Next Application Deadline: Fall 2013
The Dr. Yuk Chan Ma and Dr. Yuen Kok Chan Prize in Multicultural and International Medicine, in the amount of $1000, is awarded annually by the Faculty of Medicine Scholarship Committee to a medical student who participated in an international or Canadian multicultural elective, research project or community service experience of at least four weeks in the previous year and who best demonstrates an understanding of the contribution of social and cultural factors to health.
The finalist will be selected by a panel of judges based on the abstracts. Click here to view the 2009 Chan Award Applicants [.pdf], 2010 Chan Prize Applications [.pdf], and 2011-2012_Chan_Prize_Applications.pdf.
Applicants are required to display a poster about their project at the annual Student Global Health night, where the award winner is announced. Global Health Night usually takes places in the fall, check the Global Health Night website for further details and updates.
Eligibility:
- McGill medical student from any year in good standing
- Having participated in an elective, research project or community service program for at least four weeks between July 1st, 2011 and September 30th, 2012
- Having submitted a report about that experience to the Global Health Programs Student Projects Database
- Submit an abstract of not more than 400 words that includes:
a. description of the project
b. what you learned/accomplished
c. how this project/activity improved your understanding of the impact of cultural and/or social factors on health
This abstract should be submitted via email to globalhealth [at] mcgill [dot] ca by the fall 2013 dedline as a word document with the following information at the top of the page:
- Name:
- Student ID:
- Level of Study:
- Location of Experience:
- Duration of Experience (i.e. May to June, 2012):
About the Dr. Yuk Chan Ma and Dr. Yuen Kok Chan Prize in Multicultural and International Medicine
Dr. Alice Chan-Yip, MDCM established the Dr. Yuk Chan Ma and Dr. Yuen Kok Chan Prize in Multicultural and International Medicine in memory of her late parents. Dr. Yuk Chan Ma (1908-1994) was a family physician in China and Hong Kong. Dr. Yuen Kok Chan (1903-1942) graduated from Peking Union Medical College. He was an internist at Ling Nam University in Canton, China.
Dr. Chan-Yip is a graduate of the McGill Faculty of Medicine whose career has been marked by a strong commitment to multicultural and international medicine. Having recognized the importance of cultural factors influencing the practice of medicine, she developed community research and health promotional projects in the Montreal Chinese Community, and collaborated with colleagues to develop the Multicultural Program at the Montreal Children’s Hospital which was established in 1986. She was the 2005 recipient of the inaugural Noni MacDonald Award by the Canadian Paediatric Society for her review article: “Health Promotion and Research in the Chinese Community in Montreal: A Model of Culturally Appropriate Health Care”.
Through the endowment of the Chan Prize, it is Dr. Chan-Yip’s wish to promote the teaching of cross-cultural medicine to medical students at McGill University.
