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Intermed update - July 2024
Intermed continues to go through a time of transition following the COVID-19 pandemic.
A number of our long-serving Committee members, including our founder, Emeritus Professor Anthony Radford,
have stepped down from the Intermed Committee.
As noted in our last update, due to declining numbers of students, the Intermed-Tabor Graduate
Certificate and Graduate Diploma in International Health and Development ended in 2020 with the
last Intermed Summer School held in January 2019. Between 2015 to 2020, 14 students completed the
Graduate Certificate and 8 the Graduate Diploma, with other students doing some of the subjects.
Plans to collaborate with Tabor for a Graduate Certificate and Diploma in Intercultural Studies,
which would have included some core elements of the Intermed program, were not realised as the
tertiary accreditation requirements could not realistically be met.
In December 2019, Intermed ran a short one-day workshop (Minimed) for medical students planning
electives in less resourced contexts. Our intention was to further develop this short course and
offer it more widely. However, the COVID-19 pandemic meant that no medical students did electives
in less resourced locations overseas in 2020 and 2021. As medical electives have recommenced
Intermed is looking to revive this program but needs to identify someone willing to move this
initiative forward and find the resources to make it happen.
In our last update we noted that Intermed was also looking for opportunities to put some of the
"best" Intermed summer school content online. However, we have since identified some potential
partners who already have online content and are seeking to collaborate to see what additional
content Intermed can add to what is already out there.
Intermed has continued to run, in collaboration with Tabor and the Christian Medical and Dental
Fellowship Australia (CMDFA) in South Australia, an annual Oration in honour of Intermed’s founder,
Emeritus Professor Anthony Radford. You can read about the latest Oration – and all previous Orations – here:
News and Events/The Anthony Radford Oration
At our AGM in May 2024, we agreed that that Intermed would move into a “low maintenance” or “caretaker” mode
until the 2025 AGM when we would then reflect on the preceding 12 months to decide whether it was the “right”
time to wind-up Intermed or to continue our activities.
Enquiries
Dr Doug Shaw, Intermed Secretary
intermedsa@adam.com.au
Tel: 61 0408 679 347 |
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