Sorry I have been so lax in posting to the blog for the last month but I have been caught up in the final weeks of the Global Health course which is the mandatory, 20-credit foundational course in the International Health Masters' program. I wrote the exam this Monday (November 19th) and today I submitted my literature review with 30 minutes to spare to the online student portal.
Next week we all have to do 15 minute presentations based on our literature reviews and then our opponent, who is one of our classmates, has 5 minutes to critique our work. Of course each of us must be both an opponent and a presenter so really there are two tasks remaining although being the opponent only involves verbal criticism - there's no need for a presentation. This time next week this first course will be finished then we have a weekend of breathing room - during which I may go to Stockholm or just hang around Uppsala, I haven't decided yet.
Tomorrow I am going to try and gate crash a conference - free registration closed on November 7th but I'm just going to turn up and see what happens. It's on antibiotic resistance which is a fascinating topic (really!) if more than a little bit frightening.
Next week we all have to do 15 minute presentations based on our literature reviews and then our opponent, who is one of our classmates, has 5 minutes to critique our work. Of course each of us must be both an opponent and a presenter so really there are two tasks remaining although being the opponent only involves verbal criticism - there's no need for a presentation. This time next week this first course will be finished then we have a weekend of breathing room - during which I may go to Stockholm or just hang around Uppsala, I haven't decided yet.
Tomorrow I am going to try and gate crash a conference - free registration closed on November 7th but I'm just going to turn up and see what happens. It's on antibiotic resistance which is a fascinating topic (really!) if more than a little bit frightening.
