International Medical Corps Role Assignment

INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS ROLE
IN CONTRIBUTING TO COMMON GOOD
Overview of Organisation
 The IMC is a global humanitarian non-profit
organization that works to provide emergency
response during natural disasters and
humanitarian crisis. It provides emergency relief
and life saving health care supplies to affected
children, families and communities who lost
everything due to natural disaster, disease and
war.
 Mission: The main mission of IMC is to improve
the quality of life through health interventions
and other activities that strengthen underserved
communities worldwide.
 Its main area of focus is relieving the sufferings
of people affected by war, disease and support
these groups of people to come to return to self-
reliance. IMC provides service in the area of
emergency response, health service support,
community health and hygiene related services
 Their work globally is understood from various
actions taken by them to treat people in
different parts of the world. For example, they
were the leading organization who took response
regarding increasing number of Ebola in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (International
Medical Corps, 2019).
Contribution to the Common
Good
The emergency response action of the IMC is one of the
factors that can demonstrate fulfilment of common good.
Their commitment to provide full support during humanitarian
crisis is an example of common good as they provide
vulnerable people the right to live and enjoy basic rights like
all other groups (Hammersley, 2017). They have an
emergency assessment team committed to identify
assessment needs and provide adequate support
(International Medical Corps, 2019)
IMC has advocates for the health of the underserved
community. This is understood from the role of IMC in
implementing innovative approach to improve mental health
care in the Middle East. They have collaborated with other
agencies to share innovative method of supporting
vulnerable communities. Their case management model has
helped in maintaining the continuum of care (International
Medical Corps, 2012).
IMC is helping in creating a just community by being the first
respondent to help those in needs. During natural disasters,
they make sure to reach as early as possible and in this way,
they save lives of vulnerable group struggling at the merge of
life and death. Their water, hygiene and sanitation services is
reflective of their endeavour to provide access to basic life
ameneties to people affected by poverty, disasters and wars.
My Professional Contribution
 As a nurse, my professional skills of
therapeutic communication and values of
advocacy and respecting needs and dignity of
patient can help me to fulfil the mission of IMC
in improving lives of people and promoting
health of underserved communities. In
addition, my practical skills of basic human
care, skills to treat people with special needs
and professional accountability will help me
to contribute to the organization.
 By balancing individual dignity and respect, I
willl be able to contribute to goals of common
good for the organization and maintain
societal integrity and distributive justices.
 By getting engaged with IMC, I can engage in
risk reduction during humanitarian crises by
working with the disadvantaged groups and
giving appropriate triage related care. My
ongoing training and practical experience will
help in delivering acute response and
promoting recovery of people affected by
natural disasters. By engaging in systematic
assessment of clients, I will be able to
effectively handle emergency and disaster
situations.
References
Hammersley, M. (2017). Communitarian Principles That Will
Increase the Damage Done by Ethical Regulation? A
Response to ‘The Quest for Generic Ethics Principles in
Social Science Research’by David Carpenter☆', Finding
Common Ground: Consensus in Research Ethics Across the
Social Sciences (Advances in Research Ethics and Integrity,
Volume 1).
International Medical Corps (2012).
International Medical
Corps Advocates for Innovative Approach to Improve Mental
Health Care in Middle East. Retrieved from:
https://internationalmedicalcorps.org/updates/international-
medical-corps-advocates-for-innovative-approach-to-improv
e-mental-health-care-in-middle-east/
International Medical Corps (2019).
Our Work. Retrieved from:
https://internationalmedicalcorps.org/what-we-do/our-work/
Introduction
This poster gives a brief overview of a non-
profit organization, the International Medical
Corps (IMC) and examines the organizations
role in the contribution of common good. The
poster will introduce audience to the key
functions of the organization and discuss how
the organization contribute to common good in
various ways. The poster also highlights key
professional skill sets that can help to fulfil the
organizational objective and contribute towards
the realization of a just global community.