Mini med school will take on an international flair this year.
The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine will hold the Mini Medical School on April 5 and 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. and focus on its international alliances and endeavors. The theme is “Bringing Global Health Home.
“With growing awareness and concern about worldwide health disparities, we thought it timely to host an event focusing on these and related issues and how they impact health care here at home,” Dr. Dave Trinkle, associate dean for community and culture at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, said in a news release. “We will hear from local organizations, faculty members, and some of our students who have traveled internationally and been in the trenches when it comes to global health and international medicine.”
On the first night, Dr. Thomas Kerkering, chief of infectious diseases at Carilion Clinic, will talk. Kerkering has worked internationally during his 35-year career, and was involved in the ebola work for the World Health Organization in Sierra Leone in 2014.
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His talk will be followed by presentations by local organizations engaged in international medical outreach and education, including TEAM Malawi, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church’s Haiti Project, Orphan Medical Network International, Second Presbyterian Church, Kimoyo Ltd, and Global Health Educators.
On the second night, Trinkle and Dean Dr. Cynda Johnson will talk about VTC’s international rotation program and how it fulfills the school’s mission to train the next generation of physician thought leaders.
VTC has nine established medical education partnerships in seven countries, including three of Roanoke’s Sister Cities: Florianopolis, Brazil; St. Lo, France; and Wonju, South Korea.
Fourth-year students who recently returned from clinical medicine electives in Brazil, France and India will talk about their experiences.
Registration is required at http://tinyurl.com/MMS-Spring17, along with a $10 fee to cover both nights.
For more information, conatact Carrie Knopf at cfknopf@carilionclinic.org.