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This past April, over 100 medical students and health professionals attended the Student Physicians for Social Responsibility (SPSR) 2009 National Conference, Prescription for a Healthy and Secure Planet. Advocates from around the nation and the world gathered in New York City for this groundbreaking conference on the latest challenges and solutions to the critical environmental health and nuclear weapons issues of our day. The conference took place at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and featured many of our nation’s most renowned medical, public health, environment, and security experts.
Prescription for a Healthy and Secure Planet was a great success. Featured speakers included: Dr. Paul Epstein, Associate Director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School, Joseph Cirincione, President of Ploughshares Fund, and many more. In addition to several exciting keynote speakers, plenary sessions, and interactive workshops, the conference featured a performance of Damaged Care: The Musical Comedy about Health Care in America and a screening of the film Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives, followed by a discussion with the filmmakers, Lincoln and Alice Day.
Alicia Pointer, from the University of New England, and Jessie Duvall, from the University of Washington, remarked that:
The speakers were very impressive, obviously extremely knowledgeable and well-respected in their fields as well as eloquent and educational. The workshops were varied enough to offer something for everyone. The food was delicious. And if there was a single glitch the entire weekend, we didn't notice it. We were both inspired to work harder, learn more and share what we know. That alone should demonstrate that your work was a success.
Topics included the public health impact of global warming, how to “green” hospitals and healthcare, combating environmental toxins, preventing the use of nuclear weapons through their global elimination, and various sessions focused on what it means to be a medical activist. Students returned to their work with a renewed sense of focus and insight.
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