ICMM/NIH Family Medicine Conference
Nov. 13-17,2017
We are happy to announce that Family Medicine conference in cooperation with National Health Institute of Armenia had successful training. This is the first time that ICMM has cooperated with NIH after establishing MoU with them. This was accredited by Health Ministry and more than 33 Doctors participated in a week conference, who besides receiving updated knowledge and skills also received 16 credits from Health Ministry (which is very important these days for doctors in Armenia).
Our tutors were from different fields of medicine, Family Doctors from UK: Dr. Rose Simpson ( South Hampton Surgery Director) and Dr. Marian Griffits, Urologist; Dr. Vardges Avagyan (‘Maple Leafs’ Armenian- Canadian Clinic Director), Doctors of Sport Medicine and Chiropractic; Dr. Vahe Abrahamian (The owner of “Basic clinic”, Lebanon) and Doctor of Family Medicine and KInesiotherapy; Dr. Syuzanna Voskanyan (CEO, ICMM).
Conference included topics about Emotional and physical care of patients, prevention and treatment of psycho-physical problems and some aspects of addressing spiritual aspects: spiritual care and prayer for patients and families: supporting during grief period, palliative care, the terminal stages of diseases etc. We also talked how to prepare the patient in terminal stage, inform him/her and family members about everlasting life, encourage spiritually, lead for reconciliation, forgiveness, calling relatives and encouraging family members to surround the patient with warm and loving
Some of the participants shared their experience regarding spiritual care showed to their patients, some of them testified that after prayer their patient’s situation and life was totally changed , one of them accepted Christ as savior, forgave people offending him etc and this topic lead to spiritual topics discussion.
Our tutors were devoted Christians who serve the Lord, some of them also serve in churches.
We also saw some patients in the clinic and during lecture 2 times.
Here are they: (Dr Rosalind Simpson BM DRCOG DFSRH MRCGP Dip MedEd ED Retired GP Southampton UK.)
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Topics:Exploring diagnosis and management of Metabolic Syndrome and Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
2. Acute Kidney Injury. Case study and developing guidelines to protect renal function in primary care.
3. Self Harm and Eating disorders
4.Planning end of life care in General practice
5. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
6. 1001 Critical days. A case discussion of a family whose child is not thriving. A Whole person approach. etc |
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Dr Marian Griffiths, GP Ivy bridge UK
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1.Case discussions using demonstrations
2. Handling Emotions in the consultation
3. Emergencies in General practice
4. Respiratory Topic
5. Asthma/COPD
6. Dealing with loss, Emotional Logic and Becoming a resilient doctor |
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Dr. Vardges Avagyan (PhD in Neurorology)- Medical Director of Armenian –Canadian clinic
Topics:
Urinary Tract Dysfunction, Urinary Incontinence
Muscular-skeletal system mechanical and functional problems
Dr. Vahe Abrahamian, Doctor of Sport Medicine, Chiropractor, Master of Exercise Science- Owner of ‘Basic clinic’, Lebanon
Dr. Syuzanna Voskanyan (Family Doctor and Doctor of Kinesiotherapy) , “ICMM” Ngo- President and CEO
The program included also role play regarding cases and quizzes
Time for practicing skills
Spiritual topics and talk about prayer during end of life and emotional management topics
Also had a time for group discussion
We had positive feedback from the participants. All of them gave high score for the conference and also asked to organize another conference soon and special seminar days for Mascular-Skeletal system related problems prevention and treatment , which is very important for them.
At the end of the program ICMM/ARDA Medical Missions in Armenia have been presented to audience.
Special thanks to NIH Director, Dr. A. Bazarchyan for cooperating with ICMM, dealing with Health Ministry and providing conference hall , to our tutors from UK, Lebanon, Canada, Armenia for joining in ICMM conference and sharing their skills with our doctors. Also many thanks to our partners, financial and spiritual supporters for being with ICMM: ARDA, Rumanian Hilfe, Joachim Bombach (ICCC), Anna Bateliard and Mike and Michelle Egan, may God bless you richly for your trust and support. Thanks for standing with us for helping neediest and improving the quality of medical training by educational program.
From November 13-20 we had vascular mission, too, dental mission each Sunday and continues seeing patients for chiropractics. Vascular mission report will be separately sent.
We are requested by Yerevan State Medical University to organize seminars for their doctors, conference participants asked us to organize extra seminar days for them again.
January 8-11 will have vascular mission again .
Report by:
Dr. Syuzanna Voskanyan
ICMM ngo
President and CEO
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ICMM/NIH Family Medicine conference
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