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Event Profile

Building Leadership in Global Health Equity

Date(s):
February 4, 2017
Venue:
Massachusetts General Hospital
185 Cambridge Street 3rd Floor
Boston, MA 02114 
Website:
http://www.massmed.org/globalhealth2017/
Description:
 
 
          ****** Online registration is CLOSED. Onsite registration is available - $25 *****
 
Parking is FREE and located a 10 minute walk from the venue. Please note that cars must vacate the lot by 6:00 PM or they will be locked in.
 
Schedule:
 8:30 AM       Registration
 
9:00 AM       Welcome
 
9:15 AM       Case Studies/Mini-Lectures
      • Preparing for your Global Health Experience – What No One Ever Tells You
      • Boston University’s Online Tool – Self-Directing your Pre-Departure Preparation
      • Cases in Zika Infection Counseling
      • Oral Health 101
      • Global Health Becomes Local: Developing Locally Sourced Prostheses
 11:30 AM     Keynote
                     Accelerating Praxis: Your Role in the Global Health
                     Equity Movement Today
                     Michelle Morse, MD, MPH
                     Co-Founding Director of EqualHealth
 
12:15 PM     Lunch and Networking
Faculty will sit with students based on topics of interest, providing an opportunity for direct conversation. Additional faculty will be joining us for networking.
 
1:30 PM      Workshop One - select one
      • Strategies for Starting and Maintaining a Successful Global Health Project
      • Refugee Health:  Caring for Vulnerable Pediatric Populations at Home
      • Stop the Bleed: Learn how to control hemorrhage in the field
      • Advancing Prenatal Care & Family Planning in  Limited Resource Settings
      • Oral Health Workshop: Delivering Basic Dental Care to Refugee Populations
      • Ethics in Global Health Work - Access to Care
2:30 PM      Workshop Two - select one
      • Strategies for Starting and Maintaining a Successful Global Health Project
      • Refugee Health:  Caring for Vulnerable Pediatric Populations at Home
      • Stop the Bleed:  Learn to Control Hemorrhage in the Field
      • Advancing Prenatal Care & Family Planning in  Limited Resource Settings
      • Ethics in Global Health Work - Access to Care
3:30 PM       Managing a Life in Global Health While Balancing Family & Career
 
4:15 PM       Wrap Up and Closing
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