
your physician.
