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CareersThinking about international health work and need a starting point? Taking some time out and want to volunteer overseas? This page is your starting point. Where do you see yourself in ten years time? Wherever you may be on the "career ladder" it's probabaly a useful exercise to do. This is precisely what a group of Alma Mata volunteers did and Daniel Beck The new F2 Programme for junior doctors in International Public Health Rebecca Hope and Fred Martineau compile the results of the Global Health Directions survey of career plans of Alma Mata members and give you the lowdown on a new international health training programme for new doctors. Building on the Foundations - Current activities and promising developments for a career in Global Health The second in Gaz Lewis' series of features on medical training and global health careers. In the first article, Modernising Medical Careers: The foundation programme and its implications for a career in global health, Gaz Lewis talks us through the foundation years of medicine shedding some light on their relevance for doctors to a career in global health. Coming Soon we take a look at the ethical issues influential upon your career path. What's New
NHS Links: a new approach to international health links Are you a health professional working in the NHS and interested in global health work? The organisers of a new NHS network to set up links between NHS hospitals and those in less developed countries write in the BMJ about how to get involved. Interested in relief work? Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine are launching a diploma in humanitarian assistance, a multidisciplinary training programme in emergency relief and development. The course runs from May to June each year. Read a recent SBMJ article, "Humanitarian Assistance: standards, skills, training and experience" for information on other ways to work in humanitarian aid. Read more about the course here. In our special feature interview, Dr Catherine Bateman, recently returned from East Timor talks to Nancy Bostock about her experiences working in Global Health. Have you done overseas work? WorldSearch is our new database of advice, interviews and links to humanitarian organisations for international work. Click here to complete the interview. WorldSearch: Careers Interviews Dr Claire Collett shares her experiences of a year in Nigeria with Medecins Sans Frontieres. Dr Nigel Cunliffe talks us through a career in microbiology research in developing countries. Prof John Yudkin the Director of IHMEC, UCL, shares his experiences from a diverse career in global health and clinical medicine. Prof Peter Winstanley Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Director of the Wellcome Trust Tropical Centre shares his career. Dr John D. Walley Senior Lecturer in International Public Health/ Dr David Osrin shares his experiences of perinatal health research and offers advice for overseas health and development work. Dr Anna Gregory Paediatric Registrar, shows us how she has combined work for Raleigh International in the Carribean with a diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygeine. She also shares her experiences of working in both Australia and Malawi. Dr Hermann Reuter talks to us about his experiences of working as MSF Coordinator of the HIV Program in Lusikisiki, South Africa, leaving us with a moving account of treating a child with HIV. Organisation Profiles The lowdown on Skillshare International
Browse the latest jobs in development and a selection of links to other pages with opportunities in international health. If you have any questions or comments about this page, email careers@almamata.net. Alma Mata is a not-for-profit organisation for those interested in further education, research and careers in global health.
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