Really useful - thanks Brigit!

thank you!

Thanks for this interesting and very topical talk! Might be useful to connect with colleagues at the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda (e.g. Agnes Binagwaho, Paul Farmer, Eugene Richardson), who are tackling decolonisation in medicine in a radical way through teaching medical students how to ‘do’ advocacy and practice global health in their own communities.

Great talk. Brigit you are wise to talk about being slow and gentle! Thank you.

Really interesting talk Brigit- thank you

Thanks Jennifer - that sounds amazing!

Fascinating presentation Brigit, opens up huge area - I also think there is a crossover/ parallel with the default way we introduce students to medical ethics - the four pillars etc. - very much within a colonial, Western-oriented tradition - just a thought.

@Jennifer Watermeyer - sounds fascinating. Is there a link or person to contact?

Thanks Paul - totally agree!

thanks Brigit for the interesting topic, I was thinking about the fact that majority of clinical guidelines are based on data from populations from Europe and America. So I think decolonizing biomedical research is a good point to start towards decolonizing medicine. Thanks again for the talk.

@Jeni Harden - here we go: https://ughe.org/meet-the-team/

Brigit - I will get in touch with you to discuss this more. We are starting a project to find ways to support staff in developing an inclusive curriculum

@Jennifer Watermeyer - thanks!

Jeni - great! Would love to begin conversations with others outside of Lancaster re this

Mariam - totally agree. One of the things I have discovered since trying to do this work is that the research just isn't there. So much to do!!

Brigit and Jeni, count me in! I am on some working groups but not with social scientists... Some peer support would be amazing.

Esther: ace!

Sounds good - I can send a message round BeSST to see who is interested

Can you add me to the mailing list?

me too! arwababiker@outlook.com

and me please jean.potter1@nhs.net thank you

Excellent program, thanks Costas!

thank you

great program Costas!

yes please!

sharing the osce would be amazing

I think looking at the Public Health OSCE equivalent might be helpful when looking at how we assess social sciences etc. in medical education, we get assessed a lot on how we demonstrate consideration of different view points etc

That sounds really useful, Fiona.

Some samples of the OSPHE (Public Health specialty OSCE) are available here (including examiner pack and actor instructions) just to provide an idea: https://www.fph.org.uk/training-careers/the-diplomate-dfph-and-final-membership-examination-mfph/the-faculty-of-public-health-final-membership-examination/practice/

Very thought-provoking, Costas. I was just thinking how hard 'critical reflection on one's own beliefs' is for all of us, ongoing! What troubles me sometimes is that, while it's clearly crucial to ask her students to pursue this, how problematic it can get when this reflective activity is interwoven so tightly with assessment, - every student's chief preoccupation after all is understandably to pass (which is itself a very interesting term in the cultural/ decolonisation context we are discussing this morning isn't it?!) ! Don't have any 'answers' to this dilemma but I think the students I teach anyway need to be provided with more spaces where they can reflect with no assessment implications... apologies for delayed comment, btw, my mind works slowly when the issues are so thorny!

No surprise to hear students saying women are less qualified but v interesting to see the research evidence

@Paul very thought provoking comment, I too was thinking of the implications of the assessment on students' attitude during

@Mariam very interesting to see this done in a middle eastern country given the complex cultural background students have

we have a similar background here in Sudan

mariam.mostafat@gmail.com