The Office of Faculty Enrichment and Engagement is pleased to offer all NEOMED faculty and staff access to the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) winter 2024 webinar series, “One World, One Health: Tackling the Global Health Crisis.” The series will be broadcast each Thursday from Jan. 4 through Feb. 1, from noon – 1 p.m. EST via Zoom.
NEOMED faculty and staff may register for individual sessions or the series.
Registration provides NEOMED faculty and staff with links to the webinars, all accompanying resources and archived session recordings once they are available. Faculty and staff are encouraged to register even if they are not available to attend the synchronous sessions.
Sessions include:
Global Health Electives: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Thursday, January 4, 2024, noon - 1 p.m. EST
Speaker
Jenny Baenziger - Indiana University
Description
International medical electives for learners across the education continuum have exploded in popularity. Ethical and moral challenges abound, yet the benefits of experiential, transformative learning for trainees can be monumental. The challenges and rewards of global health electives as well as practical suggestions for implementation will be discussed.
Climate Change and Human Health
Thursday, January 11, 2024, noon - 1 p.m. EST
Speaker
Eugene Richardson - Harvard Medical School
Description
In this talk, Dr. Richardson will
• Define climate/environmental changes and how they impact human health.
• Demonstrate how climate change disproportionately impacts the health of marginalized populations.
• Describe how medical education can be leveraged to address the health effects of climate change.
Global Approaches to Medical School Regulation: Who Wins?
Thursday, January 18, 2024, noon - 1 p.m. EST
Speaker
Ahmed Rashid - University College London
Description
The Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) is the ‘gatekeeper’ for entry to the medical profession in the U.S., certifying graduation in good standing from medical schools elsewhere in the world. In 2010, ECFMG announced that from 2023 (later changed to 2024), overseas doctors will only be eligible for certification if they have graduated from a medical school that is accredited by a ‘recognised’ agency.
This policy empowered the World Federation of Medical Education (WFME) to create a recognition programme for regulatory agencies in 2012. This presentation summarises the findings of a series of research studies that have examined the context around this programme and what it tells us about the state of global medical education. Specifically, it will examine the evidence base around accreditation in medical education and consider possible alternative models for regulating medical schools around the world.
Cultures and Practices for Global Inclusion in Health Professions Education Publishing: What Can Work
Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, noon - 1 p.m. EST
Speakers
Anna CIanciolo - Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Peter de Jong - Leiden University Medical Center
Subha Ramani - AMEE, An International Association for Health Professions Education
Description
In this session, three leaders in medical education scholarship will summarize the barriers to global equity in health professions education publishing, propose an educational culture and practices that could promote inclusion among scholars, and report on successful strategies health professions education journals are using to increase the opportunities for scholars worldwide to contribute to the literature.
Refracting Lenses - Seeing Women of Colour in Global Health
Thursday, February 1, 2024, noon - 1 p.m. EST
Speakers
Thirusha Naidu - University of KwaZulu-Natal
Description
In this talk Dr. Naidu explores perspectives on women of colour as patients, clinicians, students, participants researchers and leaders in Global Health. Through her lens as a woman of colour in Global Health and a clinician in the Global South she explores her own lived experience as a researcher, clinician, and academic. She reflects on what she learns and continues to learn about the lived experiences of women of colour as participants, patients, and students in Global Health. She scaffolded her understanding of these refractions of lived experience through a Black Feminist Decolonial Theory.
Questions may be directed to facultyengagement@neomed.edu.