8:00am - 9:00am
Registration and Breakfast
9:00am - 9:30am
Welcome and Introduction
9:30am - 10:15am
Plenary 1
Topic: “Creating an Empowerment Model in Global Health”
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Speaker: Majid Sadigh, MD
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Objectives:
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To understand the evolution of GH and the colonial mindset in GH
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To understand the ways the colonial mindset weaves into GH programs administratively, pedagogically, and in clinical practice
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To learn about the impact of the colonial mindset on the well-being of host institutions, patients, and communities
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To learn about the steps our program has taken toward decolonization, including creation of a Global South-led taskforce and a Global South-Global South empowerment model; and ways the program hopes to grow.
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Link to the presentation:
Creating an Empowerment Model in Global Health Education
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10:15am - 10:30am
Break and Exhibitions
10:30am - 11:30am
Breakout Sessions
SESSION 1
Topic 1
Mentorship/
Women leadership
Panelists:
(Zimbabwe University)
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(Sacred Heart University)
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(UNIBE; Dominican Republic)
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(Nuvance Health)
Session Outcomes​
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to be added after the discussion
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Understand and define why it is important to have women leaders in global health/healthcare/ education across all disciplines:
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What strengths do women leaders bring to the so-called table?
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Do women and men have intrinsically different leadership styles and if so, how are they different?
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Understand and define what the prevailing barriers to developing more women leaders in global health/healthcare/education are, how these barriers may vary across different disciplines and cultures, and how rooted these barriers are in historical and structural gender inequities.
Discuss potential approaches for how we can overcome the identified barriers to developing more women leaders in global health/healthcare/ education – what roles do “mentorship” and “sponsorship” play? What is the difference between “mentorship” and “sponsorship”?
SESSION 2
Topic 2
Advocacy and Local/Global work in Global Health
Panelists:
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(UVMLCOM)
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(Stony Brook University)
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(UVMLCOM)
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(Danbury Latinx Community)
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(Zimbabwe University)
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(Nuvance Health)
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(Makerere University, Uganda)
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Define advocacy through a intercultural lens and explore the difference between an advocate, ally, and activist.
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Explore how advocacy work is incorporated (or not) into a health focused job description globally
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Explore the driving forces behind advocacy work, how are they similar and different as described by our panel
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Explore the challenges and ethical issues involved in serving as a true advocate including whose voice is amplified in advocacy work
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Explore key factors in “successful” advocacy including measurable health improvement outcomes and a sustainable change
Session Outcomes​
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to be added after the discussion
Session Outcomes​
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to be added after the discussion
Objectives:
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To learn how to raise awareness about the importance of sustainability and the urgent need to take action to mitigate crucial social issues.
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To learn how to foster an educational and thought-provoking conversation about the current state of sustainability efforts and the challenges and opportunities in achieving sustainability goals.
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To learn how to share best practices and success stories of sustainable initiatives from various industries and sectors, and how to encourage individuals to implement these practices in their own personal and professional lives.
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To learn how to engage citizens from diverse backgrounds, including government officials, business leaders, academics, and community members, to collaborate on sustainability initiatives and how to create a more inclusive and holistic approach to sustainability.
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To learn how to Identify gaps in current sustainability efforts and how to brainstorm innovative solutions that can be implemented to address these gaps.
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To learn how to Inspire individuals to take concrete actions towards sustainability, whether in their personal or professional lives, and how to encourage them to spread the message and inspire others to do the same.
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References:
Sustainability in global health: a low ceiling, a star in the sky, or the mountaintop?
SESSION 3
Panelists:
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(Nuvance Health)
(Nuvance Health)
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(University of Botswana)
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(Nuvance Health)
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(Danbury Dominican
Republic Community)
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(Nuvance Health)
Topic 3
Sustainability
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11:30am - 12:00pm
Breakout Sessions Debrief and Discussion
Leads:
Aparna Oltikar
Andrea Green
Mariah McNamara
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12:00pm - 1:00pm
Buffet Luncheon
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Plenary 2
Topic: Rudy Ruggles Global Mental Health
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Leads: Rudy L. Ruggles, Noeline Nakasujja
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Objectives:
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TBC
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2:00pm - 2:30pm
Break and Exhibitions
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Breakout Sessions
Leads:
Aparna Oltikar
Andrea Green
Mariah McNamara
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SESSION 4
Topic 4
Global Mental Health
Panelists:
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(Nuvance Health)
(Makerere University)
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(UVMLCOM)
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Keneilwe Molebatsi (University of Botswana)
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(UVMLCOM)
Session Outcomes​
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to be added after the discussion
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Explore universal challenges and opportunities in global mental health in contrast to general global health
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Contrast universal struggles around global mental health with region specific challenges.
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Discuss cultural contributions to mental health and cultural humility.
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Consider ways colonization has impacted mental health and ways to decolonize approaches to addressing global mental health.
SESSION 5
Topic 5
Research and publication
Panelists:
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(Makerere University)
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(DMIMS, India)
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(DMIMS, India)
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(UNIBE; DR)
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(Yale University)
Objectives:
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To examine the role of equitable and bi-directional partnerships in fostering collaborative research between the global south and global north.
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To determine the barriers that exist in establishing successful sustainable global health research programs.
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To learn about the ethical challenges in conducting collaborative research between partners from the global south and global north.
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To determine the role of global health research in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.
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To understand the challenges of publishing results of research projects in high-impact journals (including the benefits and challenges of publishing in open access journals versus subscription-based journals).
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To identify the role that the Nuvance Health Global Health Program can play in supporting global health research initiatives of our partner sites.
SESSION 6
Topic 6
Clinical education
Panelists:
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(Nuvance Health)
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(University of Arizona in Tucson)
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(UMP; Vietnam)
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(WCSU)
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Objectives:
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To explore the importance of clinical education in global health for medical and nursing students including interdisciplinary perspectives and the benefits and the challenges associated with global health clinical education.
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To identify best practices in clinical education for underserved areas (CBME, simulation, interprofessional shadowing of colleagues, etc.) to improve the quality of education and patient care.
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To examine how the 4 themes can be integrated into global health clinical education considering important content areas – tropical medicine, chronic disease, mental health, etc.
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To discuss the role of personal development in clinical education in global health and how can this be facilitated?
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To develop strategies for promoting sustainable clinical education programs across borders and to identify areas where further research is needed.
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3:30pm - 4:00pm
Breakout Sessions Debrief and Discussion
Leads:
Krista Buckley
Bulat Ziganshin
Catherine Winkler
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4:00pm - 4:30pm
Day 1 Closing remarks
Leads:
Majid Sadigh,
Mariah McNamara
6:00pm - 8:30pm
Dinner Ceremony
Remarks:
Majid Sadigh
John Murphy
Dean Page
Dereck Deleon
Bulat Ziganshin