Peace, Health and Medical Work - Autumn semester 2013 (10 ECTS course, Tromsø)

’Peace, Health and Medical Work’ (HEL-3011) is an elective module at the University of Tromsø, offered to students who are interested in health-related peace and conflict work.

 

As the world’s first of it’s kind, this Master-level module creates awareness about the peace building capacities of health professionals before, during and after violence.

  • Peace and conflict theory
  • Mechanisms of medical peace work
  • Nonviolent communication
  • Disarmament and arms control
  • Violence prevention
  • Structural violence and health
  • Conflict transformation and mediation
  • Human Rights and International Law
  • Do No Harm in international work
  • Cultural and context sensitivity

All lectures in week 47, November 18th – 22nd

Registration deadlines

- for self-financing free-movers:           April 15th

- singular course for Nordic students:   June 1st

- elective module for UiT students:      Sept. 1st

 

See HEL-3011 at www.uit.no

Contact: kari.j.lagreid[at]uit.no  tordis.sorensen.hoifodt[at]unn.no

Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, NORWAY

 

 

Two week course at master level about War, violence and health

At the University of Bergen, Norway, a new two week course at master level about War, violence and health will be organized in April 2013. The course will cover the links between war, violence and health, structural violence, underlying causes of violent conflict, consequences of war and violence, the role of health personnel in prevention of violence, rehabilitation and reconciliation, human rights and international humanitarian law, refugee and migration challenges. The students must complete four online Medical Peace Work courses (course 1, 3, 4 and 5 - estimated to require four days of work) before they attend the five days with face-to-face teaching and group work from the15th to the 19th April 2013. At the very end the students will spend one day writing a home assignment on the refugee situation in the participants´ own country or a country of choice. The course is open to master students and PhD-candidates. More information
 

 

Drones: the physical and psychological implications of a global theatre of war

On October 13th Medact launched its report "Drones: the physical and psychological implications of a global theatre of war". In the past decade, there has been an exponential increase in the proliferation and use of armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as ‘drones’. For the first time in history, it is possible to attack an enemy thousands of miles away without fear of retaliation.  In addition to the number of deaths and injuries of innocent civilians caused by their use, there is increasing evidence of the psychological damage to people living under the constant threat of drone attack, and to the drone operators themselves. Read more
 

 

MPW online courses accredited by Norwegian Medical Association

 

The Norwegian Medical Association (NMA) has accredited the seven MPW courses for all medical specialties with the following amount of CME hours/points:

  • MPW course 1: 8 hours
  • MPW course 2: 6 hours
  • MPW course 3: 8 hours
  • MPW course 4: 8 hours
  • MPW course 5: 8 hours
  • MPW course 6: 10 hours
  • MPW course 7: 6 hours

This information has been added to the respective course certificates. If you have downloaded one certifcate earlier without this information, please login into the respective online course and download the certificate once again.

 

 

MPW e-books, model presentations and teaching papers available on new website

We are glad to announce that Medical Peace Work got this new website.

Amongst the new material available you can find

Other teaching resources will be made available soon.

 

European Students Conference "Medical Peace Work" 12th-15th April 2012 in Berlin

IPPNW organizes its 22nd European Students Conference in Berlin, from April 12th - 15th.

The main topic of the 2012 conference is "Medical Peace Work".

For more information see the conference website.