Annual medicine overseas conference
Friday 17 April 2009
Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
Registration Details:
Fellow: £80
Associate: £80
Student Members: £25
Trainee - Fellow: £50
Non-Fellow: £155
Trainee: £75
Student: £35
Allied Health Professional: £45
Meeting ref: CC-G10-2
CPD
8.45 am |
Registration, tea and coffee |
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Organisations and opportunities |
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Introduction - Humanitarianism - history, philosophy and law |
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| Jim Ryan, President of the Catastrophes & Conflict Forum of the Royal Society of Medicine | |
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ICRC - Field clinical posts, documenting abuse |
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| Speaker from the International Committee of the Red Cross | |
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Merlin - Support for health systems in difficult circumstances |
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| Linda Doull, Merlin | |
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MSF- sexual violence and temoignage |
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| Marc Dubois, Executive Director MSF - UK | |
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Health Unlimited - Working in places not reached by others |
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| Martin Drewry, Health Unlimited | |
10.45 am |
Tea and coffee break |
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International links and working overseas |
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The Crisp Report, MMC and the humanitarian - update |
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| Dr Emily Spry | |
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Things to consider- lifestyle, personal safety |
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| Jonathan Potter - People in Aid | |
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An alternative career - Broadening skills overseas |
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| Professor Chris Lavy OBE MD FRCS, Nuffield Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Oxford | |
12.25 pm |
Essay prize presentation |
| Jim Ryan, President of the Catastrophes & Conflict Forum of the Royal Society of Medicine | |
12.40 pm |
Lunch |
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Insights in to humanitarian operations |
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Humanitarian Reform and the Birth of the Health Cluster |
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| Rachel Lavy, DFID | |
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Interactive clinical scenarios - Tropical medicine |
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| Steve Harris, MSF | |
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The wounds of Gaza |
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| Swee Ang, Barts and the London | |
3.00 pm |
Tea and coffee break |
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Training and preparation |
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Careers overseas and elective preparation |
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| Mark Wilson, Author of ' Medic's guide to work and electives around the world' | |
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Training course - security issues, RedR |
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| Erin Noordeloos, Security and learning manager, RedR | |
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Further relevant academic studies |
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Diploma in the medical care of catastrophes |
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| Zahid Mukhtar, candidate of Faculty of Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine's diploma (& paediatric surgeon) | |
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Completion of evaluation forms |
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From feeding pillar to post-graduate studies |
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| Chris Van Tulleken, Stars of Channel 4 TV series 'Medicine men go wild' 2008 | |
5.00 pm |
Close of meeting followed by wine reception |
