Wednesday, October 29, 2008
New Conferences, Medical Education Links, Events
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Sections Headings separated by multiple rows of ASTERISKS
Items separated by single row of ASTERISKS
Newer items on top - more detail below
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Conferences, Congresses, Symposia, Workshops, Events, Volunteer Opps
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Call for Abstracts: 14th Annual CyberTherapy (CT14) & CyberPsychology Conference, June 21st to 23rd 2009 in Lago Maggiore, Verbania, Italy: http://www.interactivemediainstitute.com
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17th Annual International Medical Students' Congress
Cairo, Egypt : 14-16 February 2009
http://www.ausss.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3&Itemid=4
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Call for Abstracts: 14th Annual CyberTherapy (CT14)
& CyberPsychology Conference, June 21st to 23rd 2009 in Lago Maggiore, Verbania, Italy: http://www.interactivemediainstitute.com
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National Coordinator on Education: national leadership position! Apps due by Midnight E.S.T. on Sunday, November 8th, 2008 ! For application form e-mail ramshors@bcm.edu
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27 October 2008: State of the World's Health, WHO releases the Global Burden of Disease study: www.who.int
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Clinical Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Course
Global Health Program, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center
West Virginia University June 9, - July 31, 2009
email nsanders@hsc.wvu.edu
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36th Annual Conference - New Technologies + Proven Strategies = Healthy Communities May 26 - 30, 2009, Washington, DC
http://www.globalhealthconference.org
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Transcending Global Health Barriers: Education and Action: 18th Annual Conference of the Global Health Education Consortium, to be held from April 3-5, 2009, in Seattle, Washington:
www.globalhealthedu.org/Pages/e_2009_CallforAbstracts.aspx
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Winter School in Austria
Online-Registration:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=paPygsVtnR1YztIYG_HPKLg&hl=en
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Child Family Health International
www.cfhi.org
CFHI Spring 2009 Scholarships
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Africa: Training New Trainers workshop
amstc.training@gmail.com
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2009 Human Rights Advocates Program Human Rights Advocacy & Globalization Center for the Study of Human Rights ? Columbia University
Completed applications are due by December 19, 2008
http://hrap.hrcolumbia.org/application
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International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
19th IPPNW European student conference: Deadline Oct 31, 2008
http://www.ippnw. org/
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Falling through the Cracks: Access and the Underserved
AMSA Regions 5,7,9 Conference: December 5th-7th
Register online: http://www.ttuhsc.edu/studentservices/AMSA.aspx
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2008-2009 Health Care Justice Gathering
A gathering at the beautiful Gesundheit! Institute in West Virginia with programs from December 31th, 2008 - January 3rd, 2009.
Email inquiries to hcjg0809@gmail.com
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AMSA Region X: Student Leadership Institute: Health Care For All: Where we are and Where we are going! Thursday November 20th, 4pm-9pm: Touro University Nevada jsamsaregionx@gmail.com
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THINK GLOBAL INITIATIVE PROJECT.
Call for the Regional Assistants & Coordinators for the project:
Deadline for applications is November 7th!! www.ifmsa.org
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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS' MEETING ON PUBLIC HEALTH (ISMOPH) Satellite Event of the 12th World Congress on Public Health
April 26th-27th, 2009
Istanbul, Turkey
Application form is available on our website: http://www.ismoph2009.org
The deadline for application: November 16th 2008
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Medical Mass Causality and Special Needs Training Courses Fall 2008 www.HomelandDefenseJournal.com
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1st Medical Students Conference with International Participation
April, 2009 in Chelyabinsk, Russia
Please, use this e-mail address if you have any question:
nore@hccm.ru, adastramnd@mail.ru, evgenikud12@hotmail.com
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First Annual Conference on Engaging Reflection in Health Prof Educ & Practice, May 13-15/09. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Engaging Reflection in Health Professional Education and Practice, hosted by The University of Western Ontario's Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Education, and Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. London, Ontario, CANADA, on May 13-15, 2009. Detailed information about the conference http://www.reflectivepractice.ca). Submission Deadline is December 15, 2008
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Second annual AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities. This event is being held in Carefree, AZ on February 3-6, 2009. Abstracts are due November 17, 2008. Please go to the website
http://www.aacr.org/home/scientists/meetings--workshops/cancer-health-dispar
ities.aspx
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U.S.-MEXICO BORDER HEALTH SCHOLARS PROGRAM
http://steer.uthscsa.edu for information and a downloadable application
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Tulane University: Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA) Regional Conference in New Orleans, April 2-4, 2009.
http://tulane.edu/som/sgea/
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Falling through the Cracks: Access and the Underserved AMSA Regions
5,7,9 Conference December 5th-7th register online:
http://www.ttuhsc.edu/studentservices/AMSA.aspx
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18th Annual GHEC Conference & 7th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference April 4 - 5, 2009 Theme: Transcending Global Health
Barriers: Education and Action: Location of 3-day event: University of Washington Seattle, WA: Abstract submission, go to:
www.globalhealthedu.org/Pages/e_2009_CallforAbstracts.aspx
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Canadian Society for Life Science Research's 3rd Annual Conference
3rd Annual meeting/conference (Toronto): November 7 & 8, 2008
http://www.cslsr.ca/
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The 13th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Medical Science Educators, Leiden University Medical Center, June 29-July 3, 2009, Leiden, The Netherlands. www.iamseconference.org
http://www.iamse.org/
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Risk Management Seminar for Health and Safety 2009 (RMSHS2009)
Period: March 26 (Thurs) to March 30 (Sat), 2009
Venue: The University of Tokyo, Medical Campus, Tokyo, Japan
Host organizer: Union of Risk Management for Preventive Medicine (URMPM).
http://www.urmpm.org/
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ECRI Institute, in cooperation with the Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, the Milbank Memorial Fund, Health Affairs, the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health at Tufts Medical Center, is planning this year's annual conference for December 2-3, 2008, in Washington, DC.
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Improve Your Teaching: 2-day Medical Education Teaching (MET) Workshops
When: Negotiable
Where: At your university
Who: MET workshops are intended for Faculty, Residents, Fellows and Students seeking to improve medical education and clinical teaching skills.
How: contact violato@ucalgary.ca
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Lead Change: Engage and Mobilize Your Campus or Community To Make A Global Impact: If you would like to be a Global Impact Corps volunteer:
http://www.uniteforsight.org/fundraise/signup.php
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VIPSI-2009 BELGRADE, April 2-5 (10th anniversary, with Nobel Laureate Martin Perl): The main goal of this conference is to bring together the elite VIP scientists from all over the world, and to provide a forum for exchange of ideas in a number of related fields that interact.
If you are interested (www.internetconferences.net),
please submit title-abstract to vipsi.conferences@gmail.com
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The 2009 USPHS Scientific & Training Symposium
June 1-4 at the Atlanta (GA) Marriott Marquis. The theme:
Leading the Public Health Workforce in America.
abstract submissions deadline: November 14, 2008 (5 PM ET).
www.phscofevents.org
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The MedBiquitous Annual Conference 2009
April 28-30, 2009, Baltimore Maryland
MedBiquitous is seeking high-quality abstracts for half-day workshops,
panel presentations, and technology demonstrations on a variety of
topics related to the use of learning technologies and technology
standards for healthcare education and competence assessment.
Abstracts are due November 1. For details, visit:
http://www.medbiq.org/callforabstracts
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The Argentinian Association for Mental Health
http://www.aasm.org.ar/en/template.php
2009 conference
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28th International Education Exhibition
International Gathering of Globally Recognized Universities,
Business Schools and Colleges for New Admissions of students
November 8-9, 2008 Expo Center, Karachi
http://www.admissionsexpo.com http://www.asianstudentfair.com
For Reservation Application, please click to:
http://www.admissionsexpo.com/reservation2.html
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6th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (Feb 2008) at the National University of Singapore. We had about 500 visitors from 35 countries during the 5th APMEC. during Please visit the website
http://medicine.nus.edu.s
g/meu/apmec6/index.shtml
for further information.
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HEART (Humanistic Elective in Alternative medicine, Activism, and
Reflective Transformation), the American Medical Student Association???s
(AMSA) fully-accredited, student-organized elective
WHEN: March 30-April 24, 2009
WHERE: The beautiful Sequoia Retreat Center in Ben Lomond, CA
http://www.sequoiaretreatcenter.com/
http://www.amsa.org/heart to apply now!
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Duquense's new certificate program in healthcare ethics.
Great training in teaching ethics, serving on ethics committees, etc.
The website is: www.duq.edu/chce
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The Innovations in Medical Education conference hosted by the Division of Medical Education, University of Southern California Keck School of
Medicine, will be held March 14-15, 2009 at the Pasadena Hilton.
http://mededonline.usc.edu/upcomingconf.html
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Conference on Families and Health
*Coming Back to Family: Nurturing Relationships in the Medical Home*
March 5-8, 2009 ~ Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront ~ Jacksonville, FL - Submission Deadline: September 8
Submit Online at:
http://www.stfm.org/stfmpresenter/submission/start.cfm?confid=158
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Physicians for Social Responsibility's Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit.
The Toolkit can be downloaded or ordered free of charge directly through our website www.psr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pediatric_toolkit
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Check out the new GHEC website, www.globalhealthedu.org
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Child Family Health International www.cfhi.org
Announcement: Child Family Health International programs from fall / winter are open for registration. Sale is on!
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COB Events
http://www.cob-eg.org/events.html
A whole list of international medical conferences
For example with varying deadlines:
October: 18th World Congress of the International Association of Surgeons , Gastroenterologists and Oncologists.
Etc.
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International Conference on Gender-based Violence and Sexual and
Reproductive Health: 15 - 18 February 2009, Mumbai, India
The abstract (about 300 words) typed on plain paper, Send by e-mail to the organizing secretary.
gbv2009@yahoo.co.in or bdonta2007@yahoo.co.in
The final date to receive abstracts is 15 October 2008.
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RESOURCES
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AMEE
The Association for Medical Education in Europe is a worldwide organization with members in 90 countries on five continents. Members include educators, researchers, administrators, curriculum developers, assessors and students in medicine and the healthcare professions.
http://www.amee.org
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A comprehensive list of current conferences are posted at these site and one of them permits posting for free as a public service to announce your conference events:
http://mededonline.usc.edu/upcomingconf.html
http://www.aacom.org/education/conferences/reports.html
http://www.cma.ca
http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/fd/conferences.htm
http://www.medicalconferences.com/
http://www.medical-events.com/
Mental Health
http://www.wfmh.org/conference/
http://www.aasm.org.ar/en/template.php
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Volunteer
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Contribute to a new project that you might find called Medpedia.com, which is being introduced to a select group of clinicians, researchers, expert patients, and medical students. Its Board of Advisors includes some of the top people in medicine, and it's an exciting time to join the Medpedia community. http://www.medpedia.com/
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Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities
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Dominican Medical Association invite you to experience our hands-on elective programs, cross-cultural training and help our communities as a medical volunteer.
For additional information, please visit our website at www.aaahealthcenters.com and www.multiculturalcouncil.org.
Child Family Health International - www.cfhi.org
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South eastern Senegal - email: dab2108@gmail.com
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SERVE & LEARN POSITION WITH THE GHANA HEALTH AND EDUCATION INITIATIVE - http://www.ghei.org
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Unite For Sight Volunteer Abroad Opportunities: As Featured Weekly On CNN International and Recently in The New York Times
Volunteer Abroad in Summer, Fall, Winter, or Spring
http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer
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Please reply with any additional information you know about!
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Thank you
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