Working overseas: Changing lives
Take your skills further!
The Royal College of Nusing (RCN), in collaboration with the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) and Médicins Sans Frontières (MSF) are holding their annual event on Friday 10 September 2010.
This collaborative event aims to provide a platform for all stakeholders, planners, providers and users of health care to debate and discuss global trends on provision of health care. It is designed to give registered practitioners an opportunity to explore the options around gaining experience of health care provisions in developing countries.
Registered practitioners: £50.00
Students £25.00.
The programme for the day includes:
09:30-10:00 Registration and coffee
10:00-10:10 Welcome, Dr Peter Carter, Chief Executive and General Secretary, Royal College of Nursing
10:10-10:20 Chair - Maura Buchanan, President of the Royal College of Nursing
10:20-10:40 Does International Health Matter? Sir Nigel Crisp
Role of charities in international health
10:40-11:00 Judith Brodie, Director, Voluntary Service Overseas UK (VSO)
11:00-11:20 Beverley Collin, Health Policy & Practice Advisor, MSF
11:20-11:40 Coffee and Exhibition
Personal experiences of working abroad
11:40-12:00 Pam Llewellyn, Nurse, VSO
12:00-12:20 Midwife, MSF
12:20-12:35 Getting involved in international health, Angela Gorman, Hope
12:35-12:50 Involving nurses and midwives in international linking, Jean Bailey, Volunteer Nurse Adviser, Tropical Health Education Trust (THET)
12:50-13:05 IHLC: A new resource centre for health partnerships, Dr Kwalombota, Project Manager, International Health Links Centre (IHLC)
13.05-14.00 Lunch and Exhibition
14:00-14:10 Royal College of Midwives International Perspective and afternoon Chair
Sue Macdonald – RCM Education and Manager
14:10-14:25 Maintaining your registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Speaker - To be confirmed
14:25-14:40 Employers perspective for nurses and midwives wishing to work overseas
Kay Riley, Chief Nurse at St Bartholomew’s Hospital
14:40-14:55 Respect and dignity of health care workers, Astrida Grigulis
Steps to working overseas
14:55-15:10 Ruth Grearson, Recruitment Adviser, VSO
15:10-15:25 Claire Schultz, HR Adviser, MSF
15:25-15:55 Voluntary work in Romania and Albania – a personal experience
Marilyn Boggust RGN, Healthcare Consultant
Paul Boggust RGN, RSCN, HV
15:55-16:10 Responding to the Haiti earthquake - a perspective from Doctors of the World, Susan Wright, Director, Doctors of the World UK
16:10 Evaluation and collect certificate of attendance
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