rareDIG McGill, Canada

rareDIG

McGill's

Rare Disease

Interest Group

EQUIPPING FUTURE PHYSICIANS

FOR THE REALITY OF RARE DISEASE

OUR GOALS

CHANGE THE FUTURE - SHAPING A GENERATION OF PHYSICIANS

A VOICE FOR PEOPLE WITH RARE DISEASE

DELIVER THOUGHT

PROVOKING EVENTS

INTER-DISCIPLINARY NETWORKING

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

WORK

We give people with rare diseases a platform to share their experiences and collaborate with medical students.

OUR

PARTNERS

We are privileged to work with organizations that envision a similar future for rare disease.

OUR

TEAM

Innovation occurs when people with diverse perspectives come together to share ideas.

CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS

Over 7000

1 IN 12

RARE DISEASES WORLDWIDE

CANADIANS AFFECTED

80%

OF RARE DISEASES ARE GENETIC IN ORIGIN

50%

35%

OF RARE DISEASES PATIENTS ARE CHILDREN

OF DEATHS IN THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE

ARE FROM RARE DISEASES

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TOUCH

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