27 – 30 October 2014 | flinders.edu.au/muster2014
Michael Barber Professor Michael Barber, Vice-Chancellor of Flinders University, officially welcomed participants on behalf of Flinders University. Among other guidance, Professor Barber offered advice about the need for change in health professional education and practice. He beseeched Muster 2014 delegates to challenge their beliefs to ensure that the international health workforce can meet the urgent medical crises that are occurring around the globe. “There has never been a time in human history that the professions that you represent have been more important. Yet, I also believe that your disciplines and professions have to change perhaps more than you are ready for. We are but one world, but it’s important that we interact across that world. Take on board very seriously the questions asked of you this week, and bring home deliberations that challenge the way we serve our communities, and the way we produce your students. It’s time that we question almost everything we do.” Professor Michael Barber, Vice-Chancellor of Flinders University
Roger Strasser Dr. Roger Strasser, Dean of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, welcomed participants from far and wide to this fourth conference in the NOSM/Flinders series. Giving a history of the conferences, he set the context for the education in the days to follow. “Like NOSM, Flinders University School of Medicine has a remarkable track record of community engagement and pioneering longitudinal integrated clerkships. There is a natural affinity for our two schools of medicine, and, recognizing this in 2008, we came together and began this series of medical education conferences. As we continue this series in this truly spectacular location, I invite you to continue to lead forms of innovation in health professional education.” Dr. Roger Strasser, NOSM Dean
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