Below is the advertisement for an International Interdisciplinary Summer Institute (June 2008) hosted by McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. We are requesting all International agencies, offices and educational institutions to kindly forward this message to their educational contacts in Universities/ Educational Institutions in their country.

Thank you in advance for your assistance and cooperation.

Best Regards,

International Office
Faculty of Health Sciences
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON, Canada
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McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences, International Office
Hosts the
3rd Annual International Interdisciplinary Summer Institute
June 9th – 20th, 2008
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
You are invited to participate in a two week International Interdisciplinary Summer Institute offered at McMaster University June 9th to 20th, 2008. This workshop will deal with topics of Problem Based Learning, Curriculum Planning, Clinical Education, and Evaluation.

Attached find the advertisement, the list of faculty, outline of program as well as the registration form. Please visit the International Health, Faculty of Health Sciences website at the following link: http://www.fhs.mcmaster. ca/mhsi/.

Please forward this information to your colleagues who might be interested in attending.

Please contact me for further information or assistance.

Dina Idriss
Coordinator, Faculty of Health Sciences, International Health
MDCL 3500, 1200 Main Street West
Hamilton, ON, Canada L8N 3Z5
Phone: (905) 525-9140 ext. 22045
Email: idrissd@mcmaster. ca
Website: www.nhsru.ca

Summer Institute Advertisement

April 3 – 30, 2008

Aga Khan University’s Faculty of Health Sciences, is organising a four-week certificate course in Research Ethics from April 3 to 30, 2008 in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA. Funded by the Higher Education Commission, Government of Pakistan and United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the course is part of the United States-Pakistan Science and Technology Cooperative Programme implemented by the National Academy of Sciences. It is designed to help meet Pakistan ’s increasing need for training in Research Ethics.

· Salient features of the Course: Contemporary Bioethics, Philosophy (Islamic & Western) and Research Ethics;

· Eligibility: Doctors, nurses and other professionals associated with health care, social scientists, health activists, journalists, lawyers and others who wish to develop a fuller understanding of the research ethics.

Selected candidates will receive funding for registration, course material, snacks and boarding (one time return air /train/bus ticket reimbursement for outside Karachi participants only). Please note that funds are NOT available for lodging of the participants.

For application please visit:

www.aku.edu/ News/Courses/

Application deadlines: Monday, March 3, 2008.
Selected candidates will be informed by: Tuesday, March 11, 2008.
For further information, please contact:
Dr. Arshi Farooqui
Programme Coordinator
Tel: 4865521, 4865522
Email: Arshi.farooqui@ aku.edu,
ahmadaasim@yahoo. com