Conferences
Medsin holds two conferences per year. The first, the National Conference, is held in October. The second, the Global Health Conference, is held in March.
Conferences are a great way to meet like-minded people, hear internationally renowned speakers and get inspired to take Medsin action at a local level. Training is also offered on a variety of subjects which will help to improve the network.
Medsin also holds two general assemblies per year. The Spring General Assembly is usually held sometime in April, and the Autumn General Assembly, in October.
General Assemblies are an opportunity to shape the direction of Medsin, vote on changes to the way the organisation works, vote in new projects and campaigns, and in the spring, to elect a new national committee. They also provide a great opportunity for networking with other members and training is provided on a variety of topics.
If your branch are thinking of running to host a conference, you may what to look at this friendly advice from Medsin Leedswho ran the national conference in 2005.
Autumn General Assembly
2007
This year's AGA was held in Southampton on the 22nd & 23rd of September. To read more about this event, click here.
Presentations that were given are available here.
2006
The AGA 2006 was held in Manchester on the 7th-8th of October.
To read all about what went on click on the link above.
For details of policy statements passed at the AGA go here To see presentations that were given go here
National Conference
Past Conferences
2007
This year's conference was held in Dundee on 26th-28th October. The theme of this conference was 'Population and Health'.
2008
The National Conference 2008 will be hosted by the Medsin branch at UCL. The theme of this conference will be 'Power and Politics in Global Health'. Keep reading the Medsin Newsletter and www.medsin.org, for further information closer to the even.
Regional Conferences
Regional conferences are a way of geting members from various branches together for one day conferences. Most are focussed on issues relating to global and local health inequalities and also include workshops for training and exploring issues in more depth.
Global Health Conference
Past Conferences
2007
Last year's Global Health Conference was held in Newcastle on the 24th/25th of March, 2007. See this page for details of what went on.
2008
Medsin-Oxford hosted Global Health Conference 2008 on 29th & 30th March. The theme of this conference was be 'Evolving Problems & New Perspectives'. Click here to find a write up of the conference, including voting minutes and presentations from speakers.
Spring General Assembly
2006
Held in Leicester, April 29th-30th.
Minutes available here
2007
Held in London, April 21st-22nd
Minutes Available here. A short summary of what went on here
2008
Held in Leeds, April 26th-27th. Minutes available here.
Last updated on Tuesday 06 May 2008 at 14:39.
