Newsletter 190
Contents
National News and Events
- Global Health Advocacy Project Breaking Campaign Success
- Results of the Healthy Planet e-vote
- Do you want to write for the Lancet - Medsin Magazine extended submission deadline 14th August
Anything Else
- International Development Conference, Newcastle University, Saturday 1st November 9.00 - 5.30.
- Doctors Wellbeing Seminar, Australia
- Mobilising and Engaging Communities for Global Health Conference 2008
- Child Family Health International Scholarship for IFMSA members
- 19th European IPPNW student conference, Amsterdam, November 27th - November 30th
- Resilience Project, European Student Meeting, Strasburg, 27-28th September
Website and News
The website is for YOUR events being held by YOUR branches, projects and campaigns. It is really, really easy to submit events and news, so please do, and let everyone know what wonderful things you are up to! Join in Medsin discussions at http://www.medsin.org/discuss
National News and Events
Global Health Advocacy Project Breaking Campaign Success
The Global Health Advocacy Project has recently made national press coverage, with the release of 'Where's the Consultation' report being covered by the Observer and BMJ.
The report summarises submissions to a Department of Health Consultation regarding proposals to remove primary healthcare entitlement from vulnerable groups including failed asylum seekers. These submissions, obtained by Medsin members, are only now entering the public domain, four years after the consultation closed. The report also details ongoing attempts to access the remaining submissions using the Freedom of Information Act.
Click here for the Observer article
Click here for the BMJ article
Healthy Planet e-vote
Congratulations to all those who voted for the Healthy Planet e-vote. A quorum was reached, subsequently Medsin has signed two letters. The first of which is addressed to Professor Sir John Tooke, Chair of The Medical Schools Council's Executive Committee, and the second which is addressed to Mr David Nicholson, the NHS Chief Executive.
The first letter is to ask for more climate change and health education in medical school curricula and for UK medical schools to create a plan for sustainable development, to reduce the carbon footprint of medical school activities.
The second letter is to congratulate the publication of the Draft NHS Carbon Reduction Strategy, and to suggest that the final strategy should support greater climate change and health education for all health workers in the NHS.
Do you want to write for the Lancet? Medsin Magazine submission date extended until 14th August
At the Medsin National Conference 2008 in October, Medsin and the Lancet Student will be launching a global health magazine. This magazine will be published twice a year and distributed to Medsin members at our two conferences. Furthermore, the theme of each magazine will coincide with the theme of the conference.
We are now soliciting articles for the first edition which will be entitled 'Medsin and the Lancet Student present Power and Politics in Global Health' and we would love YOU to contribute.
The publication of this magazine will coincide with the most politically charged months seen in years. With elections in the US, Russia, the Olympic Games in China, the shifting political landscape of Latin America; the flux of emerging and established powers are likely to have huge implications for global health. It is a very interesting theme and it is important to discuss these issues among medical students and health care professionals.
As well as being released in print, this will also be available online on the Medsin and the Lancet Student websites.
Your articles should be no longer than 1000 words.
Please send your submissions to: student@lancet.com or rhona.macdonald@lancet.com.
For further details, visit the medsin website or the lancet student website
Autumn General Assembly, Leicester, 26th-27th September
Believe it or not, it is almost that time again.....time for the Autumn General Assembly (AGA)!
The National Committee 2007-08 will soon be stepping down and the brand new National Committee 2008-09 will be stepping up. The new committee have already been working away to plan the AGA 2008 and here's some details to jot into your diary.
Location: Leicester When?: Sat 27th - Sun 28th September What?: There will be a video conference with students in Peru and Tanzania from 8-10pm on the Friday night. The AGA starts at 8.45am on Saturday and finished 5pm on Sunday. As always, there will be training, voting on bylaw changes, policy statements and guidance statements, mini-meetings, branch presidents meeting, activities board meeting, some campaigns planning, networking and much, much more.....not forgetting the Saturday night social!
Cost: ₤7.00 Who: The more, the merrier! It's really important for branch presidents, project and campaigns coordinators to come, and please bring others with you.
Registration forms will be available from the website from 3rd September (we'll put the link in the newsletter)
Deadline for submission of bylaw changes and statements is midnight on 28th August.
Anything Else:
International Development Conference, Newcastle University, Saturday 1st November 9.00 - 5.30.
A day of workshops, open lectures and debates focusing on conflict and international development. Speakers will include NGO representatives from Oxfam, Traidcraft, VSO, and Cageprisoners as well as experts in economics, politics and technology. IDCs are courses into which development professionals distil the crucial issues people should be aware of to be a global citizen and, especially, before participating in development interventions themselves. Students from all subjects are welcome, particularly students from those departments that do not typically address development issues (e.g. Engineers, NatSci's, Medics, Mathmo's, Compsci's...)
Registration is ₤8.00, which includes lunch, workshops, discussion groups, debates and the chance to hear some fantastic key note speakers. Cost also includes an absolutely epic social on Saturday evening with live music and dancing from around the world.
Click here to join the facebook event group
Doctors Wellbeing Seminars, Australia
Hey all,
Just a shout out to anyone who is over in Australia for their elective or holidays this summer, as part of my extended SSM we are holding two Doctors wellbeing seminars (see link below). They are open and free for medical students so if you have a spare Saturday afternoon and fancy coming along please do. If there is enough interest we may look into holding them over in the UK as well so if this is something that is of interest to you please email me
Best Wishes Amy :)
www.healthprofessionalwellbeing.com.au
Associated Medical Research site:
Mobilizing and Engaging Communities for Global Health Conference 2008, George Washington University, Sunday, August 24th 2008
This conference will give student leaders the knowledge and the tools to be effective campaign organizers and advocates on global health issues. Attendees will receive background on how the U.S. works with the international community to protect children's health and to reduce the death toll of tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV/AIDS. We will also address the link between reproductive rights and maternal and child health, as well the global issues surrounding access to clean water. We will then focus on providing attendees with tactics they can use to take action on these issues in order to make change locally and globally. The result will be informed, inspired young people that can work to mobilize and lead their communities to ensure global health issues are given greater attention in the national and international debate.
For more information, contact Christine.G@aidemocracy.org
Child Family Health International Scholarship for IFMSA members
CFHI Spring 2009 Scholarships- Now Accepting Applications
Child Family Health International www.cfhi.org is a 16 year old nonprofit organization that provides global education opportunities for students of the health sciences. Students participate in 4 or 8 week rotations with physicians in developing countries in underserved communities. To date, CFHI has sent over 4,500+ students on its programs to 17 sites throughout Bolivia, Ecuador, India, Mexico, Nicaragua and South Africa. Read more about CFHI and how we cultivate local sustainability within our international partner sites here.
CFHI Spring 2009 Scholarships are used to fund February- May 2009 global education programs. Deadline for completed CFHI Spring 2009 Scholarship applications is NOVEMBER 15, 2008. For more information on our scholarships please visit CFHI’s scholarship page or email alumni@cfhi.org.
IFMSA Members: One full scholarship position has been reserved for student members of IFMSA. For more information on IFMSA, please see www.ifmsa.org. Please indicate on your application that you are an IFMSA member if you would like to be considered for this scholarship.
19th European IPPNW student conference, Amsterdam, November 27th - November 30th
3 major themes:
- Nukes and Terrorism
- War, Small Arms and Poverty
- Nukes and Climate change
For 3 days preceding the conference there will be an awareness raising bike tour from Volkel (the nuclear weapons base in Netherlands
After the conference get involved in a Target X in central Amsterdam
For more information and registration, please, go to the website
Resilience Project, European Student Meeting, Strasburg, 27-28th September
What? Discuss the project proposal to study post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
Why? The first goal of the meeting is to enhance learning and training about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The second goal of the meeting will be to determine what kind of support would be useful coming from European IPPNW Students
How can I Learn more? follow this http://www.ippnw-students.org/strasbourg2008.html
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