Global Health Initiative: Refugee Health Workshop, October 19, 2011

By vkapoor on October 5, 2011

Date:  October 19, 2011

Time: 6:30 – 8:30 pm

Location:  VMP:  MSAC,  IMP: MSB 131,  NMP: NHSC 9-370   

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Determinants of refugee health and barriers to health care for this population will be addressed through a short video titled “Safe and Sound.” In addition, Dr. Scholtens will speak about these issues and her experience working at Bridge Clinic. Third year medical student, Nancy Yao, will address resources available to meet specific needs of refugees and her experience working with this population.

Dr. Martina Scholtens is medical coordinator and family physician at Bridge Refugee Clinic in Vancouver, which provides primary and preventive care to 1800 new refugees each year. Her areas of interest are prenatal care, narrative medicine and Medicine 2.0. She recently launched the Refugee Health Vancouver website (refugeehealth.ca), and writes for Mothers in Medicine.

Nancy Yao is a third year UBC medical student. Here interest in immigrant and refugee health stems from a wanderer past. She was born in China, lived in Finland for many years before traipsing across Canada and spending time in Saskatoon, London ON, Oliver BC, Vancouver, and Montreal. She worked for many years as a medical office assistant in Southeast Vancouver, struggling to communicate with Punjabi-speaking grannies who spoke no English. At UBC, Nancy was the president of the Students for Cross-Cultural Healthcare Club (SCCHC), and helped develop many projects targeting minority populations including blood pressure clinics for the Chinese and Punjabi communities. Last year, she initiated a history taking project at Bridge Clinic.

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