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Rethinking Global Health - A Student Perspective
Representatives of several international student organizations will arrange a workshop from October 19th – 24th 2012 to accompany the World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany.
Key-Facts
Application deadline: September 16th 2012
Please send your application to preWHS@bvmd.de
Applications are to include a CV (max. 2 pages) + letter of motivation (max. 1/2 page)
Cost: 75€ per person
Included is: Ticket for the World Health Summit and lunch during workshop days.
Participants must cover costs for accommodation themselves.
Number of participants: 40
Selection criteria:
Selection will be conducted in order to ensure a diverse background of participants.
No specific formal qualification or experience is mandatory and applications without prior experience in Global Health issues are highly encouraged.
Applicants however are encouraged to show their ability and willingness to self-reflect, approach challenges on a wider level and contribute towards civil society.
Further information: www.worldhealthsummit.org and www.bvmd.de/arbeit/scoph/prewh
More Information
The World Health Summit is the conference of the M8 Alliance Academic Health Centers and Medical Universities. One of its purposes is to bring together leaders from academia, science, politics and industry as well as stakeholders of the private sector and civil society. This year the Summit will take place in Berlin from October 21th to 24th with the theme “Research for Health and Sustainable Development”.
With the student workshop “Rethinking Global Health – A Student Perspective” our aim is to gather students prior to the WHS in order to meet, discuss and prepare the Summit. The workshop will be designed as a series of activities, emphasizing the important role of students in the vast area of global health. The concept has been specifically created for the World Health Summit – for students, by students. Encouraged by the success of the „bvmd Week of Global Health Education“, which accompanied the World Health Summit 2011, the organizers implement the idea of a workshop-week on Global Health again, supported by several international student organizations. The workshop’s activities will enable participants to explore the multi-facetted world of Global Health through topics such as Patient and Community Health, the leading role of physicians in this context, the role of international institutions and governments as well as access of reliable information on Global Health issues.
The workshop will be both theoretical and practical. Through short interactive lectures, trainings and exercises, students will learn to use the theoretical knowledge in practice. Daily briefings, discussions and reflections on the day will be part of the workshop routine.
For further information feel free to contact us: preWHS@bvmd.de
