Consultation Resource Development
In 2000, Dr. Warren Heffron, a member of the CIHI Advisory Board, was the AAFP’s first international senior scholar-in-residence. During this time, he developed consultation tools which he piloted during consultations in Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and Saudi Arabia. In addition, he worked with other CIHI consultants to develop comprehensive materials on the consultation process, curriculum development, and consultant selection and training.

AAFP International Family Medicine Workshop
The 2003 inaugural CIHI workshop brought together academic and practicing family physicians to enhance the training of family physicians involved in international family medicine or considering international activities. Participants were trained in consultation skills, public health principles, representing family medicine to key stakeholders, and retraining versus traditional postsecondary training models. The 2008 workshop was held in Denver, Colo.

ProShëndetit Project: Improving Primary Health Care in Albania
In 2003, the AAFP received a three-year subcontract to provide technical services for a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) project in Albania in cooperation with University Research Corporation, LLC (URC) and Bearing Point. As of mid 2006, twelve CIHI consultants have visited Albania working with project partners and the Albanian Ministry of Health on issues related to primary health care development, educational training models, and certification/accreditation systems. The project was renewed by USAID for additional funding through 2009.

New Opportunities
AAFP Center for International Health Initiatives staff is actively pursuing hosting additional international workshops, and has been approached for assistance with additional health care development projects in Iraq, Jordan, Lesotho, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and India. CIHI consultants have also conducted consultation assessments of post-graduate training programs in Macao and the Bahamas.