Social Accountability - College of Medicine @ University of Saskatchewan

COM Global Health Student Travel Bursary - Application Deadline January 30th

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:02:23 -0600

Applications for the COM Student Global Health Travel Bursaries (there are 6 in total for up to $1500 each). All undergrad medicine student, physical therapy students, CH & E students may apply. The deadline is January 30th, 2009. Click here for the application.

image by gadl

Global Health Bursary - Faculty & Graduate Recipients

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:00:23 -0600

Congratulations to the recipients of the Graduate and Faculty Global Health Bursaries!

Faculty:
Hyun Lim (Community Health & Epidemiology) for his collaborate work with Jilin University School of Public Health in China.
José Téllez-Zenteno (Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Royal University Hospital/Assistant Professor of Medicine) for his work with High-Specialty Hospital in Oaxaca Mexico.
Vivian Ramsden (Department of Family Medicine) for her collaborative work the Omayal Achi Health Centre in Chennai, India.
Carl D’Arcy (Department of Psychiatry/College of Medicine and School of Public Health) for his collaborative work with Jilin University School of Public Health in China.

Graduate Students:
Ryan Wright, a graduate student in the College of Kinesiology.
Vincent Terstappen, a Masters of Science candidate in the Department of Community Health & Epidemiology.

Social Accountability Art Competition Winners!

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:59:15 -0600

Congratulations to medicine student Kieran Conway and nursing student Brenda Jackson for theirwinning submission Community Wishes. The award was presented on December 2nd, 2008 at the Social Accountability special event From Paper to Practice. Both Kieran and Brenda are dedicated SWITCH volunteers and graciously donated the $1000 prize to SWITCH.

SWITCH Beer Night Fundraiser

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:54:04 -0600

If you're not doing anything tomorrow night (Saturday), come to SWITCH's

Pay the Babysitter Beer Night Fundraiser
Joe's Sports Bar (2nd Ave N - beside The Pat)
8-10pm - $10 for unlimited beer during those 2 hours
Tickets available at the door but there is a maximum capacity!

If you don't drink, you can attend for no charge or the donation of your choice. All donations go to pay our SWITCH childcare worker.

Global Health Student Talk - Thursday Oct. 30 @ 12pm

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:57:51 -0600

Aimee Seguin, a U of S medicine student and COM Global Health Travel Bursary recepient will be speaking about her experiences at the Howard Salvation Army Hospital in Zimbabwe. Thursday October 30th from 12-1pm in Health Sciences in Rm B10.

Social Accountability Art Competition - Calling all Health Science Students

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:15:26 -0600

Calling all Health Science Students, you are all invited to submit entries to the Social Accountability Art Competition. The winning entry will receive $1000. Read the guidelines here Submissions are due November 21st, 2008.

Making the Links - Accepting Applications

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:10:57 -0600

Making the Links is accepting applications for its 2008-2009 intake. All first year medicine students are elgible to apply. For more inforamtion check out the Making the Links website.

Role of Cooperatives in Healthcare

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:24:37 -0600

Interested in health care? Interested in Co-operatives? Want to learn more about how the two work together? The Centre for the Study of Co-operatives at the University of Saskatchewan and the Community Health Co-operative Federation is hosting representatives of the International Health Co-operative Organization for a symposium on the role of co-operatives in health care delivery. For those specifically interested in International health co-operatives a number of international co-op organizations will be presenting, including: Unimed Co-operative from Brazil, Medicoop from Sweden, Espiru Foundation of Spain and the Japanese Health Co-operative Association.

For more information and to register check out the poster: Download file

image by John Collier Jr. an American photographer, this is a photo of a nurse working in 1943 in New Mexico at a clinic operated by the Taos County cooperative health. association.

Get Involved. Employment Opportunities in Saskatoon

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:47:52 -0600

AIDS Saskatoon in conjunction with the University of Saskatchewan is looking for someone to fill the position of community-based researcher. This is a part time position working on the research project HIV/AIDS, Maternal Health and Motherhood: Health-Related Behaviours, Programming Implications and Narrative Constructions” . and is funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research

AIDS Saskatoon is also taking applications for the position of Executive Coordinator. Check out the posting for more information.

photo by xavy

Making the Links - Student Presentations

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:00:42 -0600

Bring your lunch, listen, watch and learn about the experiences of the Making the Links students. Presentations are taking place on Friday September 26th, 2008 from 12:30pm - 1:30pm in HLTH A226.

But what's Making the Links (MTL)? MTL is a U of S College of Medicine service learning elective program for undergraduate medicine students. Selected students have the opportunity to experience community health and development in the contexts fof rural/remote health in northern Saskatchewan, an urban underserved community at SWITCH (Student Wellness Intiative Towards Health) in Saskatoon and in the Global South in Mozambique.

Check out the Making the Links website for more information.
In case you want to print the poster:Download file

photo by lumaxart

Global Health Bursaries for U of S College of Medicine Faculty, Grad Students and Students

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:18:10 -0600

To suppport, encourage and foster continued teaching, research and learning in global health the Internationalization Committe of the College of Medicine has made funds available to support College of Medicine faculty, grad students and students.

For more information on the bursaries check out these links:
Faculty, Graduate Students, Students
photo by Gaetlan Lee

Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity through Action

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:25:30 -0600

The World Health Organization released their 256 page report, Gap in a Generation: Health Equity through Action on the Social Determinants of Healthtoday, the product of a 3 year investigation by various policy makers.
The report calls for major change through action to close the gap between rich and poor within a generation. The report makes three overall reccommendations to close this gap:

1) Improve daily living conditions, including the circumstances in which people are born, grow, live, work and age.
2) Tackle the inequitable distribution of power, money and resources – the structural drivers of those conditions – globally, nationally and locally.
3) Measure and understand the problem and assess the impact of action.

Click here to read the full report or Click here to read the executive summary.

Social Accountability Medline Updates

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:06:30 -0600

Okay, I am a librarian by training and find database alerts to be a simple and easy way to stay up to date with what's new in the literature.

If you are interested in keeping up with what's being published on the topic of social accountability and medical schools but just don't have the time to search yourself, follow the instructions on how to set up a database RSS alert in OVID Medline. Then every time a new article on the topic of social accounatibility and medical schools is entered into Medline you'll be the first to know. Plus you'll be able to do this for any other topic you're interested in.

Search terms to use in Medline: "Social Responsibility" AND "Medical, Schools"

Setting up the database alert:
1) Go to the U of S Library page and find Medline (Ovid) database
2) Click on Personal Account (for Searches) - If you do not have a personal account, click on Create a new Personal Account.
3)Log in with your Personal Account Name and Password.
4)Click on the Save Search/Alert.
5)Enter a name for the alert and select AutoAlert (SDI) from the drop-down Type menu.
6)Complete the AutoAlert Options and then click SAVE.

Need help setting up a feed reader? Keep reading...

Welcome

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:11:49 -0600

Welcome to the Social Accountability Blog for the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan
Watch this space for current news, interest items and various other interesting tidbits related to Social Accountability in Medicine.

***photo by Laineys Repertoire***