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U21 UNMDG Initiative: The Student Committee

U21 UNMDG Initiative: The Student Committee. Shiraz Khan Dental Student University of Birmingham. “Who am I…?”. Shiraz Khan 4 th Year Dental Student Studying at the University of Birmingham, UK. Secretary of the U21 UNMDG student committee. My journey…. What is the U21 UNMDG…?.

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U21 UNMDG Initiative: The Student Committee

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  1. U21 UNMDG Initiative:The Student Committee Shiraz Khan Dental Student University of Birmingham

  2. “Who am I…?” • Shiraz Khan • 4th Year Dental Student • Studying at the University of Birmingham, UK. • Secretary of the U21 UNMDG student committee.

  3. My journey…

  4. What is the U21 UNMDG…? • The U21 UNMDG group is a multi-disciplinary health sciences group, which includes dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, health and rehabilitation sciencesand public health. • The objective is to engage faculty members and students to develop educational materials which can facilitate UNMDG activity at both local and global levels. • The student committee was first formed in 2008 with at least one student from each university which is involved with the U21 UNMDG initiative.

  5. What do we do…? • Monthly teleconferences (usually using Skype) • Exchange of ideas and sharing of local projects. • Facilitate development of case studies. • Development of the student projects. • Development of the U21 UNMDG student guide. • Attendance to workshops and meetings.

  6. So Who’s involved… Jessica LEES Paul KOPANIDIS Cecilia GARCIA Adriana VALDEZ Shiraz KHAN Amanda SUMMERS Yishi JIANG Alexander MATTHEWS Yeon-oh PARK Evelina CRONA Mohammed BARDI

  7. How to get started…

  8. Student guide…

  9. Where can I find out more?

  10. Competitions for students… • In 2011, U21 UNMDG held a photo competition for the best photo. This appeared on the front cover of the student guide. • This year we are running a video competition. • Are you able to demonstrate how you are undertaking MDG activity?? If so, why not document it and send it in with a chance to win $750 towards your flight to the UNMDG workshop in Auckland in September?

  11. How do I feel about it all??

  12. Want to get in touch..? • Shiraz Khan (sxk492@bham.ac.uk) • Jessica Lees (jmlees@student.unimelb.edu.au) • Caroline Voisine (caroline.voisine@ubc.ca) • U21 UNMDG Website: http://www.u21mdg4health.org

  13. Thank you for listening…

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