Global Health Careers Day

Saturday 28th November 2009

09:00   Registration
09:30   Welcome and Introduction to the Day
09:40   International Career Opportunities

Each speaker will give a brief overview of their career to date, before discussing what they consider to be the pros and cons of their particular field of work in international health.  The emphasis of the talks will be on sharing practical advice, ideas and inspiration for trainees beginning their global health careers.

0940: Andy Leather - Medical students' and junior doctors' contributions to health links
1010: James Jobanputra - Medium-term NGO programmes
1030: Ruth Stern, Medact - Advocacy
1050: John Richens - International Policy work

Break for coffee

1130: Jonathan Fluxman, Medical Justice - Global Health in the UK
1150: George Fowlis, Urolink - International Health Links
1210: Deborah Cohen - Medical Journalism
1230: Fred Martineau - Out of Programme Experience (OOPE)

See here for more information on the confirmed speakers. The plenary will include a coffee break and plenty of time for questions and discussion.

13:15   Lunch at the Sun & Doves

After lunch, delegates will attend one of the two workshop sessions - the careers fair and careers clinic will run alongside the workshops during the afternoon.

14:30 - 15:15 Workshops 1
15:30 - 16:30 Workshops 2

Delegates will be able to choose from 6 workshops looking at various fields of Global Health work:

- Medicine
- Academic International Health
- Public Health
- General Practice
- Infectious Disease / Pathology
- O+G / Paediatrics

The workshops will explore in detail the practical aspects of each path, how to establish a career in that area and what training/experience is needed.

14:30 - 16:45 Careers Fair & Careers Clinic

Need some individual advice on any of your plans but don't know who to get it from?
Running alongside the workshops and the careers fair, this session will give delegates the opportunity to discuss their individual career plans and queries with people who have already established their career in global health.

Your hosts will be experienced doctors from all fields of global health - to explore any problem or query you may have, from general advice to specific ideas for contacts.

16:45   Informal discussion / Networking
18:00   Close & Pub Visit

 

Last year's careers day was a great success and the programme can be viewed here with a list of 2008's speakers here. A similar programme will be offered this year.