From aisha at thet.org Wed Jan 7 17:49:41 2009 From: aisha at thet.org (Aisha Latif) Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 12:49:41 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Alma Mata] E-Bulletin January 2009 Message-ID: <1102398905312.1101890603432.418.8.33124505@scheduler> in this issue Funding News Good Practice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Friend Happy New Year! Welcome to THET's e-bulletin which includes news and information relevant to Health Links and THET activities. If you have any materials or news which you would like to publicise, please send the information to the editor of this e-bulletin, Aisha Latif, aisha at thet.org. Conference and workshop reviews are also welcome. Note that we are unable to distribute attachments so please ensure that your item can be pasted into an e-mail message. Feel free to forward this e-bulletin to anyone who might be interested. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FUNDING RCOG Ethicon Travel Awards - These are available for members of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) who are trainees and International Members not in independent practice. The College encourages applications for visits to centres of research or for clinical training. Details of further conditions, and an application form can be obtained from Jane Hayman at jhayman at rcog.org.uk or from RCOG's website. Please note the closing date for applications is 30 January 2009. http://www.rcog.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=961#ethicon [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0yS7S1O489Mq4aL5ixQiJnQ920s82LYoYDIAao7rjIp0Z6G84p12a1eP2Im_xvHbkSaEsj6PcWG8vSgeRwAmGwq1THaonlisbKZ9Se5eq5rH7ZoVx1_2mGurrv92GPMwWC38usoAhncK0YpcBwfIQFT6Ej-F1gD] DelPHE Funding - A reminder that the British Council's DelPHE Programme, providing funding to support partnerships between Higher Education institutions to work on activities linked to the Millennium Development Goals, is open to applications. Please check the British Council's website for details of the application process. Please note applications need to be in by February 2009. http://www.britishcouncil.org/delphe.htm [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0yS7S1O489nIqPn2lqybrgKBwT-LZVFxzUmfuAm7avSx935TI8J9Vj15PvIdbah3aApYK0wRiGizRurjkvvU4q4sNp6edmTfdrpXnRBnqgEZ16cH4b2NwS958PrWoLkWVbJ-fDpYRo=] Education Partnerships in Africa - Managed by the British Council, this fund will encourage further education and higher education institutions to engage in capacity building to deliver skills in collaboration with local overseas employers and enterprises. Travel grants for individuals are also offered. Please check the British Council's website for further details. Please note the closing date for applications is 27th February 2009. http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-epa [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0yS7S1O488i14nvb_dlJxLPSJDu6XSc4KY-S1D7tfhSsXBQJZNRHtGaqSNYPKrXWUP-j9tEb91olTPjapW0CZc00PwRQTdZHu4rLIylUfNN8whIH7rRRJMIRiMLYeU0oB9c2hQCIXc=] BUPA Foundation Research Funding - Funding opportunities are available for research on the Social Determinants of Health for researchers based in the UK, Australia, Denmark, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Thailand. Group collaborators residing in the countries mentioned are particularly encouraged to apply. Please contact Sara Metcalf at sara.metcalf at aut.ac.nz or check BUPA's website. http://www.bupafoundation.com/asp/specialist/this_years_theme.asp [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0yS7S1O48_hW8AikkcCW4OmqpENMmqxOtqUCLsd4_YP6D9eP7PL8uxxtK9RoIsxlzoVtp3ozlCKIVLXmkcR6QLjg4KsMHf18ed60HsXLJ8HCnKJy5d76tFrT29MhlOqusaxCzolikFIggN-hBmNAGYHdKcbqTidE5TzlQGVTmE=] Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Overseas Surgical Fellowships 2009 - These fellowships are in partnership with the British Journal of Surgery Society Limited, and aim to sponsor surgeons who wish to work in a developing countries (primarily in the least developed countries), on a short term basis. The fellowships are to provide training and support for overseas medical schools in the development of their postgraduate training programmes, and through this, establishing links with those centres. Please contact Bhavnita Borkhatria at Bhavnita at asgbi.org.uk for further information or visit their website. http://asgbi.org.uk/en/awards_fellowships/overseas_surgical_fellowship.cfm [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0yS7S1O48_NqkYvBxWgll5mGDodaTQBBduOHiq1kT97_hLZYoqWPpoQvsBv3FECpDwXRYdRD-qTIBNUfXvbXc6GLJubKttXqRBnfstFs382O9LHgrtziIKnjwep0Bq0QWSnmchLf3RSQPn_eJbbXYQNeXekhfwTii9AuaRGaLvAQjR1GH36cA==] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEWS THET Toolkit on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) for Health Links - This is the first Toolkit on M&E written specifically for Health Links. The easy to use guide covers issues such as planning and designing M&E, practical tools for data collection, tips on analysis of data and report writing, and following up on evaluations. The Toolkit is designed to be of value both to Links that are new to M&E and to those with more experienced in this area. For a limited time only, THET registered Health Links can purchase one copy of the Toolkit and get a second copy free for their Health Link partner. For more information please check out THET's website http://www.thet.org.uk/index.php?/page/index/guidance.html [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0yS7S1O48-of1s_Gc6vwN0P81k25s8GX8hF7ORIjDj2xVBvk8ne2M7vd8Jh7--iakITfDBbGQD0xJYqn-wX1WBhWMjkYCFj-BBCJ4hMI-BenVjw2Ilz4RhgYkoRRsb1DHNd3KqGw0d6_-yq_THePr1I4gxJ3_YNbSGuMJlwpYY=] The Health and Fragile States Network - is pleased to announce the publication of two papers called "Health systems reconstruction: can it contribute to statebuilding?" and "Post-conflict health sectors: the myth and reality of transitional funding gaps". The Network commissioned these papers to address a knowledge gap about these issues. The Network examined the role of the health sector in statebuilding in fragile states. The Network reports that anecdotally health services are reduced in early post-conflict situations due to the disappearance of humanitarian funding for health - and also examined this so called "transitional funding gap". The papers can also be found on the Health and Fragile States Network's website: http://www.healthandfragilestates.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=13&&Itemid=38 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0yS7S1O48_wN8sfPHsisIezbk-kzixPW9zpiuSSTcNBgtZP-GbjgFKhCVsTa-WNrxvF3KGbgP0PWlLUgLzU3qTYL5sgciIVa_rbYZ1A1OzvH4BW4gq7-5Gvw0khKuq5UjwtPtk7VNRgwculQqpJZ0fnDhK9uuzph3dncDB5ocgP6LsK23scrVd9qv0AGSRCQ7saelNrs4_La2skeDA6cqNE6PpeeJMaAtKTTv2uZmA=] Health is Global Strategy - Launched by the Department of Health, this is the first cross-Government report to highlight the challenges that face us in the area of global health. The report outlines a set of principles and actions that the UK Government will focus on over the next five years to improve health across the world and in the UK, and can be read here http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/International/DH_072715 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0yS7S1O48_hnIWWxBbwqrWyxd0CPPNRjuCr3hKNnAeR3K9Ynmu6QRLBqj7aipR_lU3APijuIJZDIn46EyKbmLSp95drtLgPVb2Mj7s1N0k8ytnFhVB5fcb7rQ8OPqxSOBS_3muCV3AJJVHR7NyJ-Yox45_gzov4DyxtYSKGqBY=] Message From the Secretary of State for International Development - You can read Douglas Alexander's Christmas message of support to THET supporters by clicking on the link below. http://www.thetftp.users44.donhost.co.uk/ChristmasmessagefromDouglasAlexander.pdf [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0yS7S1O489lcXnHKxdiNBd2Zoj9-cmycKDBiNcOra5y14VjHqAeX6g8KEW362U3htqNiE433U4fMWddRRcBXm0K2YSlz_sCnyfOORkyDcCIlM40jpscx9KAyW3ANhR3pxjO7OHmCfo2yMLzUqcGg6STwvhnkI7jpUrlfqoIaLN-kSgpr5JVBTAlx8d-Nbsr] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GOOD PRACTICE Human Resources for Health - A myriad of useful articles about planning, producing and managing human resources for health, set in a global context. Please click on the link below to access this invaluable on-line journal that can support your Health Links and programme work. http://www.human-resources-health.com/home/ [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0yS7S1O48-_aajmMs41g5FBY6qdyi-fOga-d7kuDl-wer_mms_oqgKw3zdR02jHxlv4j31omgn_dCnjWz8O5STPDyqfYntcw6OLv1xuHSC0_l33ccTaGf0DVY1-Yq2wGN3MFpxBbTY=] Essential Skills for Mental Health Care - This manual launched by Basic Needs aims to provide the basic information for health workers to safely diagnose and treat mental illness and epilepsy with the resources currently available in West Africa. Best treatments have been cross referenced with actual treatments that are available in West Africa. The manual is designed to be used by a range of health workers, from volunteers through to community psychiatric nurses up to the level of medical assistant, and is written in clear language for those health workers whose first language is not English. "Essential Skills" is free from copyright and the authors invite senior health workers in other parts of Africa to adapt the manual's content to their country's resources and needs. Copies of "Essential Skills" can be downloaded free of charge from the following link. http://www.basicneeds.org/ghana/index.asp [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0yS7S1O48_CNF7OrmFyc_ZoDPbz5Vh3L7ZvZpUfnVz2adrQthYi5-Jka5C_FmIlcHgHe59a1COkFF-WfXQCf6K3f2Ja0x5F71Mvnu8ucCUYCmeENtpd2BShWMCilknsJWHkzCyYZJk=] ProCor: On-line resource for Cardiovascular Health - This website is a valuable resource for people working to prevent cardiovascular disease and promote cardiovascular health in developing countries and other low-resource environments. You can find out more about cardiovascular disease and health, network with others working in the same area, as well as find links to reports, toolkits and manuals. http://www.procor.org/ [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0yS7S1O489H1Zn0NNMtj0aW1blsa1-8v9dCuS0P7r4Xaf5VOwyZ18cdeI17USwFhXSJiN3gWayKNh-kayfpgpIa5M3LmqbG1C5cj0Ai6Co=] Child Health Care: A Learning Programme for Professionals - A book and course written for under-resourced areas of Africa. The material deals with most of the main causes of death and illness during childhood. You can download and print out separate sections. The course was developed at the School of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Capetown. http://ebwhealthcare.com/content/section/4/28/ [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0yS7S1O488zeBRJf3eCsqgNLCl1LGoDTArk8zVDAhaejwE7PThVy0Rn0nARCk4i3-KtfvnNmhtA4LqUmt3NzEBjfgDXxb7sBqEwfzLTFOx7Uhej0kJvSkyVWSGz4E-gh1aANtCIios8L4uIfHcH2A==] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Forward email http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?m=1101890603432&ea=members at almamata.net&a=1102398905312 This email was sent to members at almamata.net by aisha at thet.org. Update Profile/Email Address http://visitor.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?v=001sWE8kxl6JonKAEOP7OylXPkAJFLepZvJEyTCUZWnHcAXE8iE-DpdVR1QBJNK-oqz786UMk9Ui9E%3D&p=oo Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe(TM) http://visitor.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?v=001sWE8kxl6JonKAEOP7OylXPkAJFLepZvJEyTCUZWnHcAXE8iE-DpdVR1QBJNK-oqz786UMk9Ui9E%3D&p=un Privacy Policy: http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp Email Marketing by Constant Contact(R) www.constantcontact.com tropical health and education trust | 1 Wimpole Street (Fifth Floor) | London | W1G 0AE | United Kingdom From nina.grant at ucl.ac.uk Fri Jan 16 11:17:42 2009 From: nina.grant at ucl.ac.uk (Nina Grant) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:17:42 -0000 Subject: [Alma Mata] IISH Public Seminar Series - 17th Feb 2009 Message-ID: <49706CD5.16331.2EAE6D63@nina.grant.ucl.ac.uk> Professor Dame Carol Black will be the speaker at the next UCL International Institute for Society & Health public seminar schedule for Tuesday 17 February at 5pm. Professor Black will be talking on occupational health. A seminar abstract will be circulated closer to the event. The seminar will be held in the Basement Lecture Theatre, 1 - 19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 7HB (entrance opposite Planet Organic supermarket). Nearest tube Goodge Street. If you no longer wish to receive information about the IISH public seminars, please reply by return using 'Remove - IISH mailings' in the subject field of your email. Thank you. Best wishes for 2009. UCL Research Department of Epidemiology & Public Health * Open afternoon for research students. Tue 27 January 2009. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology/students/index.htm From emilyspry at gmail.com Fri Jan 16 13:27:18 2009 From: emilyspry at gmail.com (Emily Spry) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:27:18 +0000 Subject: [Alma Mata] Medical Justice: Doctor's Training Day 14th February In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Medical Justice is a network of ex-detainees, lawyers, doctors and other professionals who are working to secure basic rights for immigration detainees in this country. We desperately need more doctors to do independent medical visits to detainees, to ensure that they are getting the care that they need and often to work towards their release, e.g. when torture allegations have been ignored or physical or mental health is such that they should not be detained, according to the Home Office's own rules. Doctors do from one visit a week to one a year, with most people somewhere in between. If you are interested, do consider coming to our training day below or for more info email: mjdoctors.training at googlemail.com *5th Medical Justice Training for Independent Medics and others visiting Immigration Removal Centres * Saturday 14th February 2009 - 9.30am to 4.00pm Venue : Harrow Road Health Centre, 209 Harrow Road, London, W2 5EH. Medical Justice will be holding its 5th training day for clinicians on Saturday 14th February. The main aim of the day is to equip new clinicians with the skills and confidence to undertake medical assessments of patients detained in immigration detention centres. The deprivation of liberty for detained asylum seekers too often results in the deprivation of their health rights. Our experience shows that many detained asylum seekers have serious medical and psychological conditions which are not recognised, poorly treated or even ignored while in detention. The process of detention itself is also often damaging to their health. By conducting a proper clinical examination and writing up a report, visiting independent doctors can have a very positive impact on the lives and health of this most vulnerable group of people in the UK. The training day will cover in detail, about referrals to Medical Justice, how detention centre visits are arranged, what to look for when seeing patients and how to write an appropriate report. Communicating with lawyers and detention centre health care staff will also be discussed. There will also be talks on recognising PTSD, and other mental health problems in detainees, as well as how to assess signs of torture, given by experts in the field. The afternoon session may be of interest to other health professionals who are welcome to attend. Medical Justice works as a support network - there is friendly, helpful advice available from other doctors, lawyers and visitors in the network. For example we ensure that new doctors are accompanied on the first visit by a more experienced doctor, and that there is always easy access to advice thereafter. A full programme for the day will be issued soon. Meanwhile, if you'd like to attend the training day - please email the below info about yourself to mjdoctors.training at googlemail.com * Name * Email * Tel contact no * Qualification/Specialty * Area of interest (eg child health, psychiatry, women's health) * What would you like to get out of the day? * Where did you hear about Medical Justice ? If you're not able to come to the training day but are interested in our work, please contact us. There are several other ways that doctors and other health professionals can support the work we do ; http://www.medicaljustice.org.uk/content/view/456/100/ Medical Justice handbook for visiting independent doctors ; http://www.medicaljustice.org.uk/content/view/325/51/ -- Emily Spry Supervising Council Member, International Federation of Medical Students' Associations emilyspry at gmail.com ~ Alma Mata ~ Global Health Graduates Network ~ www.almamata.net * Medical Justice * Seeking basic rights for immigration detainees www.medicaljustice.org.uk -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: MJ 5th Doctors Training Day invite.doc Type: application/msword Size: 37376 bytes Desc: not available URL: From emilyspry at gmail.com Fri Jan 16 16:08:34 2009 From: emilyspry at gmail.com (Emily Spry) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:08:34 +0000 Subject: [Alma Mata] Alma Mata Global Health Newsletter - January 2009 Message-ID: Dear Alma Mata Members, Many doctors in training in the UK are keen to spend time working in the developing world, to contribute in places where resources are scarce and to improve their own knowledge and skills, which they will later use in their NHS careers. The Government is in favour of this as part of the UK's contribution to global health. Our Careers Day in December included Fred Martineau talking about the current situation for these doctors and advice on *when to go and how to make a successful application for time out*. You can see the presentation on our website: http://www.almamata.net/news/node/8271 Several sub-groups emerged at the Careers day with particular needs and challenges: - If you are a *surgeon* interested in global health, please email Fred Martineau (fredmart at gmail.com) who will put you in touch with some senior surgeons supportive of this. - Similarly, *Paediatricians* get in touch with Fred (fredmart at gmail.com) - the Royal College are very supportive. We are developing a proposal on how doctors in training think post graduate global health training should look. If there are particular things that you think Alma Mata should be working on, or if there are things that you need (advice/support/contacts) please do just write to the list (members at almamata.net) or to me. All the best, Emily *News* The NHS is a multi million pound enterprise that buys equipment and supplies from all over the world. For example, in Pakistan, surgical instruments are made by children in appalling conditions and these end up being used in our hospitals. If the NHS managed to buy more ethical and fairtrade supplies, the impact could potentially be enormous. The BMA is asking members to get involved in its campaign calling for the NHS to buy ethical and fairtrade supplies. Interested doctors should sign up for further information by emailing fairtrade at bma.org.uk *and* join the Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=100302445242 The NHS has launched a consultation on guidance developed to help NHS organisations develop policies to ensure they to buy ethical and fairtrade supplies, and to ensure they have been made in conditions that comply with health and safety laws, are fairly paid and do not use child labour. The more doctors that give individual responses to this consultation, the better. Drop an email to the BMA fairtrade address as above and they will send you an email with instructions - it's all simple and done online. -- ~ Alma Mata ~ Global Health Graduates Network ~ www.almamata.net From emilyspry at gmail.com Thu Jan 22 13:20:26 2009 From: emilyspry at gmail.com (Emily Spry) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:20:26 +0000 Subject: [Alma Mata] Please reply: Global health training In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: *Summary: You are all kindly invited to comment on the first draft of Alma Mata position paper on **post graduate training in global health for UK doctors. Please reply by **31st January 2009.* ---------------- To: All Alma Mata members Dear all, Doctors: Imagine if you could combine your clinical training with global health...with fully supported time abroad.. with high quality education... with a global health expert to be your career mentor.... is it something that you would sign up for?.... Until now, young doctors with a passion for global health have had to fashion their careers in an ad hoc way. We in Alma Mata believe that developing high-quality post-graduate training in global health would create significant benefits for patients in the NHS and overseas. And we need your help to start convincing others! Attached is the first draft of our ideas on this. I invite you to read and comment, with a deadline of 31st January 2009. You can write your comments to me or send them to this list: members at almamata.net, to start a discussion or ask a question. The more comments we have from you, the better - you can comment on the arguments or the proposals or your own experience in trying to go global in your own career. Drop me a line with any questions. I look forwards to hearing from you! All the best, Emily -- Dr Emily Spry Supervising Council Member, IFMSA ~ Alma Mata ~ Global Health Graduates Network ~ www.almamata.net * Medical Justice * Seeking basic rights for immigration detainees www.medicaljustice.org.uk -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Draft 2 - Alma Mata proposal on Postgrad Global Health Education.doc Type: application/msword Size: 54272 bytes Desc: not available URL: From tim.killeen at doctors.org.uk Sat Jan 24 19:37:01 2009 From: tim.killeen at doctors.org.uk (Tim Killeen) Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:37:01 +0000 Subject: [Alma Mata] Alma Mata Global Health Website - new features! Message-ID: <497B6DDD.3020701@doctors.org.uk> *Almamata.net recently underwent a major, long-overdue overhaul.* Superficially, you'll notice a complete redesign of the website, replacing a theme used since the birth of the network in 2005. However, the new changes go deeper than that. The three most important additions aim to make the site easier to use and encourage members to add content and interact with one another. We have further simplified the way logged-in members can *add and edit site content,* sharing news about global health careers, courses, education and research. To add content, simply log in and click on "Create Content <../../../../../node/add>" in the box to the left of your screen. While adding and editing contributions, members can now use a familiar, MS-word style editing screen. Uploading and inserting pictures and placing hyperlinks is now also more streamlined. For those who prefer to edit their own html, this rich text editor can be switched off. We hope this change encourages more alma mata members to add their own content! The second major advantage of the new upgrade is a *more ingelligent and efficient search engine* - you'll find the search tool on the right of the page and can use it to look through all the content on the site. Hopefully this will make the wealth of information on almamata.net easier to work with. Finally, we have introduced *expanded member profiles* and *private messaging* to encourage *more interaction between members*. Our 1000-strong member base consists of a wide range of health professionals, students and others passionate about global health careers, education and research. Log-in now to add to your profile and search for users with similar interests and aspirations. *Member involvement and contribution is key to Alma Mata's philosophy* - we hope this upgrade will make life easier for our members all over the world to exchange global health information and ideas. We have also recently replaced the software that runs the site with the latest version, which was needed to prevent spam attacks on our server and add *increased security measures.* This proved to be quite an undertaking and you may notice some glitches, particularly with respect to images on older pages and the occasional broken link. Please report broken links to our IT volunteers . The Alma Mata Working Group is concentrating on three major projects this year and is always on the look out for *volunteers to offer their time and expertise*. In 2009 we aim to: 1) further improve the* website* and mailing lists 2) lobby for coherent *postgraduate training* options for Global Health 3) publish and *disseminate literature* to increase awareness and involvement in GH among health professionals, especially those recently graduated. We look forward to working with you in 2009! Contact *_info at almamata_*.net to get involved! Best wishes, The Alma Mata Working Group From nina.grant at ucl.ac.uk Tue Jan 27 13:53:16 2009 From: nina.grant at ucl.ac.uk (Nina Grant) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:53:16 -0000 Subject: [Alma Mata] IISH Seminar 17th February Message-ID: <497F11CC.26980.67E2CAF7@nina.grant.ucl.ac.uk> *Please bring this invite with you: Please note the venue details UCL International Institute for Society and Health 2008/2009 Public Seminar Series You are invited to attend on: Tuesday 17 February, 5pm (followed by drinks at 6pm) Professor Dame Carol M Black 'Working for a healthier tomorrow' Abstract: In the seminar Professor Dame Carol Black will outline the findings and recommendations in her review of the health of the work-age population 'Working for a healthier tomorrow'; and the recent response by the Government 'Improving health and work: changing lives' which accepted most of the report's recommendations. Challenges facing all those with an interest in the health and well-being of the working-age population will be reviewed; the various relationships between work and health, and the effects of worklessness; possible measures to promote an early return to work after ill-health; appropriate treatment aims for professionals working in this area; various pilot schemes now under way; and the importance of tackling the growing problem of mental health in relation to work. Carol M. Black DBE, FRCP, FmedSci, is National Director for Health and Work, Chairman of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Chairman of the Nuffield Trust, and immediate past President of the Royal College of Physicians. She is a member of many national committees aiming to improve health and healthcare, and is also a Foreign Affiliate of the Institute of Medicine, USA. In 2007 Dame Carol was commissioned by the Secretaries of State of Health and for Work and Pensions to conduct the first ever comprehensive review of the health of Britain's working age population, and since the publication of her review now chairs a steering group of experts working towards the development of a new national strategy for mental health and employment." This seminar will be held at UCL and chaired by Professor Sir Michael Marmot. The seminar is free, but space is limited. NO NEED TO RSVP. Arrive promptly to secure a seat. Please contact us if you have any special needs. UCL Torrington Basement LT, 1 - 19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 7HB. Nearest Underground station: Goodge Street. Warren St and Goodge St are also within walking distance. Email: iish at ucl.ac.uk Refreshments at 6.00pm after the seminar. 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Name: IISH 17th February.pdf Type: application/octet-stream Size: 11131 bytes Desc: not available URL: From jienchino at googlemail.com Fri Jan 30 15:50:44 2009 From: jienchino at googlemail.com (Jienchi Dorward) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:50:44 +0000 Subject: [Alma Mata] Fwd: BMA's Half-day event: Broadening your horizons: taking time out to work and train in developing countries: Monday 23 March 2009 (Our ref: 8694507) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <89778660901300750r28f89a26x64712e95ece8f4da@mail.gmail.com> The BMA's International Department is holding a half-day event for junior doctors to launch the BMA guidance 'Broadening your horizons' on taking time out of training and NHS employment to work in developing countries on Monday 23 March 2009 at BMA House, London. The conference will feature presentations from key stakeholders from medical education and employment, followed by a series of workshops to inform and advise doctors in training. Copies of the BMA guidance will also be available at the event. The conference will be an excellent opportunity for attendees to hear from medical education, employers and experienced doctors on taking time out. The interactive workshops will provide opportunities to gain practical advice on the process of taking time out of training, as well as hearing from BMA members on their experiences of taking time out to work in developing countries. This event is only open to BMA Junior Doctors and is free of charge. For further information or to book your place on-line please click on http://www.bma.org.uk/whats_on/international09.jsp If you have any questions about the event, please contact BMA Conferences on +44 (0) 20 7383 6137/6923 or by email at *jlewis at bma.org.uk* If you wish to unsubscribe from future mailings please use the following link to login to the BMA website: http://www.bma.org.uk/unsubscribe _______________________________________________________________________ This email and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressee. If you have received this email in error please notify postmaster at bma.org.uk. Email sent or received by the BMA is monitored. The British Medical Association. Registered as a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales under registered number 00008848. Registered office: BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP http://www.bma.org.uk _______________________________________________________________________ -- Jienchi Dorward Email: jienchino at gmail.com Tel: +447889897261 Skype: jienchi