Deans of Medicine lend great weight to the strength of physician's voices. Deans from around the world will be invited to sign a statement calling for de-alerting nuclear weapons and for a Nuclear Weapons Convention . Their statements will be published in the popular press as well as in the medical literature. Students spend a number of weeks training with a physician, not only in the clinical practice of medicine, but also in the social activism of the physician. Periodic Information Bulletins or Action Alerts will be sent from the Central Office on specific issues such as de-alerting, with some examples of actions taken by various affiliates on the issue.
Affiliates use the information in different ways according to their national circumstances.
Some will use the information for press releases or publication in newsletters, while others may choose to develop protest actions. The tapes, produced in both broadcast quality and VHS, are designed to be used on TV followed by an in-depth interview with a doctor about the issue. They are also to be used in school and community education programs, and are available in PAL format for use overseas. The video is designed to permit replacement of clips of Canadian celebrities by celebrities of other countries in order to make it appeal to a local population. Yotsugi Kawahara Teaching kits to accompany the video for medical student leaders, community leaders and schoolteachers.