About
UCF MedPACt's 7th annual student-run Global Health Conference
Co-presented by UCF KNIGHTS Clinic
HEALTHCARE AS A HUMAN RIGHT
The human right to health guarantees a system of health protection for all ensuring “the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health,” according to the World Health Organization. Having a human right to healthcare constitutes access and availability to hospitals, clinics, medicines, and doctors’ services on an equitable level as necessary guided by quality standards and control mechanisms. Health policies and programs have a responsibility to protect this human right to healthcare through their implementation and design. Despite this human rights approach, the vulnerable and marginalized groups in societies usually have the higher prevalence of health problems due to less access and participation. This conference will focus on implementing clinical knowledge in the face of medical challenges caused by an inadequate access to healthcare, as well as the role of the medical professional in advocating to address various healthcare disparities.
Learn about our other global health initiatives
Who's it for?
We encourage students and faculty from all healthcare fields (Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, etc.) who are interested in global health to attend.
What's there to do?
- Talks by Experts in the Field
- Clinical Simulations
- Interactive & Advocacy Workshops
- Networking Opportunities
What about research?
The GHC Research Committee welcomes student and professional researchers to submit abstracts no later than January 15th for poster presentations.
Submit your abstract here!
Who benefits?
100% of the proceeds from this conference will support charitable causes. See below for more details about our charity partners this year.
This year, a portion of the proceeds from the Global Health Conference will be donated to Cindy Nelly's StandWithMe initiative in the Middle East. Ms. Nelly is a certified midwife and nurse practitioner who diligently works to support Syrian refugees in Jordan, Turkey, and Iraq. She provides obstetrical, gynecological, and primary care in these regions. If this cause is meaningful to you, please consider donating directly to her campaign.
Conference proceeds will also benefit Grace Medical Home in Orlando and MedPACt's clinics in Apopka, Florida. Grace Medical Home is a medical care facility that has provided comprehensive, primary and specialty care for Central Florida's uninsured population since 2008. Patients have ongoing long-term relationships with their physicians and a place to turn to for medical care here, even when they cannot afford it. In addition to acute sick visits, doctors perform well care check-ups and provide health education.
The Apopka Clinics were started in 2016, in partnership with the UCF College of Nursing, as way to provide essential healthcare to the residents of Apopka, namely farmworkers and their families who would otherwise go without healthcare. Multidisciplinary team of students and faculty, from specialties ranging from internal medicine to physical therapy, regularly offer free services to this population.
