[SCOPH] [WDD Workshop]

Calling all 1st Years and Active Members interested in Diabetes Awareness Month Health Checks!

Hey everyone! I'm super excited to announce that we will be finally launching this year’s Diabetes Awareness Campaign, starting off with our World Diabetes Day Workshop, which will be taking place on Tuesday 5th November, at 4pm till 8pm, at Central Auditorium, MDH.

Diabetes is a widespread health concern in the Maltese Islands, making it essential for us, as medical students, to raise awareness and share valuable information with the public, on how to maintain their health and well-being. To support this effort, we have organised an annual workshop to teach medical students key skills in measuring blood pressure, blood glucose, blood cholesterol levels, BMI, and waist circumference. Additionally, we will guide you on how to communicate these measurements effectively to the public. Those who attend the workshop will also receive a certificate for participation!

There will be two available sessions from 4pm till 6pm, and 6pm till 8pm, with limited applicants. Positions are on a first come first served basis, so later applications will be asked to attend the less-filled session.

IMPORTANT: Even if you attended past workshops, only attendees of this year's workshop will be allowed to take part in World Diabetes Day itself and subsequent health checks throughout the month. Both a stethoscope and a sphygmomanometer are needed for the WDD Workshop and health checks, so I urge those who haven’t bought one yet, to buy from Ok Medical: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSdSiAbQqiZ.../viewform...

Sign up for the workshop here: https://forms.gle/1ZrqsW5upmkpcm6M6

If you have any questions, feel free to contact myself, Elena Katrina Xuereb, Francesca Caruana, Martina Micallef, Naomi Ferriggi, Maya Muscat and Jake Midolo.

Credit to Sophie Fitzpatrick from the PR Team for the poster!