OUR STORY IN BRIEF! The Relationship Between America, Blacks, Health and Medicine by Marc Imhotep Cray, M.D.. Health disparities across racial and ethnic groups in the United States have been well documented for over a century. These disparities have remained remarkably persistent in spite of the changes in many facets of the society over that period. Despite dramatic improvements in overall health status for the U.S. population in the 20th century, members of many African- American populations experience worse health along many dimensions compared with the majority white population . (Read the Full Article and Presentation)
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"There is never a time in our future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment, the time is always now." -- James Baldwin
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THE INSTITUTE FOR MINORITY PHYSICIANS OF THE FUTURE
MISSION: IMPF is a collective voice of African American, Native American, Hispanic American and progressive European American physicians and medical scientists. IMPF believes that the root cause of minority under-representation in United States medical schools is academic disadvantage borne by lack of access to high-quality high school and college preparation. Consequently, IMPF mission is to become the leading organizational force for parity in medical education by helping minority students develop the skills that will enable them to compete on a more equal footing in the medical school admission process. The Institute for Minority Physicians of the Future elucidates, distills and fuses educational psychology, information technology and undergraduate medical education data; and then develops programs, projects and products that serve to increase recruitment, admission and retention (RAR) of under-represented minorities (URM) in major United States medical schools. The ultimate goal being for these students to defend, define and develop medical careers that will be committed to the elimination of health disparities in racial/ethnic minorities and the poor.
THE INSTITUTE FOR MINORITY PHYSICIANS OF THE FUTURE
VISION STATEMENT: IMPF is a national professional educational organization representing the interest of minority high school and college students with the aptitude and desire to become physicians and medical scientists. Established in 1999, the collective body is committed to the vision of improving the health and well-being of future U.S. generations by increasing the minority physician/medical scientist workforce in such a way that the professions of medicine and biomedical research are reflective of the racial/ethnic profiles of the people physicians and medical scientists will serve. IMPF’s vision is directly linked to the AAMC data minority physicians are four times more likely than are others to practice in undeserved communities. Such communities are more frequently than not overwhelmingly populated by racial/ethnic minorities.
THE INSTITUTE FOR MINORITY PHYSICANS OF THE FUTURE:
CORE STRATEGY: IMPF strategy is to identify, inform, recruit, assist, advise and educate promising African-American, Native-American, Hispanic-American, high school and college students in order to increase the number of minority medical students and PhD candidates in United States medical schools.
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On Medicine in Old Egypt [Hamed A Ead]
Medicine in Ancient Egypt - The Asclepion/U. of Indiana (US)
Ancient Egyptian Medicine - Ancient Egyptian Virtual Temple
Medicine in Ancient Egypt Daily Life - Minnesota State Univ. at Mankato
For Every Malady Cure - (EG)
AIDS: Déjà Vu in Ancient Egypt? [RJ Albin]
About Horus [S Cass] - Encyclopedia Mythica
On the Eye of Horus,
What does the pharmacist's symbol "Rx" mean? - The Straight Dope
About the Step Pyramid (of Djoser)
A selected bibliography of Imhotep [R Rashidi],
About The Third Dynasty - TourEgypt
About the Physicians of Ancient Egypt - Per Sekhmet
Just What the Doctor Ordered in Ancient Egypt [I Springer] - Tour Egypt
Objects from the Collection of Ancient Egyptian Art at M.C. Carlos Museum/Emory Univ. (US)
Practical Egyptian Magical Spells [RK Ritner] - U of Chicago
Some Magical Amulets & Gems - U of Michigan/HTI
The Instruction of Ptahhotep (6th dynasty?)
The Papyrology Home Page [JD Muccigrosso]
The Papyrus Archive, including a Medical Prescription, at Duke Univ. (US)
Some brief notes on some famous Medical Papyri (Smith, Ebers, Kahun) ['marrya'] - (IE)
About the Hearst Medical Papyrus - Center for the Tebtunis Papyri, Berkeley (US)
The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus - Cyber Museum of Neurosurgery (US)
About the Smith and Ebers Papyri – CrystalLinks
About the Edwin Smith Sugical Papyrus [RH Wilkins] - via AANS
Surgery on papyrus [B Morris] - StudentBMJ
An Overview of the Manuscript Collection at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, and CultNet - Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age
A Classified Bibliographical Database of Ancient Egytian Medicine and Medical Practice [PA Piccione]
Surgical tools found in 6th dynasty tomb - ArabicNews.com
Papyrology Links - UMich [Photo] Brief Note on the Discovery of Raised Bread - ARIGA
Earliest Egyptian Chemical Manuscripts [prepared by HA Ead]
Electronic Printed/Web-published material - Ruprecht-Karls Universität, Heidelberg (DE)
About the Alexandrian School (Herophilos, Erasistratos) - Univ of Virginia (US)
Some of the best trained doctors in the world graduate from the Latin American School of Medicine in Cuba. Presently, there are around 80 students from the United States attending the Latin American School of Medicine free of charge. That is the equivalent of a $200,000 to $250,000 medical scholarship. If you have graduated from high school, you might be able to get one of those scholarships.
Through the efforts of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health and Pastors for Peace (a New York based organization headed by Rev. Lucius Walker, Jr.), and supported by members of the Congressional Black Caucus, arrangements have been made whereby as many as 1000 students from the United States each year can be awarded a free ticket to medical school. The requirements are as follows:
(1) US citizenship and a current passport;
(2) One year of Biology or Zoology, one year of Inorganic Chemistry (with lab), one year of Organic Chemistry (with lab), and one year of Physics;
(3) Commitment to serve an underserved area in the US for a few years after graduation;
(4) No outstanding criminal charges or lawsuits.
Persons of color and/or low income are especially encouraged to apply! For more information, write or call to:
If you are still in high school, start taking the science courses that will help you satisfy these requirements. If you have graduated from high school and are still under 30 years old, but have not taken the required science courses, take them at a community college, junior college or an appropriate adult education program and then apply for this scholarship. It could change your entire life.
WONDER WHY GEORGE W. DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT THE CUBAN PEOPLE?
Find out this July! Come with us to meet:
- A healthy people, with free health care, who live on average to age 77 – the same as the same as those in the U.S. – yet some die prematurely and many others suffer unnecessary pain because the blockade denies them access to much of the world’s medicines and medical equipment.
- A cultured people who receive free education at all levels and have produced many outstanding scientists, artists, musicians, scholars and sports stars. Yet they cannot get access to many basic supplies, because of a 47 year long economic blockade by the U.S. government.
- A proud and humane people who share what they have. Cuba has sent tens of thousands of their doctors around the world to provide free health care to others in need, yet when 1600 Cuban doctors were ready to fly to New Orleans to help out after Hurricane Katrina, the Bush administration wouldn’t let them in – just like it tries to stop US citizens from visiting Cuba.
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More than 100 US students are studying to become doctors in Cuba at the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana, Cuba. Come learn about the school’s course of study, eligibility and how to apply, and meet recent graduates from the US and hear first hand reports.
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Eight US students have graduated from the Latin American School of Medicine after completing a six-year study program on full scholarship
The eight US graduates from the 2007 class of the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana, Cuba.
"We get everything from books, even uniforms. But the conditions are that we go back to our communities, wherever we're needed, and we provide healthcare and that's what we really want to do, so we're actually looking forward to it," said Evelyn Erickson, a graduate from New York.
Nearly 100 US students are currently receiving training at the Latin American Medical School in Havana.
The U.S. students praised Cuba's universal, free health-care system, which is community based and focuses on preventing illness before it becomes more serious and costly, in contrast to the U.S. health industry indicted for being profit-based in Michael Moore's recent film "SiCKO."
"We have studied medicine with a humanitarian approach," said Kenya Bingham, 29, of Alameda, California. "Health care is not seen as a business in Cuba. When you are sick, they are not going to try to charge you or turn you away if you don't have insurance," she said.
The main difference in studying in Cuba was that there was no charge and the graduates can begin their practice debt-free, said Jose De Leon, 27, from Oakland. "When medical doctors graduate in the United States they are usually in debt, between $250,000 to $500,000, and spend the first 10 years of their careers paying it off," he said. More information
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