UMAC Spring Training

The University of Michigan Asylum Collaborative (UMAC) is an interdisciplinary group of medical students, physicians, and legal professionals who advocate for victims and survivors of human rights violations and provide pro bono forensic medical evaluations for asylum applicants throughout Michigan. However, an increasing number of asylum seekers has led to the need to expand our pool of trained clinicians for these evaluations. 

Therefore, we are inviting you to participate in this year's training, Evaluating Survivors of Torture & Other Human Rights Violations: Clinicians and Student Training from 9:00 am – 12:30pm on Saturday, April 23rd.

This training will equip you with the skills and materials needed to evaluate and document the physical and psychological sequelae of human rights abuses in survivors seeking humanitarian protection in the United States. After training, physicians and medical students can sign up to conduct forensic evaluations and draft medical affidavits to provide supporting evidence for the asylee and lawyer's case.

Date: 04/23/2022

Time: 9am – 12:30pm

Location: 5000 THSL (in-person)

Please feel free to email Nicole Hobson at nihobson@med.umich.edu with any questions! We hope you are able to attend.

We are connected with Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), and wanted to provide a video explaining more in detail what PHR does and how medical evaluations are impactful around the world.