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RareDig
McGill's Rare Disease Interest Group
Upcoming Events
When
Mar 16, 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. EDT
Where
Montréal,
3801 Rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
WHO WE ARE
In Fall 2017, a group of McGill Medical Students started the Rare Disease Interest Group (rareDIG), the first student-run, rare disease advocacy group in Canada. We aim to encourage medical students to adopt attitudes that will benefit patients with rare diseases and we continue to provide a platform that promotes discussion and action within our continuously expanding community; raising awareness of rare diseases as a whole. Developing insight into the challenges patients with rare diseases face will inform the advocacy efforts of our colleagues and encourage the creation of public policy that can reduce inequities in care.
OUR GOALS
CHANGE THE FUTURE - SHAPING A GENERATION OF PHYSICIANS
A VOICE FOR PEOPLE WITH RARE DISEASE
DELIVER THOUGHT
PROVOKING EVENTS
INTER-DISCIPLINARY NETWORKING
CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS
Over 7000
1 IN 12
80%
50%
35%
RARE DISEASES WORLDWIDE
CANADIANS AFFECTED
OF RARE DISEASES ARE GENETIC IN ORIGIN
OF RARE DISEASES PATIENTS ARE CHILDREN
OF DEATHS IN THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE
ARE FROM RARE DISEASES
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