Tag: fortaleza
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Using the web to empower agents of change: Presentation at The Network – TUFH conference
These are the slides from the presentation I gave at The Network: Towards Unity for Health conference in Fortaleza, Brazil (2014). The talk looked at how we’re trying to prepare health professional students for an increasingly complex health system, but we’re still using teaching methods that originated centuries ago. I ask questions about how we…
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Faculty member on FAIMER Brazil (2014)
I’m spending a week in Fortaleza, Brazil as part of the FAIMER-Brazil programme for 2014. FAIMER is an international programme aimed at developing capacity in medical education and research, especially in developing countries. There are regional institutes in South Africa, Brazil, India and China, and the main organisation in Philadelphia. I was here in 2013…
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FAIMER Brazil: Initial thoughts
I was lucky enough to be invited as a guest Faculty member for the FAIMER Brazil residential sessions in Beberibe (near Fortaleza, Brazil) from 23 February – 6 March. FAIMER is an international programme aimed at developing capacity in medical education and research around the world, and includes an institute in South Africa (SAFRI), where I am…