Inaugural Global Health Exhibit provides interactive education – Penn State Health News
Penn State College of Medicine Global Health Center hosted its 2018 Global Health Exhibit: An Evening of Global Health Visual Narratives on Oct. 4 at the University Conference Center.
“The purpose of the Global Health Exhibit is to bring the stories of global health to life here in Hershey and provide an opportunity for our community members- faculty, staff, students, visitors across disciplines-to connect over shared interests and experience,” said Lindsey Kline, Global Health Center manager.
An interactive photography showcase, featuring photos from faculty, staff and students and a quick intro to visual thinking strategies led by Dr. Kimberly Myers, professor of humanities and medicine and co-director, medical humanities, started off the evening.
Attendees were encouraged to explore each photograph by thinking about what was going on in it and what more there was to find out about it. They were able to discuss the photographs with the photographers who were standing by.
The photographers and the countries in which their photos were taken included Dr. Michael Chen, Ghana; Tom Lloyd, Bhutan; Dr. Gordon Kaufman, Rwanda; Lori-Ann Glasgow, Ghana; Katie Shoemaker, Ghana; and medical students Sarayna McGuire, Zambia; Gillian Naro, Peru; Brittany Ammerman, Kenya and Megan Tupinio, Japan.
“I think it was an interesting opportunity for the students to be able to see what different faculty have done and for faculty to learn about what the students’ interests and connections are,” Kline said. “Whether or not attendees had participated in any global health trips or activities before, they got to learn about different cultures and compare and contrast their own personal experiences with those of the photographers and other attendees.”
Jonathan Frazier provided globally inspired music, using Celtic tin whistles, Native American flutes, Indian bul tarang and Chinese Hulusi during the photography exhibit.
Following the photography showcase, attendees watched “Bending the Arc,” a Sundance documentary that tells the story of Dr. Paul Farmer and the growth of his nonprofit health care organization, Partners in Health. The film follows “the extraordinary doctors and activists whose work 30 years ago to save lives in a rural Haitian village grew into a global battle in the halls of power for the right to health for all,” Kline said.
The Global Health Center was excited to share the film because Farmer is a well-known global health activist, and he visited Hershey in person a few years ago, Kline added.
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