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Welcome to the Master programme in International Community Health.
Introduction Day:
We start with an Introduction Day on the 14 August at 10:00 am in room 123 at Frederik Holsts hus - University of Oslo (uio.no) On this day, we will give you the necessary information you need to get started on your new life as an ICH student. You will meet your student coordinators and most importantly your fellow students. We have also invited your second-year Buddies. We will have lunch together and get to know each other a bit better. After lunch your Buddies will show you campus, and you will also meet up with other master's students at the Institute.
Attendance is mandatory for all new ICH students.
Upcoming events for students at the university of Oslo:
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Information about a possibility to apply for internship at Norwegian Risk Consulting International. They are open for a variety of backgrounds, so all can apply.
For more information see: Global internship program
Application deadline: whole year
The dean at the Faculty of Medicine has decided that diplomas and diploma supplements (DS) for bachelor's, master's, professional studies will only be given digitally from the spring of 2023.
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We are already almost at the end of the spring semester, and our work in the dean's office and at the faculty is well underway.
We hope you are up to date on what is happening and get involved in current affairs.
Dr Sarah Marks will discuss critiques of Global Mental Health and highlight experiences and practices in Ghana and Zimbabwe that integrate modern interventions with indigenous understandings of mental distress.
Time and place: Apr. 18, 2023 3:00 PM–4:00 PM, Centre for Development and the Environment, Sandakerveien 130
Link to the seminar:
Borregaard Research Foundation distributes contributions and grants for forest research and occupational medicine research. For 2023 they will only distribute support for master's theses, up to 15.000,-.
Deadline 1 May - email forskningsfond@borregaard.com
For more information and who to contact if questions, please see Borregaard Research Foundation - Borregaard.
Happy new year and welcome to a new semester at the Faculty of Medicine.
We in the new dean's office welcome all students and staff at the Faculty to a kick-off event for the spring semester 2023 on Wednesday 18th of January - see full program here (in Norwegian).
Time and place: 18. january at 14:30–18:00, Rikshospitalet, Store auditorium (from 16.00 i Medica Spiseri)
The meeting will be streamed (a link will be posted in the programme), but it would be nice if you have the time and opportunity to come by, either to the lectures in the Great Auditorium at Rikshospitalet and/or attend the informal part in the canteen at Domus Medica. The lectures are held in Norwegian.
Kind regards,
Hanne Flinstad Harbo
Dean
The Faculty of Medicine
University of Oslo
Date: October 25, 2022
Time: 13:30-15:30
Place: Professorboligen (Stallen) *Please note this seminar will take place in Oslo and will not be streamed online.
What factors matter in health diplomacy in promoting international cooperation? What kinds of political interests and strategic considerations motivate states and their health diplomacy? How have states utilized health diplomacy to achieve such goals? Find out as Professor Scott Gates and other experts gather to examine pandemics, health diplomacy, and cooperation between states.
Tuesday, October 18 from 16:15-17:30
at Centre for Development and Environment, Sandakerveien 130.
In this Global Health Unpacked seminar, pandemic expert Dr. Clare Wenham will discuss the proposed pandemic treaty and why it might not make the world better equipped to tackle future global health crises.
October 12th at 19.30 CET, Zoom.
Andrea S. Winkler will focus on her experience within global health research using her personal experiences and lessons learned.
More about the event and registration!
What is the Inspiration Series?
The Youth Coordinators of WGH Norway have organized this virtual Inspiration Series with a lineup of multiple influential speakers for 2022. With this Inspiration Series, students and young professionals are invited to conversations with female role models from the private and public spheres. The aim is to have a virtual discussion where participants will be able to become acquainted with different career pathways in global health by listening and actively interacting with speakers. This series is open to all!
October 14, 2022, from 13:00-17:00
Followed by a 1-hour reception at Fanehallen, Akershus Fortress.
Full program and registration!
The most serious pandemic in 100 years, coupled with climate and environmental crisis, economic instability, a severe military crisis in Europe, creates ripple effects throughout the globe. Join us as national and international speakers discuss the multiple and serious challenges the world is facing.
To the students of The Faculty of Medicine.
It is now possible to vote for your candidate to become Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. Please log on to: https://valg.uio.no/
For more information on the candidates, see: https://www.med.uio.no/english/about/organization/election/dean/candidates/index.html
For more information on the election, see: https://www.med.uio.no/english/about/organization/election/dean/
Read and hear the candidates' appeals to you as a student about why to vote for them (in Norwegian): ...
Are you going to do a systematic review? Then we recommend the Cochrane Interactive Learning course online and the tool Covidence. It is open for all with a UIO username. For more information see: Cochrane Interactive Learning og Covidence - Universitetsbiblioteket (uio.no)
The election of the dean 2022 is around the corner. For the first time in 12 years, it will be possible to choose between two dean candidates. Join the general meeting the 5th of September with debate in the Large auditorium at Rikshospitalet or on Zoom. The meeting will be conducted in Norwegian.
You can also ask questions to the candidates in advance (deadline 1st of September at 12.00).
More information about the general meeting
Zoom link (The meeting will be conducted in Norwegian)
Questions for the candidates (Nettskjema in Norwegian only)
Welcome to the meeting and use your vote in the election!
Are you interested in working in the student team for the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Education, SHE? You find more information on the announcement. https://www.med.uio.no/she/english/news-and-events/news/2022/work-announcement-for-students.html.
It is a 10% position, with flexible working hours
Application deadline 5th September
Work that is relevant to your education and good for networking!
"Do you write your master thesis in an Oslo-related topic? Do you do research on the city Oslo?
Apply Osloforskning grant! Deadline 15 September 2022.
Osloforskning is a collaboration between the City of Oslo and the University of Oslo (UiO) and is intended to promote research and recruitment to research that derives its theme from Oslo.
Welcome to the Master programme in International Community Health.
Introduction Day:
We start with an Introduction Day on the 18 August at 11:00 am in room 123 at Fredrik Holsts house. On this day, we will give you the necessary information you need to get started on your new life as an ICH student. You will meet your student coordinators and most importantly your fellow students. We have also invited your second-year Buddies. We will have lunch together and get to know each other a bit better.
Attendance is mandatory for all new ICH students.
Introduction to the Norwegian Health Care system:
A lecture about how the Norwegian Health Care system works for all the studen...
You must use two-factor authentication (secure login) for Microsoft 365 (Word, OneDrive, Teams etc.) and Feide (Canvas, My Studies etc.) at UiO. Confirm your login with a mobile phone.
Read more about two-factor authentication at the UiO at https://uio.no/tofaktor, and access more guides from the same page. There may be two-factor authentication on other services later.
For MS365 applications, you will receive a push notification on your mobile when you are asked for two-factor authentication, and for the Feide login, a new button called Use work or school account will appear. Use that button when you log in to Canvas, My Studies, or other services with Feide, and you get the s...
While the concrete challenges might be different, menstruation is still met with silence, lack of knowledge and shame in many high-income countries. This webinar will focus on what role shame and silence might play globally in the context of menstruation health and how these barriers might be tackled in the future.
The full program and registration is available here – join us on June 2nd at 13:00 CET!
See also: The Gender Crosscutting Theme.
On May 4th at 19.30 CET, Bente Mikkelsen, Director of non-communicable diseases at WHO will focus on her experience with global health leadership in the international sector. Read more and register for the event here! Women in Global Health (WGH) Norway hosted by the Centre for Global Health at the University of Oslo is excited to announce this second event part of the Inspiration Series!
What is the Inspiration Series?
The Youth Coordinators of WGH Norway have organized a virtual Inspiration Series with a lineup of multiple influential speakers for 2022. With this Inspiration Series, students and young professionals are invited to conversations with female role models from the private and public spheres. The aim is to have a virtual discussion where participants will be able to beco...
Mark going on the Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/1Cs8s04K2
The Student Advisory Group at the Centre for Global Health invites you to BINGO NIGHT! Join our student organizations, Medisinstudentenes Humanit?raksjon (MedHum), Studenter uten Grenser, Medisinsk Studentutvalg (MSU) and Universities Allied for Essential Medicines Norge (UAEM) - as they host a social evening with games, prizes and more! Blindern p?bbingo forening will be coordinating Bingo with prizes for the lucky WINNERS! Pizza will be served for FREE and the bar will be open for drinks to be purchased. Don't miss out on a Friday night gathering to meet new people!!!
When: April 29 // 18.00-22.00
Where: Anestesien *Student pub at the Faculty of Medicine, UiO
The temporary scheme of self-notification, meaning that there is no need for attaching documentation when applying for approved valid absence at exams at the Faculty of Medicine is prolonged for the Spring term of 2022.
...Regarding the press conference held by the Norwegian Government, 13th of January, where it was stated that the universities could hold more lectures with physical attendence. Teaching at the Faculty of Medicine will continue as previously announced, until Friday 28th of January. Information about the teaching in the period starting 31st of January will be announced at the end of week 3.
Best regards,
Eivind Engebretsen and Elin O. Rossvold, Deans of study.
Dear bachelor and master students at the Faculty of Medicine,
The end of this semester was not quite as we had hoped, but we are happy that we were able to complete most of the teaching and exams.
DIGITAL TEACHING IN JANUARY
Unfortunately, the infection is on the rise, and there is a danger that the infection pressure will still be high at the beginning of the semester in January. The Faculty management has therefore decided that teaching will be digital until 30 January 2022.
Specific information is provided on the individual course page.
EXAM
Exams before Easter will be held as home exams or as oral exams on Zoom. All oral examination after submitted master thesis will be carried out on Zoom and postpones examinations will be arranged as home examinations during this period.
We are working on a plan for how to conduct the exams that will be held later in the semester. More information wi...
The Global Health Politics research group at the Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo, has a vacancy for a research assistant - deadline January 7.
The position would suit a recent masters graduate with research ambitions within social scientific research on global health.
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/216811/research-assistant-global-health-politics