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[Announcement] A meeting for doctors and students to discuss their future careers, "From Aspiration to Realization: Learning from Doctor Role Models," was held (now concluded).

The Hokkaido Women Doctors Association will be hosting a lecture and panel discussion as follows:

A meeting of doctors and students to discuss their future careers.
"From Aspiration to Realization: Learning from Doctor Role Models"

Medical students and residents have few opportunities to discuss their questions, anxieties, and worries about the future, making it difficult for them to envision what their future careers will be like.
Why not think about your career through a frank conversation with a doctor?

Date and Time: Saturday, February 18, 2012, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Venue: Hokkaido University School of Medicine Student Union Building "Frate" Special Conference Room
     (11, Kita 15-jo Nishi 7-chome, Kita-ku, Sapporo)
Target audience: Medical students, doctors, healthcare professionals, etc., regardless of gender.
Participation fee: 1,000 yen (free for students)
Registration: Required. Click here.

program:
panel discussion
Dr. Ken Akasaka (Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Clinical Training Center, Sapporo Medical University)
Michie Tanino (Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, Hokkaido University)
Dr. Kaoruko Shimizu (Secretariat, Hokkaido University Hospital Employment Support Project for Female Doctors, etc.)
Dr. Aya Sugano (Neurosurgeon, Kushiro Municipal General Hospital)

Lecture
Professor Tomoko Betsuyaku (Professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Keio University Hospital)

For more details, please check the URL below.
"Hokkaido Women Doctors' Association"
http://www.hmwa.jp/schedule.html