BruceDahlmanMDMSHPE

Summary

• Bruce Dahlman, MD, is a Family Medicine specialist currently based in Baudette, MN where he is emergency room and hospitalist physician.
  Over his 28-year medical service and education career in East Africa, Bruce Dahlman MD MSHPE ABFM has assisted the launch of family medicine as a speciality in Kenya as Director of the Nairobi-based Institute of Family Medicine. He was the Founding Head, Department of Family Medicine and Community Care, Kabarak University, Kenya, affiliated with five church hospitals. He was a founding board member of the Christian Academy of African Physicians that supports the establishment and improvement of primary care specialty residency programs (Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics) at church hospitals across Africa through professional development resources, spiritual and clinical curriculum development and on-site consultations.
  He graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School in 1981 and completed his residency in Family Medicine at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences in 1984. Dr. Dahlman holds a Master of Science in Health Professions Education with Distinction from Maastricht University and served as Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth Medical School. His expertise includes emergency medicine, clinical decision support, global health, medical education, and software design. He has authored several publications, including works on family medicine education in Kenya and health information systems.