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For the second year running, the Agnes McLaren Association is organizing a medical award worth €4,000! Discover the program for the 2023 award ceremony.
For the second year the Agnes McLaren Association is organizing a medical award worth €4,000! Applications are open to students at the Montpellier-Nîmes Faculty of Medicine who will be defending their thesis between September 2021 and March 2023. See below for registration details and thesis eligibility criteria.
This prize rewards a thesis in medicine focusing on the health of women and/or children in precarious or vulnerable situations and funds work based on this thesis.
TheAgnes McLaren Association, founded in 2018, works to preserve the memory ofAgnes McLaren, a Scottish woman and the first female doctor to graduate from the Faculty of Medicine in Montpellier in 1878. It is in honor of this female doctor, who dedicated her life to caring for the most disadvantaged women or those excluded from society, that the association wishes to award a medical prize for the first time.
Thus, to mark the faculty's 800th anniversary in 2020, the association established the Agnès McLaren Prize for Medicine. Every two years, this prize rewards a practical thesis and a post-thesis work (or project), focusing on the health of women in precarious/vulnerable situations or the health of children exposed to precariousness and/or vulnerable situations. It also funds a work based on this thesis. The Prize, worth €4,000, will be awarded in June 2023 after pre-selection by a committee and review by a jury composed of healthcare professionals.
For the first edition, a prize was awarded to Justine Allouche for her knowledge and practice of cervical cancer screening.
In 2021, the prize was won by Justine Allouche for her work focusing on assessing knowledge and practices regarding cervical cancer screening among women in prostitution in the Gard and Hérault departments. Justine was featured in an article in Midi Libre on this occasion!
Eligibility criteria
In order to compete for this medical award, candidates must meet several eligibility criteria:
What are the steps to follow to enter the competition?
The second edition of the McLaren Medical Prize will take place in five phases, as follows:
We hope many of you will compete for this new prize! So get writing, and good luck with your theses!
On Tuesday, November 16, the Féminin Pluriel Montpellier Méditerranée collective, in partnership with the Faculty of Medicine, CIDFF, AG2R la Mondiale, and the Agnes McLaren association, is organizing a screening of an awareness-raising film on this topic to mark November, which is dedicated to combating violence against women. The screening will be followed by a debate in the Faculty's anatomy amphitheater. Discover the program for this themed evening below.
A collaborative documentary film
More than just an awareness-raising film, this movie, produced with the support of the Collectif Féminin Pluriel Montpellier Méditerranée, is a testimonial film. It tells the stories of six women who have experienced domestic violence. These six women were involved in the making of the film, accompanied by two directors. They not only shared their stories, but also participated in the design of the film, which will be screened on November 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the amphitheater of the Faculty of Medicine.
Designed as an informational resource primarily for teenage girls, the film is also intended for a wider audience, as domestic violence is an issue that affects all social and cultural backgrounds and all genders.
A screening followed by a discussion, with the directors in attendance
The screening of the documentary film will be followed by an open debate and discussion on the subject of domestic violence. Beyond physical violence, what other types of domestic violence exist? How can such violence be detected? How can we intervene, alert others, and rescue victims? How can victims rebuild their lives? These are just some of the topics that will be addressed during the debate.
A free event, open to all, registration required
In order to facilitate access to as many people as possible, this screening is open to everyone.
Due to health circumstances, you must present your health pass and register for the event in advance (click on the button below).
