MAQ - USAID Global Health Mini-University

What is the Mini-University?

The Mini-University is a day-long forum offering over 60 different sessions highlighting evidence-based best practices and state-of-the-art information from a variety of technical areas across the Global Health field. The forum is divided into four hour-long blocks, each offering up to 14 concurrent presentations. In addition, five exciting brown bag sessions are offered during the lunch break. The day culminates with a Knowledge Extravaganza session and the N'Lightening Round, a lively competition during which take-home messages from the sessions are presented and prizes are awarded for the top three messages.

Please note: Check-In will begin at 8:00 am this year, and the first session will start at 9:00 am, so please arrive early! Light breakfast fare will be available.

FREE! NURSING/MIDWIFE CEUs! Application has been made to the American College of Nurse-Midwives for Continuing Education Units. We are expecting to offer 7 CEU courses at the Mini-U, free of charge! Participants may earn up to 0.6 Nursing/Midwife Continuing Education Units. Please check the schedule for course offerings when registration opens.

DON'T MISS THE FINAL KNOWLEDGE EXTRAVAGANZA! Keep on learning and join the fun! Did you miss a session you really wanted to attend? Come hear the take-home messages and see presenters compete for the best "pearls" before a panel of judges, including Dr. Kent R. Hill, Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Global Health at USAID.

Name Badge and Certificate: If you would like to have a pre-printed name badge with your course schedule printed on the back and/or a Global Health Mini-University graduation certificate with your name printed on it, you must register online by Friday, September 05, 2008.

Below is the list of the state-of-the-art technical sessions and facilitators that will be featured in the upcoming Mini-University. For a more detailed list, click on sessions or one of the links below.

Continuing Education Units are indicated in parentheses following the course title (e.g., Postabortion Care 101 (0.1 CEU))

Directions to the Mini-University:

This year's Mini-University will take place at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Ross Hall, in Washington, DC. Ross Hall is located at 2300 Eye St NW, right next to the Foggy Bottom Metro station. The registration area is on the first floor near the entrance.

Click here for a map and more detailed directions from Maryland, Virginia, and the Metro.

For more information about the GWU School of Public Health and Health Services, please visit their information page.

For More Information:

Please contact Chelsea Smart at csmart@usaid.gov or 202-712-0285.


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