The UWI Mona Campus' Annual Departmental Reports 2022_2023

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DEAN’S OVERVIEW

The committee organized four main Faculty Outreaches each calendar year. In 2022, the following locations were visited: 1. Westmoreland St Peter’s Anglican Church, Petersfield; 2. St Ann – Walkerswood Academy, 3. St Andrew – Christian Life Fellowship Church and 4. Kingston – Tarrant Primary & Junior High School. The number of patients seen ranged from a low of 40 to a high of 70 patients in various disciplines. The normal timeline for the four committee led Outreaches is:

1. February/March – Christian Life Fellowship Church 2. March/April – Tarrant Primary and Junior High School 3. June/July – St. Peter’s Anglican Church 4. October/November – Walkers wood Academy

In 2022, the committee was invited to an Outreach at the Randolph Lopez School of Hope where patients from the Jamaica Association of Intellectual Disabilities were seen. The committee has been asked to consider adding this location to the four annual Outreach locations. A FMS Social Accountability Award has been introduced at the Faculty’s Students Awards Ceremony. The criteria for the award is: Social Accountability, this award is given to the student from a programme who is outstanding in at least one of the following criteria. I) Organization and Function Accountability – Actively involved in organized and structured clubs, groups that promote Social Accountability 2) Educational Accountability – Demonstrated participation in seminars, workshops, conferences directly related to Social Accountability 3) Research Accountabil- ity – Conduct Research, publishes/presents on topics directly related to Social Accountability 4) Contribution to Health Services Accountability – Volunteers and actively participates in health services designed activities in Social Accountability 5) Environmental Accountability – Promotes environmental sustainable solutions to address health concerns in Social Accountability.

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