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Summer School on Diversity and Gender in Health: Global & European perspectives
Prof. Jean Calleja Agius from the Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Malta, has organised the first edition of the summer school entitled 'Diversity and Sex/Gender in Health: Global and European perspectives – Focus on Women's Health'.
This was an ERASMUS+ Blended Intensive Programme (BIP), held jointly with the following universities: as the co-ordinating University, and .
A total of 15 students (12 medical students and 3 postgraduate students reading for a Master of Science in Public Health), took part in this BIP, together with 20 other students from the participating universities. In this course, students learned about the basic concepts of sex, gender and further diversity aspects in health, global women's health issues, governance, advocacy for women's health on the national and European level, migration and health, gender equality and health workforce, in addition to women in leadership in academic medicine and global health.
Participants had the opportunity to meet students from different European countries and participate in workshops and group work. This work was then presented and assessed during a 2-day online seminar following the end of the physical component which consisted of a week-long series of sessions held on-site at the Medical University of Innsbruck. Each successful participant was awarded 5 ECTSs.
Following the success of this BIP, Prof. Calleja Agius will be working on the next edition of this BIP for 2027, so that the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Malta can send another cohort of students.
