Please fill out this form if you're planning to attend this session of the GSSA Equity Initiative. These sessions are open to all, but the content and objectives are heavily geared towards discussion of ethics and equity issues faced by US medical students and trainees as they engage with global health.

This session will be an hour long open discussion on the topic of Medical Students’ Role in Global Surgery.

Mission Statement:
We commit to becoming more equitable partners within the field of global surgery through continuous self-reflection, education, and open conversation and collaboration with our global surgery community.
We hope that the GSSA Equity Initiative creates a safe but challenging space for students and trainees to critically examine their own biases, motives, and the end impact of their global surgery work.

Session Objectives:
- Reflect upon the challenges of medical student participation in global surgery and impact on local communities
- Consider medical students’ role in advocating for just and equitable practices
- Discuss steps that students can take to minimize risks and maximize benefits when engaging partner communities


Date: Sunday, May 23, 2021
Time: 8pm EST
Zoom Link will be sent 1-2 hours prior to the event

Moderated by: Rachel Graham

Materials - "How NOT to save the world: Why U.S. students who go to poor countries to ‘do good’ often do the opposite" by Valerie Strauss
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/03/22/how-not-to-save-the-world-why-u-s-students-who-go-to-poor-countries-to-do-good-often-do-the-opposite/

For more information, please see our website page - https://www.globalsurgerystudents.org/equity-initiative