Praxis. Personal. Partnership.
we are SocMed.
SocMed, a 501(c) non-profit organization, advocates for and implements global health curricula founded on the study of social medicine. By engaging health professionals though careful examination of the social and economic contexts of health and immersing them in partnership with a diverse group of students from around the world, we aim to foster innovative leaders who are ready to tackle challenging health problems in communities around the world.
SocMed utilizes a curriculum that places great importance on building personal partnerships and encouraging students to reflect upon their personal experiences with power, privilege, race, class, gender, and sexual orientation as central to effective partnership building in global health. In the spirit of praxis (a model of education that combines critical reflection with action) these components of the course give students the opportunity to discern their role in global health and social medicine through facilitated, in-depth conversations with core faculty and student colleagues.
Currently, SocMed offers the annual course Beyond the Biologic Basis of Disease: The Social and Economic Causation of Illness in partnership with Lacor Hospital in Gulu, Uganda. This unique immersion course incorporates innovative teaching methodologies to merge teaching of clinical tropical medicine with understanding the socioeconomic, cultural, political, and historical underpinnings of illness. Enrollment is open to health professional students in their clinical years from across the globe, and includes equal participation of Ugandan students. In the future, we plan to expand this successful educational model through courses in Liberia and Haiti.
SocMed utilizes a curriculum that places great importance on building personal partnerships and encouraging students to reflect upon their personal experiences with power, privilege, race, class, gender, and sexual orientation as central to effective partnership building in global health. In the spirit of praxis (a model of education that combines critical reflection with action) these components of the course give students the opportunity to discern their role in global health and social medicine through facilitated, in-depth conversations with core faculty and student colleagues.
Currently, SocMed offers the annual course Beyond the Biologic Basis of Disease: The Social and Economic Causation of Illness in partnership with Lacor Hospital in Gulu, Uganda. This unique immersion course incorporates innovative teaching methodologies to merge teaching of clinical tropical medicine with understanding the socioeconomic, cultural, political, and historical underpinnings of illness. Enrollment is open to health professional students in their clinical years from across the globe, and includes equal participation of Ugandan students. In the future, we plan to expand this successful educational model through courses in Liberia and Haiti.
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Support SocMedAs SocMed works to build a movement of health professionals committed to the practice of social medicine and the pursuit of justice in health care delivery, we need your help. Please consider giving a tax-deductible contribution to SocMed. Click the tab ‘Donate’ above for more details.
Many thanks to those who gave at our fall events:
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