Above: Actual Photo from GlobeMed Jeopardy
Welcome back to the GlobeMed Blog! October is drawing to a close, giving us a perfect opportunity to look back on all the great meetings and events that took place over the past month. For one, we delved into the history of some of our favorite GlobeMed celebrities, like the various founders of Partners in Health, inlcuding Jim Kim, Ophelia Dahl, and the de facto Patron Saint of GlobeMed, Paul Farmer. Notre Dame's own Dr. John Meara was also a focal point of our meeting, leading to the discussion of a hypothetical Dining Hall Date between our favorite global health figureheads. Later in the month, we took part in one of our favorite traditions, GlobeMed Jeopardy, and much fun (and candy) was shared by all. This past week, during our final meeting of the month, we introduced our new members to one of our greatest adversaries (and favorite buzzwords), structural violence. Defined as disparity caused by disadvantageous conditions and infrastructure, structural violence is present almost everywhere in the world. After splitting into groups, the members of GlobeMed read varying articles and discussed together the ways in which structural violence takes form everywhere from rural Laos to nearby urban neighborhoods in the United States. Diagnosing the problem is one thing, but the GlobeMedders also attempted to tackle the much more difficult problem of how to fix it. This is just the framework for all the great things we will do at GlobeMed this year, so stay tuned and join us in November for more!
Also, Happy Halloween! Keep your eyes out for me; I'm the guy walking around in the Paul Farmer costume.
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