Call for Participants! 6th Hiroshima Summer School (21-24 August, Japan)

 Please join SCORP-Japan’s 6th Hiroshima Summer School (HSS). This is
a unique opportunity to get fully acquainted and up to date on
radiation effects.
Every year, students from all over the world join this popular
program; last year we had participants from Canada, Germany,
Indonesia, Sudan, Spain, and Japan (of course). This year, we hope you
will join us!


1. Background
 Japan is the only country subjected to atomic bomb attacks. Even
today, there are still a lot of hibakusha, survivors, who still suffer
from the 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb attacks. Their
symptoms remain difficult to medically diagnose.
Currently, although about 3,500 atomic-bomb survivors live outside of
Japan, the number of people who are accidentally irradiated continues
to increase worldwide due to such factors as accidents in atomic power
plants, nuclear testing and the recent war time use of depleted
uranium shells. We, future doctors need to learn how irradiation
affects human health and how we should approach those victims.

2. Programme
The 6th HSS will  not only include lectures and seminars on the
medical and social effects of a-bombs and how we should approach
irradiated patients as future medical professionals but will also have
extra sessions to increase our overall knowledge and understanding of
this profound topic.
This year, Japan experienced a huge earthquake and the accidents at
nuclear power plants in Fukushima. We hold a session on discussing the
accident at the nuclear power plant.
We conduct study tours to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
(http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/top_e.html), Radiation Effect
Research Fund (http://www.rerf.or.jp/index_e.html), a clinic and a
nursing home for a-bombs survivors and other places of interest. Of
course, every evening we also have enough time to enjoy the city of
Hiroshima. There is a social programme which you can visit world
heritage Miyajima.

3. Application
You are required to major in medicine/nursing/ health science etc. and be a member of IFMSA.

Our application form is,
http://my.formman.com/form/pc/CLA7jkuwrRl8Tw0D/


 Deadline for Registration: 11 July, 2011
Registration Fee:
Participant from Japan:22,000JPY
Participant  from foreign countries: 20,000JPY(D-F), 18,000JPY(A-C)
*This rank complies with this website:http://www.ifmsa.net/public/nmolist.php
It includes accommodation, lunch, dinner, lectures and field trips.

4. Accommodation
Hotel Sunroute Hiroshima
http://www.sunroute.jp/HotelInfoSVE

If you have any questions, feel free to ask at
hiroshima_summer_school@yahoo.co.jp

Our website:http://hiroshima-summer-school.blogspot.com/ (English)
                http://ameblo.jp/hiroshima-summer-school/   （Japanese)