Medical students from Japan and overseas make presentations on peace building
Aug. 23, 2010
by Kei Kinugawa, Staff Writer
On August 20, at a conference room in the East Building of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, medical students from Japan and overseas taking part in a training program attended a seminar to learn about health care for those exposed to radiation and peace efforts in Hiroshima. At the seminar the students made presentations on the theme of "the first step youth can take for building peace."
The 11 medical students from five overseas nations, including Indonesia, Sudan, and Canada, and 15 Japanese medical students were divided into three groups to focus on the three fields of education, the media, and government policy. Each group then made a presentation on the roles they could play in peace building from the perspective of each discipline. Such ideas as "create a special day for heightening awareness of nuclear issues and radiation" and "teach about the advantages and disadvantages of atomic energy through film" were offered.
The medical students are participants in the "Hiroshima Summer School," held from August 16 to 20 and organized by an NGO called the International Federation of Medical Student Associations Japan. During the program, the participants undertook such experiences as visiting Peace Memorial Museum and the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) and listening to the accounts of A-bomb survivors. Simon Theberge, 23, from Canada, said that the program gave him the chance to discuss views of peace with students of other nations, and grow as a medical student.
(Originally published on August 21, 2010)
On August 20, at a conference room in the East Building of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, medical students from Japan and overseas taking part in a training program attended a seminar to learn about health care for those exposed to radiation and peace efforts in Hiroshima. At the seminar the students made presentations on the theme of "the first step youth can take for building peace."
The 11 medical students from five overseas nations, including Indonesia, Sudan, and Canada, and 15 Japanese medical students were divided into three groups to focus on the three fields of education, the media, and government policy. Each group then made a presentation on the roles they could play in peace building from the perspective of each discipline. Such ideas as "create a special day for heightening awareness of nuclear issues and radiation" and "teach about the advantages and disadvantages of atomic energy through film" were offered.
The medical students are participants in the "Hiroshima Summer School," held from August 16 to 20 and organized by an NGO called the International Federation of Medical Student Associations Japan. During the program, the participants undertook such experiences as visiting Peace Memorial Museum and the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) and listening to the accounts of A-bomb survivors. Simon Theberge, 23, from Canada, said that the program gave him the chance to discuss views of peace with students of other nations, and grow as a medical student.
(Originally published on August 21, 2010)
