Educators, teachers, students and community partners in the North West shared and celebrated global health, education and awareness-raising during the 6th annual health education day, organized by the Center for Global Health Educationpart of the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health.
Held at Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center on May 14, the event presented poster presentations and two Cover addresses and the opening remarks of Ashti Doobay-Persaud, MD, Associate teacher of Hospital medicine And Medical education and co -director of the Center for Global Health Education.
“Thank you for joining us for World Health Education Day this year – an annual tradition that brings together students, trainees, educators and researchers from Northwestern, Chicago and our global partner establishments,” said Doobay -Persaud. “Today, it is a celebration of dynamic and diversified work in global education and research of health, and a chance to learn from each other while we continue to develop this community. We recognize that this work continues in the face of growing challenges, including an increasingly complex financing landscape. Despite this headwind, the commitment and creativity of this community remain strong – and today is a will for this resilience. ”.
The day continued with a poster This included more than 30 posters on projects relevant to the global health of students, trainees and teachers. The subjects were from the use of social media and mental health to the opportunities for the education of health professions.
Susan Van Schalkwyk, MPHIL, PHD, professor emeritus in health education education and former executive chief of education in the health profession at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, said the opening speech, entitled “What are the knowledge?” Considerations for the World Health Stock Exchange ”.
Based on his personal experiences, Van Schalkwyk discussed the importance of education, the responsibilities attached to the Stock Exchange and how to navigate the dominant stories.
Note that the scholarship is more than simply carrying out research, Van Schalkwyk shares that “knowledge is the goods with which we exchange”.
“People considered to be in the current have power, and power can change things,” said Van Schalkwyk. “I hope that you will hear the call and take the call to revisit what you are committed with, how you assimilate, what you read, what you hear and that you really revisit what knowledge imported when you engage in your learned work.”
Megan L. Schultz, MD, MA, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Director of World Health of the Child and Codirector of the World University Concentration of Health at the Medical College of Wisconsin, delivered her discourse, entitled “Incorporating global health in your career in an ethical, sustainable and anti-colonial way”.
Schultz discussed his educational career and shared career advice, stressing that health care is a human right and emphasizing public members the importance of remembering their objective. Addressing the crowd focused on health education, Schultz discussed mentorship, nothing that all mentors do not need to share the field of studies of a mentor. “Sometimes your mentor is just someone who believes in you and who connects you to the right people,” said Schultz.
Van Schalkwyk and Schultz both stressed the importance of global health and the pursuit of education.
The event ended in the atrium of the Ryan family with a prize ceremony and a closing reception, including the McGaw World Health Clinical Cuffs Program Graduation ceremony and announces laureates of the prize for presentation of posters.
Samuel Ampaw, a student in the Master of Science in Global Health Program, received the first prize in the category of students / trainees for their poster, “Use of social media and mental health: Ghana ideas”.
Mallika Pandey, principal research coordinator in the department of Medical Social SciencesWon in the category of teachers / staff for the poster, “a committed approach to the community to adapt a suicide prevention set based on evidence for young Ethiopians”.
The event also recognized Amelia Van Pelt, PHD, MPHThe exceptional educator of the year of this year. Van Pelt is assistant professor of medical sciences and associate director of research at Ryan Family Center for world primary care.
This prize pays tribute to exceptional global educators who have provided exceptional support in the development and advancement of education and learning in global health.
Van Pelt was nominated by Rinad Beidas, PHD, President and Ralph Seal Paffenbarger professor of medical social sciences.
“The collaborative nature of Amy and the shared expertise in global health are notable, and its leadership in the facilitation of capacity building workshops for world health colleagues is the most striking,” said Doobay-Persaud. “In addition to teaching, she devoted herself to mentoring world health trainees.”
Doobay-Persaud was joined by William Leonard, PhdCodirector of the Center for Global Health Education, for the closing of remarks.
The Center for Global Health Education welcomes World Health Education Day every year to present global health experts and provide a place for students, trainees, teachers and the field staff to share their work.
Winner of the presentation of posters
- Samuel Ampaw – Use of social media and mental health: Ghana ideas (poster n ° 28, student / intern)
- Mallika Pandey – A committed approach to the community to adapt a suicide prevention set based on evidence for young Ethiopians (poster n ° 16, professor / staff)
Honorable mention
- Moses Ochora – Neuroscreen adaptation, a neurocognitive test battery based on tablets in adolescents with perinatal HIV (phiv) in the southwest Uganda (poster n ° 20, student / trainee)
- Sarah Welch – Scoping current opportunities for the education of health professions in East, South and West Africa (poster No. 29, Faculty / Personnel)
McGaw Global Health Clinical Scholars Program Graduates
- MIRIAM LIAT ALPERT, DO, physical medicine and rehabilitation
- Toluwalase awoyemi MD, DPHIL, internal medicine
- Nithin Charlly, MD, family medicine
- Conor B. Driscoll, MD, Urology (Surgery)
- Emma Greever, MD, emergency medicine
- Nova Hou, MD, MPH, physical medicine and rehabilitation
- Nevin Kamal, MD, endocrinology (internal medicine)
- Jared Larson, MD, internal medicine
- Olichi Princess Nwoke, MD, anesthesiology
- Lisa Laurenzana, MD, physical medicine and rehabilitation
- Antonio Mondíguez González, MD, physical medicine and rehabilitation
- Steven Hugh-Patrick Smith, MBBS, pathology
- Louis A. Ugalde, MD, Emergency Medicine
Ashti Doobay-Persaud, MD is a member of Robert J. Heney, MD Institute for Global Health, Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (Nucats) And Institute of Public Health and Medicine (Ipham).
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