Rationale:
To provide a series of voluntary seminars for Queen's medical, nursing, and occupational and physiotherapy (OT/PT) students related to global health. It is cumulative, moving from the cultural history of specific regions of Africa and India to current day political situations. Subsequently, humanitarian projects are discussed, followed by a session where students and faculty present their personal experiences working overseas. The series will illustrate the multiplicity of needs within developing countries and the importance of involvement from multiple disciplines including healthcare.
Objectives:
- To provide Queen's students who are considering engaging in overseas electives to the reviewed countries with a sense of the context into which they are entering.
- To educate students about the part of the world to which they are traveling, which will serve to:
- Improve their personal safety.
- Help provide a positive perception of themselves and Queen's University to the local communities to which they are visiting.
- To help them understand what they are experiencing in these countries.
- To increase interdisciplinary interaction between the medical, nursing, and OT/PT students.
- To explore the broad nature of global health, and form connections between health and other societal aspects of international development.
Available Position! - Junior Coordinator
Responsibilities:
- Learn the process of hosting a lecture series from the Senior Coordinator
- Promote lecture series to class
- Help with organization of food, introduction of lecturers
- Study current lecture series for strengths and weaknesses, improving these points if possible in the design of the series for the next year
If you are interested in being involved with this program, please contact Dan at: danfinnigan@gmail.com