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Just
Doctoring
A Medical Leadership Summit on
Sustainable Partnership and Empowerment
from the Local to the Global
Sponsored by
The Medical Students of the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of
Medicine (SSOM),
the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, and the SSOM
Medical School Ministry
Saturday,
April 4, 2009
SCHEDULE of
Events
This program was designed
primarily for medical students from the greater Chicago and upper Midwest
areas who have demonstrated interest and leadership aptitude toward
empowering the underserved and reforming the health-care system.
Participants engaged in a daylong dialogue regarding the connection
between health and social justice both domestically and abroad. This summit served to develop a network of student leaders in this region who are
poised to address the social pathologies of disease both in policy and in
everyday practice.
The day consisted of
plenary addresses from national and international pioneers and workshop sessions to build advocacy skills or to increase awareness of particular
issues.
 Keynote
Speakers:
Marilyn H. Gaston, MD
and
Gayle
Porter, PsyD
Co-Directors of the
Gaston and
Porter Health Improvement Center, Inc.
"We Need a
Revolution:
Partnering with and Empowering Our Patients and Clients”
and
Luke Hansen, MD
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
Yale University School of Medicine
"Doctor as Hero: Save the Patient, Save the World?"
The Leadership Summit will include workshop sessions on the following topics:
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Awareness Raising Sessions:
The Challenges of the Underserved Work
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Advocacy Skill Building
Sessions: Responding through Sustainability, Partnership and Empowerment
SCHEDULE of
Events
Leadership Summit
location:
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
2160 S. First Avenue, Maywood, Illinois
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