Global Health Educational Consortium Conference: Part 3
Hanni Stoklosa, co-chair of AMSA-IFMSA, Region 1 Director of AMSA and board member of the Global Health Education Consortium rounds up the GHEC conference- Rhona
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What do each of these presentations have in common?
-”A Health and Human Rights Curricula Assessment of U.S. Public Health and Medical Schools”
-”Fighting Liver Cancer Disparities in the Medically Underserved Asian Community”
-”Puentes de Salud: An Innovative Model for Health Promotion in the Philadelphia Hispanic Community”
The answer?…Students!
As students, we are not merely the future of global health, we are currently the heart of the global health movement. For me, the GHEC conference reinforced this concept once again as I was repeatedly inspired by my peers. How can we continue to be a powerful force of change in this world?
First, we must actively resist allowing the “busyness” of our academic years lull us into a state of passivity towards the issues that brought us into medicine. We must consistently engage in advocacy to create change- from curriculum development to PEPFAR call-ins to die-ins at pharmaceutical company HQs. Our patients, at our doorsteps and around the world, are depending on us.
Second, we need to diversify and form true multisectoral partnerships. I would like to make a plug for the increased involvement of global health leaders from our “allied” health professionals in training. We need nursing students, PA students, dental students, public health students, and fill the blank students! All hands on deck! If you are from any of these disciplines, and would like to apply for the Global Health Education Consortium Advisory Committee, please contact me asap. Hanni Stoklosa:blondieish@gmail.com
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