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we are SocMed.
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Praxis. Personal. Partnership. |
Our Mission
Praxis. Personal. Partnership.
Through social medicine courses and initiatives that accelerate personal transformation and cultivate collaboration across difference, we activate and grow health professional communities who grasp, challenge, and change the social and political determinants of health in order to advance health equity.
Our Story
Founded in 2011, SocMed, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, is a social justice organization that develops curricula and implements training that engages with the social determinants of health to inspire a lifetime of personal commitment and action aiming for health equity. Targeting the continuum of health professional training, we are working to expand the conversation on and engagement with the social determinants of health through education and movement building.
SocMed utilizes a curriculum that places great importance on building personal partnerships and encouraging students to reflect upon their personal experiences with power, privilege, race, class, gender, and sexual orientation as central to effective partnership building in global health. In the spirit of praxis (a model of education that combines critical reflection with action) these components of the course give students the opportunity to discern their role in global health and social medicine through facilitated, in-depth conversations with core faculty and student colleagues.
Currently, SocMed offers annual courses in partnership with Lacor Hospital in Gulu, Uganda (annually in January), with the University of Minnesota's Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility in Minneapolis/St. Paul (annually in Fall Semester), MN and supports the EqualHealth course in Mirebalais, Haiti (annually in July).
Praxis. Personal. Partnership.
Through social medicine courses and initiatives that accelerate personal transformation and cultivate collaboration across difference, we activate and grow health professional communities who grasp, challenge, and change the social and political determinants of health in order to advance health equity.
Our Story
Founded in 2011, SocMed, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, is a social justice organization that develops curricula and implements training that engages with the social determinants of health to inspire a lifetime of personal commitment and action aiming for health equity. Targeting the continuum of health professional training, we are working to expand the conversation on and engagement with the social determinants of health through education and movement building.
SocMed utilizes a curriculum that places great importance on building personal partnerships and encouraging students to reflect upon their personal experiences with power, privilege, race, class, gender, and sexual orientation as central to effective partnership building in global health. In the spirit of praxis (a model of education that combines critical reflection with action) these components of the course give students the opportunity to discern their role in global health and social medicine through facilitated, in-depth conversations with core faculty and student colleagues.
Currently, SocMed offers annual courses in partnership with Lacor Hospital in Gulu, Uganda (annually in January), with the University of Minnesota's Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility in Minneapolis/St. Paul (annually in Fall Semester), MN and supports the EqualHealth course in Mirebalais, Haiti (annually in July).
SocMed now recruiting for Fall 2019 course in Minnesota
and January 2020 course in Uganda and Rwanda!
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"I cannot recommend this course highly enough if you are passionate about making a change and learning about social justice and health care. If you already have plans - cancel them and do this instead."
Katie Martin, Resident Physician, University of Washington, USA
"One of the courses that changed my view about health."
Irakoze Magnifique, Resident Physician, Rwanda
Katie Martin, Resident Physician, University of Washington, USA
"One of the courses that changed my view about health."
Irakoze Magnifique, Resident Physician, Rwanda
