News and Events
News and upcoming events from the Graduate School as follows:
- New School Manager Announced
- 2012 Course Information
- Open Day
- Sociology of Diagnosis Symposium
- Graduation May 2011
- Newsletter Issue 1 2011
- Room Bookings and Venue Hire
New School Manager Announced
The Graduate School is pleased to announce that Abbey McDonald has been newly appointed as School Manager. Abbey will be responsible for all student related enquiries until the new Postgraduate Administrator position is filled in the new year. We would also like our students to know that Abbey has recently been voted the 'Most Popular VUW General Staff Person for the Postgraduate Students' Association Victorias Awards 2011'. We are extremely proud of Abbey and her accomplishments to date and look forward to seeing her in action in her new role.
2012 Course Information
Welcome to the Graduate School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health. Take a look at our exciting programmes and courses offered in 2012 below.
Everything we do is driven by our vision, to shape the health future of Aotearoa/New Zealand by:
- leading improvements in health outcomes
- building leaders in research, policy and practice
- providing expertise in nursing, midwifery and health.
We offer a simplified, structured yet comprehensive qualifications framework, delivered by our dynamic team of academics and supportive administrative staff.
Join us and you will experience postgraduate study the way it should be - relevant, up-to-the-minute and tailored to your personal and professional needs.
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 2012 Programme and Course Information (Brochure) | 1.32 MB |
Open Day
To assist you make choices and meet some of our academic staff we are having an open day here at the Graduate School. You are welcome to discuss our 2012 programmes and course offerings in more detail and take a look at our stunning premises here at Wellington Regional Hospital.
Date: Thursday 4 August 2011
Time: 7.30am - 4.30pm
Venue: Level 8, Clinical Services Building, Wellington Regional Hospital
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| Directions to the Graduate School | 538 KB | |
| Invitation to open day (poster) | 290 KB |
Sociology of Diagnosis Symposium
A symposium devoted to the sociology of diagnosis, and organised by Assoc/Prof Annemarie Jutel, Victoria University of Wellington will be held at Pine Manor College on 16 August 2011.
Diagnosis is of particular concern to sociologists of medicine. It is central to medical and health knowledge. Diagnosis explains illness, determines treatments, creates identities, allocates resources and sets boundaries between lay and professional, and between professions. Diagnoses are a frequent site of controversy, when lay, professional, political and commercial interests may collide. Diagnosis is also a neat analytic tool that serves as a prism that reflects and casts light on a multiplicity of issues in health, illness and medicine.
This one day conference will use a round-table format, with short invited presentations as the basis for detailed, open discussions of this nascent field of study. The symposium will provide the opportunity to crystallise discussions and forge an innovative strand of work within the sociology of health and illness.
The Programme
| 08.30 - 09.00 | Meet and greet |
| 09.00 - 10.30 | Session 1: Annemarie Jutel: What does it mean to be 'A Sociology'? Readings:
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| 10.30 - 11.00 | Morning Tea |
| 11.00 - 12.30 | Session 2: Phil Brown: Contested Diagnoses and Environmental Causation
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| 12.30 - 13.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 - 15.00 | Session 3: Mary Ebeling: Pharmaceutical Marketing and The Shaping of Diagnosis Readings:
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| 15.00 - 15.30 | Afternoon tea |
| 15.30 - 17.30 | Session 4: Tanya Jenkins: Teaching the Sociology of Diagnosis Readings:
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Speakers will include
Annemarie Jutel, Victoria University of Wellington (NZ), author of Putting a Name to it: Diagnosis in Contemporary Society (John Hopkins University Press).
Phil Brown, Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies at Brown University, who works on environmental health, environmental justice, contested illnesses and health social movements.
Mary Ebeling, who is studying the marketing of self-diagnosis and the pharmaceutical promotion of disease states.
Tania Jenkins, a doctoral student at Brown University who will be teaching a summer course on the sociology of diagnosis.
Graduation May 2011
Congratulations to all our May graduates! Please take a moment to read our newsletter and take a look at some of the photos from our morning tea here at the Graduate School.
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Newsletter Issue 1 2011
Tena koutou katoa, Nau Mai Haere Mai
Welcome to our new students who are undertaking postgraduate study for the first time and will be enrolled in our new curriculum programmes. We also welcome our returning students some of whom are finishing their degrees this year. We look forward to seeing you in the coming weeks. Our first school newsletter is available below.
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Room Bookings and Venue Hire
In February this year the Graduate School moved into new premises at Wellington Regional Hospital and now occupies Level 7 & Level 8 of the Clinical Services Block.
These rooms are ideal for training, teaching and conferences and are available from 8am - 5pm weekdays and by special arrangement for weekend use. With audiovisual units in each teaching room and wireless access throughout Level 8 you will have the ability to change room configurations and design to meet your needs.
A list of charges relating to room hire are listed in the document below along with photos of each space available. Please do not hesitate to contact the School Administrator should you wish to view and book.
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