The University Diabetes Outreach Programme (UDOP) will be hosting its 19th Annual International Diabetes Conference from March 21 to March 24, 2013 at the Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort, Ocho Rios, Jamaica.  Theme:  “Diabetes and Oral Health”. 

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All are invited. Refreshments will be served. Please Click Here for event flyer.

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Minister of Health, Dr. Fenton Ferguson will speak at the Opening Ceremony of the 5th Annual Nephrology Conference organized by Caribbean Institute of Nephrology, in collaboration The University of the West Indies, Mona, University of Michigan and University of Minnesota. The Conference which will focus on Nephrology and Hypertension is set to take place on January 24-26 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.

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The UWI School of Nursing will be hosting the 23rd Nursing and Midwifery Research Conference and 24th Mary J. Seivwright Day entitled “Evidence-based practice: Promoting excellence in patient care”. Day 1 will focus on the Poster presentations related to the title of the conference and the keynote speaker will make a presentation as well. Day 2 will constitute a Mary J Seivwright lecture and the launch of the schools online open access journal – Caribbean Journal of Nursing (CJN).

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Discover new teaching and learning resources at the Instructional Development Unit (IDU) Faculty Development Teaching Skills Workshop slated for January 15-17, 2013 at 9 am daily. 
 
Come prepare to take your teaching to the next level as you evaluate and improve your skills in critical areas namely: 
• course design
•assessment
•teaching with technology 
•student engagement through learner-centred strategies.
 

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Visit the website at http://myspot.mona.uwi.edu/researchday/ 

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The School of Education at The UWI, Mona in collaboration with Operation Save Jamaica will host a professional development workshop examining Critical Literacy Practices in Urban Schools. The Workshop takes place on Friday, December 14, 2012 at 10 a.m. at the School Lecture Theatre 2, The UWI, Mona. Professor Annette Henry from the University of British Columbia will be the presenter on this occasion. 
 
The workshop covers a range of topics including: strategies to overcome the challenges of teaching urban youth; the use of standard language and Creole in the classroom; good instructional practices; creating classrooms in which students want to learn; creating a curriculum relevant to the lives of students. 
 

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Neurological Diseases is the topic for discussion at the 18th annual Conference of the Association of Clinical Pathologists. The Conference is being organized with the Department of Pathology, The UWI, Mona and is slated to take place on Sunday, November 25, 2012 at 8:30 am at the Knutsford Court Hotel. Professor Eldermire-Shearer, Head, Community Health and Psychiatry at The UWI, Mona will deliver the Stanley Brook Memorial Lecture on this occasion. 
 
Members of the medical fraternity are especially invited to attend. The registration fee for Medical Doctors is $2000, other members of the medical fraternity pay $1500 and medical students, free of cost.
 

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The Faculty of Medical Sciences 21st Annual Research Conference and Workshop is being held under the theme:  “The NCDs (Noncommunicable Diseases)-A Threat to Life and the Economy”. The Conference will officially start with an Opening Ceremony on Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 5:30 pm where the Distingushed Sir Kenneth Standard Lecture will be delivered by UWI Chancellor and Director Emeritus, PAHO, Sir George Alleyne. The Conference continues over two days with poster and oral presentations on November 8 and a workshop on November 9 at the Faculty of Medical Sciences Teaching and Research Complex in the Faculty.
 
The Conference is preceded by an Ethics Workshop on Sunday, November 4, 2012 at 8 am at the Main Medical Lecture Theatre, UHWI.

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