Nottingham 2006 - Summary of Meeting Outcomes

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The session on global workforce generated a great deal of discussion and interest and a working group will convene throughout 2007 to explore how U21 Health Sciences can inform and contribute to workforce issues within the international context. A subsequent workshop on the matter will take place during the next meeting in Hong Kong (26 – 28 September 2007) and a range of stakeholders will be invited to participate in the proceedings.

Outcomes from the U21 Dentistry group meeting included the proposal to hold a Forensic Odontology dentistry (FOd) symposium to explore and collaborate on education and research in this area and to showcase the achievements of FOd to the public and media. The symposium will coincide with the 2007 Health Sciences meeting in Hong Kong. Similarly, on the basis of a successful evaluation of this year's initiative, the U21 nurses plan to convene a second doctoral student conference in Hong Kong in 2007, incorporating presentation and networking opportunities and master classes for doctoral students across the U21 network.

Following the Nottingham meeting, the U21 Health and Rehabilitation Sciences group is preparing to submit for publication a paper on practice education. Other planned publications include a paper outlining the U21 nurses' experiences of benchmarking clinical education in an international context, and a publication of the proceedings of the proposed Forensic Odontology dentristy symposium.

U21 pharmacy delegates have agreed to a joint project, to be led by the University of Auckland's School of Pharmacy and the University of New South Wales' College of Fine Arts. The project will involve pharmacy and graphic arts students working together to conceptualize and create a range of visual tools focusing on global health issues and how pharmacy might positively impact on the prevention and treatment of a range of diseases and practices and by producing something internationally meaningful for patient education and communication.

E-health continues to be a major theme across the disciplines, with the health and rehabilitation group focusing on telerehabilitation; the dentistry group exploring developments in electronic patient records and electronic treatment plans; and the U21 nursing group's planning to scope e-health activity across U21 nursing schools. The proposed collaboration between U21 Health Sciences and the Swinfen Charitable Trust for provision of telehealth to underserved communities utilizing medical students across the U21 network is an ongoing matter for consideration and determination by the group's Executive.