The members of group 20 have been so happy working together. They exclaim “I just love my group”. They started off working as a group on the first day of the symposium and felt like a family. They said it was fun and exciting. They just didn’t need an ice breaking session, didn’t need to […]
Yesterday was the last field visit of the Global Health Symposium. Group 20 of the Mental Health cluster visited Hombelakku, a psychiatric rehabilitation center in Manipal. This facility provided housing as well as day care services for its residents. Patients here were suffering from a variety of disorders, from schizophrenia and bipolar disorders to severe […]
On the morning of April 26th, students from Manipal, Maastricht and McMaster University gathered in front of the Interact building to leave for their third community visit. Group 12—of Cluster 4 Reproductive and Child health—arrived at the Badagabettu Anganwadi. The students and their faculty advisor entered a room filled with colourful walls of pictures, letters […]
Tuesday morning provided a second opportunity for the cluster groups to participate in field visits to new locations. To ensure that all clusters are touched upon, I wanted to base this commentary on comments from a number of conversations that I have had with colleagues about the two field visits that we have had so […]
Yesterday was yet another action-packed one in which we were subdivided into our cluster groups to gather information for the upcoming report and presentation. The morning began with introductory talks within our different cluster areas. Each stakeholder provided us with some background to their roles and functioning within their specific area of health interest. Much […]
Yesterday we had the privilege of listening to Mr. Bharat Shetty speak about his current work entailing how to reduce vulnerabilities towards HIV through the Karnataka Health Promotion Trust to start off the second half of the Global Health Symposium. Following that, master students from McMaster and Maastricht University and second year MPH students from […]
Today was the beginning of the Weekend Conference for the 2017 Global Health Symposium. Students and Faculty from Manipal, Maastricht, and McMaster University gathered at the Dr. TMA Pai Hall. The day started with an inauguration headed by the Vice Chancellor of Manipal University, Dr. H. Vinod Bhat. He welcomed the students and faculty from […]
Friday was preparation day. On Friday morning, there was an optional excursion to two Jain temples, in order to learn more about Indian culture – specifically, Jainism. The first Jain temple was on a beautiful hillside, over- looking the luscious palm tree jungle and Ca- turmukha basadi. It was home to the Karkala Gomateshwara Bahubali […]
Yesterday myself and the other students were given the opportunity to attend fieldtrips to locations relevant to our group clusters. Being part of the reproductive and child cluster, my group was assigned to an Anganwadi centre for our first fieldtrip and we were instructed to take an obervatory role and reflect on the setting and […]
This Wednesday morning began with group cluster meetings. Students took this time to create and edit observation guides for their upcoming field visit on Thursday morning, and participated in a dilemma workshop in the afternoon. During this workshop, students discussed potential dilemmas that could arise during their field visits. Scenarios ranged from what is an […]
