Abstract
The Latin American School of Human and Medical Genetics (ELAG) is the main course of its kind in the genetics field in Latin America. Here we describe the main challenges regarding the organization of such event, including how we obtain funding and how we proceed with student selection. Thus, we aim to share our experience with other groups that intend to follow this format to create similar events in other areas in this region of the world.
Highlights
The Latin American School of Human and Medical Genetics (ELAG) recently reached its 10th anniversary and is the main course in its field on the continent
We describe the main challenges regarding the organization of such event, including how we obtain funding and how we proceed with student selection
ELAG enrolled over 600 students from different Latin American countries over the past nine enrollments
Summary
The Latin American School of Human and Medical Genetics (ELAG) recently reached its 10th anniversary and is the main course in its field on the continent. ELAG enrolled over 600 students from different Latin American countries over the past nine enrollments. Based on the feedback obtained from the students and faculty members, we believe that this type of initiative should be extended to other areas. We aimed to enumerate the main challenges that we face every year while organizing this event. We hope that other groups can use the experience that we describe in this work and use it to create similar events for Latin American audiences
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