​​Global health and medical education for the 21st century 

Health challenges in Aboriginal population during COVID1 pandemic-12th International conference- online, ongoing

              Chairs : Dr. Rosalind Silverman and Dr. Lorelei Silverman

​​The conference was initiated in 2009 by Dr. Lorelei Silverman and Dr. Rosalind Silverman. The initial conference on Models of Human Diseases was supported by a CIHR grant and it was the first ever conference in Canada to be held both onsite and online.

The conference's aim is to create a global network that promotes exchange of information in medicine, to highlight the most advanced complex case management strategies available, and to enable specialists and trainees from around the globe to share information and keep up to date with developments in the field.

It will also give participants a perspective on the importance of global medical education, and bring together representatives of the premier universities whose focus is on international medical education. It is designed to provide our new health care professionals further means to meet the global challenges of the 21st century. ​

The conference is designed as a tool for creating leadership, teamwork, communication, and organization skills. Our team of volunteers range from high school students to clinicians, pre-medical students to CEOs, and international medical graduates to students in the health care field.

Health challenges in Aboriginal population during COVID19 pandemic is a group project by Starmed Medical Education Programs aimed at increasing awareness and proposing solution for some of the pressing challenges in healthcare in our aboriginal populations.

COVID19 affected all of us in unprecedented ways, however our first nations, metis, and Inuit communities were hit the hardest. Our IMGs international medical graduate (foreign trained doctors FMG and Canadian studying abroad CSA) and our premedical and predental students researched literature and proposed solutions for some of the challenges in aboriginal communities such as Mental health, Pregnancy, COVID testing, COVID Vaccine, Diabetes, TB, Obesity, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Anxiety, Substance abuse, Systemic inequities, Smoking, Hypertension, Housing, etc. The poster was presented at the virtual conference Global health and medical education for the 21st century  

TO SEE VIRTUAL POSTERS CLICK HERE

2019 ONSITE PROGRAM​​
FREE REGISTRATION * POSTER AWARDS * CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION

​9:30 - 9:45 am Registration, Poster setup

9:55 - 10:00 am Welcome message Dr. Lorelei Silverman and Dr. Rosalind Silverman, Conference co-chairs, Deans of Medical Education programs in Canada, US, and UK premed, postbac, IMG program

10:00-10:30 am Global medical education- medical schools with global health programs series Keynote speaker Bob Ryan, Dean of Admission St. George's University School of Medicine

10:30-11:00 am Q& A with Mr Jibran Vahidi, Associate Director of Admission Canada, St. George's University School of Medicine

11:00-12:00 pm Poster viewing and judging and lunch sponsored by SGU (11:00-11:30 even numbers and 11:30-12 uneven numbers

12:00 pm Poster awards Medical schools partners for MEP with global health electives: St George's University, Negev/Columbia MSIH, Ross University, AUC

FREE REGISTRATION, RSVP IS REQUIRED

To register please indicate:
Full name
Email
Phone
School attending or attended
Reason for attending the conference
Name of your poster or talk that you will present ​

The conference is open to premedical, predental, pre pharmacy, preoptometry and other healthcare professions and to IMGs only. A valid student card or copy of your degree is required to complete your registration onsite.

SUBMIT POSTER OR TALK ABSTRACT FREE

Please send a poster abstract that includes: author names and affiliation, title, and abstract (500 words, Times New Roman, 12). Onsite posters are displayed on tables and glued on 3 fold boards.
If you present global trips please feel free to bring artefacts from the country visited to show to the audience. ​3 prizes are available for best posters.
​A light lunch will be served to talk and poster presenters.

​​CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION available at the end of the conference

CONTACT US e-mail: info@medschooliMG.com

MESSAGES
Thank you very much for the opportunity to present his morning. I enjoy the contact with the students. Hopefully, my talk will open their eyes to the opportunities in global case management. Thanks again. Dr. Rupert

Hi Dr Silverman, Thank you for sharing the wonderful photos! Such great memories and another step in our journey towards an exciting future. Thanks again!Kind Regards, Priscilla Goh

We are glad the program was a success.-message from MSIH Thanks for organizing the medical conference the other day. It was a nice experience and was very informative. Thanks for all your efforts. Dr. Shirley, Judge

"Thanks for the opportunity! I really enjoyed being part of the conference and sharing my experience" Dr. Buddhi