SCOME –Outline kit and Agenda 4

th OMSGA – Muscat 17

th and 18

th of October 2014, SQU, Block A & B

Innovation Park Muscat at SQU

Table of Content

4th Oman Medical Students’ General Assembly……………………………………3-4

Main Objectives

Theme objectives

Activities Fair

Plenary

SCOME In 4th OMSGA……………………………………………………………….5

A bit about IFMSA……………………………………………………………………..6

A bit about SCOME Oman…………………………………………………………….7

SCOME Oman Projects………………………………………………………………..8

SCOME Oman Programmes and Events……………………………………………..9

SCOME Priorities………………………………………………………………………10

Agenda of the Session…………………………………………………………………..11

Some Important information…………………………………………………………..12

SCOME - abbreviations you should know

SCOME – Important links

Dr. William Osler Quote………………………………………………………………13

4th

OMSGA

The 4th Oman Medical Students General Assembly (4th

OMSGA) is the 4th edition of the

General Meeting organized by Sultan Qaboos University – Medical Students Group

(SQU-MSG). This 2 day event will host students of the health sciences across Oman. This

year’s meeting will be under the theme “The Healthcare Industry”. The event will include

several activities including a plenary which is the highest decision-making body of SQU-

MSG, in addition to the 1st SQU-MSG Activities Fair. Moreover there will be several

IFMSA related sessions and theme related sessions.

Website: http://4thomsga.wix.com/home

Participants:There will be 150 participants from the following institutes:

Sultan Qaboos University

Oman Medical College

Oman Dental College

Health Institutes

Students from other colleges and institutes studying health related sciences

Main Objectives

Introduce the future health professionals of Oman to the IFMSA world

Provide future health professionals a platform to acquire and share ideas and

knowledge

Add to the general knowledge experience of future health professionals

Introduce the future health professionals to SQU-MSG and show them how our

activities will help them become successful leaders of the society.

Theme objectives

Understand the business aspects of the healthcare profession

Understand the opportunities health professionals have in the business field

Acquire a sound business sense and understand its importance in the healthcare

field

Understand the business related ethical issues faced in the healthcare field

Activities Fair

This is the first edition of the OMSGA Activities fair where we will be creating a

platform for committees to present their activates. In addition, we will open the chance for

students to apply to present their ideas for projects and activities that can be adopted by

SQU-MSG as future projects. Furthermore, we will be inviting external organizations to

present their work and activities as part of the SQU-MSG plan to create relations with

external organizations.

Plenary

The highest decision making body in SQU-MSG, where the Team of Officials will gather

in front of all the participants and discuss and vote on different matters in relation to the

work of SQU-MSG including the SQU-MSG Constitution and Bylaws.

SCOME In 4th

OMSGA

If you have been working in SCOME, then most

probably you have passed by the idea that “medical

students are the first quality check of medical

education and they should rightfully have an influence

on the creation of new curricula and curriculum

development.” However when it comes to the gulf

region , students involvement in medical education is

very weak and although there always seems to be

some sort of guidelines or criteria set by quality

assurance units in the different medical faculties in

this field , the actual application of them is almost

non-existent. In an environment where curricula,

assessment methods, and teaching methods are

exclusively developed by faculty staff and where

medical students voice to contribute their concerns,

suggestion, ideas is negligible or ignored, a gap is created which leads to less interest in

developing the medical education system, as well as decreased awareness of what medical

education is and the worldwide updates in this field. On the long term, this directly relates

to a less developed health system overall.

As SCOMEdians, It is very important that we understand the issue and believe in it

before actual change. Once medical students realize how important this issue is, it

becomes easier to present ideas, and evidence-based recommendations to faculties, that

we think should be applied and implemented.

In our session in 4th

OMSGA, we will try to shine a light on the basics of medical

education, discuss issues we have always been facing, see how can we plan to solve them,

and gain insight to techniques of advocacy and campaigning for our causes; I can’t wait to

see you all there.

Ali Redha Taqi Al-Qubtan

National Officer On Medical Education (NOME), Sultanate of Oman

A bit about IFMSA

As medical students, we live most of our time in our university or faculty, studying and

participating at diverse projects or trainings in our local associations. Some of us are also

involved into National Associations (NMO, in IFMSA’s language), as well as into the

organization of national projects, conferences, trainings, advocating with politics or the

professors in our faculties.

The great change that IFMSA brings, is to take one step further. It offers us the great opportunity to meet people from other countries, cultures, languages, and other Medical

Education systems. To share together, bring our ideas, our successes and our failures, and together find new energy and build even stronger projects, new ways to advocate. The

core purpose of IFMSA is to bring together the global community of medical students at the local, national and international level on social and health issues. Basically, IFMSA exists because of and for the medical students who bring to it their knowledge

and willingness to share their experience and collaborate in international activities.

This Federation started in 1951, is run by and for medical students and is recognized by the

UN and the WHO as a non-for-profit, non-governmental organization. From the beginning,

student’s mobility, facilitation of partnership between students, and empowerment of

medical students in leading social and public health changes were main focusses. To serve

these objectives, the Federation has throughout the years built a solid structure to support

every area of its activities.

Next to the Executive Board are the Standing Committees, who includes often Liaison

officers; besides are the Regional Coordinators, the Support Divisions and, finally, to

have an overview over all these activities, a Supervising Council. Additionally, IFMSA

started 2 initiatives, and have some temporal thematic Taskforces. Throughout the year,

the different, Standing Committees, Support Divisions, Taskforces and initiatives work

within their own structure and team.

So, IFMSA is a an International Federation of Medical Students Associations, with

Medical Students from 104 Countries, who all have the dream to improve Public Health

and Social issues and who are ready to dream together and ACT.

If you’re new to IFMSA, then get involved, if you already know this whole awesomeness,

then: KEEP THE SPIRIT

A bit about SCOME Oman

"Hello SCOMEdian " If you're new to SCOME, get used to this nice greeting we

use here in the SCOMEfamily.

The purpose of the SCOME is to gather students from all over the world

who would be interested in playing an active role in their medical education;

how to analyse it and then advocate adapting it to the present and future needs as

future doctors.

During the GA's we have the opportunities to learn about Medical

Education's theories, to learn about other medical education systems, to receive

a training to advocate for better curricula. We also write policy statement in

this area, we share our enthusiasm, our ideas, and to get to know amazing

projects from around the region. Moreover, we brainstorm and gather energy and

motivation.

During the year, we can continue this work by entering a Small Working

Group, or start a project, advocate for changes in our universities, and so much

more. To keep contact, there is the FB-page, the google-email-group

The SCOME team 2014-2015 is composed of:

NOME Ali Al-Qubtan nome.oman@gmail.com

LOME-SQU Sausan Al-Khalasi lome.oman@gmail.com

LOME-OMC Alia Al-Abidani omcscome@gmail.com

LOME Assistant-OMC Aya omc11056@omc.edu.om

SCOME Oman Projects

They are many projects in the area of Medical Education. We hope that you'll learn about some of

them during the GA, share you owns experiences. Some projects have a big dimension and this

section is to present a part of them.

- Kids Medical Club: Believing that creating a medical world in the classroom and

educating children about variety of topics in the medical field brought the idea of

Elementary student’s medical club. It is the best way of giving the students a

chance to have the excitement of discovering themselves rather than lectures

which can create a bigger lasting impression.

- SCOME Bulletin (Medical Shines): Aim to focuses on news and information

that can benefit all SQU students and staff. It published first edition in January

2013 in both languages Arabic and English.

- Oman Medical Students Newsletter (OMSN): is an annual scientific medical

newsletter that targets medical students as its primary readers. This newsletter

gives the medical students in Oman the opportunity to be the pioneers of medical

journalism for students in the Gulf region, where the newsletter is the first of its

kind to be edited, written, designed and published by medical.

- Medical Humanities: This project aims to: contribute to building a world

develops creative and cultural aspects, intellectual and literary, political, and social

to medical students. Expanding the perceptions of students in the areas of their

talents and using them to serve the objectives of the community.

- Student Advisiry Forum: Is a new SCOME project that work as a student body

that serves the Medical students at college of Medicine in SQU by promoting

relationships between student groups, developing events and panels, and assisting

with student-interest program planning. One of the key tasks of the forum is to

advise and suggest improvements to the professional resources that will help

students gain more experience in the field of sustainability.

- Here's My Book: Exchange used books between medical students through the

creation of mobile library supports the idea and create a special corner in the

medical library to facilitate finding and borrowed books for students.

SCOME Oman Programmes and Events

- Medical Programmes: work in integration with the curriculum provided by the

college to offer the students the best opportunities to learn medicine. The events

arranged are to enhance students' medical knowledge and their learning and

medical skills. it divided into 2 group’s preclinical programme and clinical

programme. All the groups have the same aim and vision. However, each group

target different students group according to their academic level in the college of

medicine.

- Peer Tutoring Program: is a free of charge program for medical students

enrolled at any level in our MD preclinical curriculum or the biomedical sciences

curriculum. It is a uniquely and purely crafted experience from, by, and to the

student.

- The White Coat Ceremony (WCC): is, a global event that held in most medical

schools, a symbolic event that marks the student's transition from the study of

preclinical to clinical health science.

- Medical Innovation Club (MIC): is intended to be an interdisciplinary and

collaborative club within the college of medicine and health sciences at SQU

whose purpose is to stimulate, guide, and promote the development of

technological innovations, scientific researches, conduction of medical and

biomedical researches, and application of medical informatics system and many

other science element to improve health care system.

- Best Project Idea Competition: Believing in the importance of giving students

an opportunity for creativity and sharing his ideas for the development of medical

education. The competition aims to bring to the attention of students to programs

and student activities, encourage students to think and innovate and encourage

students to address their issues and thinking around.

SCOME Priorities

This year , SCOME has set up a few permenant Small-Working groups to work on some

of the priorities the International team has selected for this term:

1- SCOME Internal Operations Guidelines (IOG): To update our manuals and

Internal Operating Guidelines

2- SCOME Policy Statements: To start writing policy statement that can solves

medical students issues in the medical college.

3- Students’ Rights: To get a view of the health status of medical students and get a

view of the current resources available for students, both available widely and

more specifically for certain regions as well as Build partnerships with

organizations interested in these topics, and with relevant service providers.

4- First Oman Medical Student Scientific Conference: This Conference is an

annual event which SCOME planning to organize it next year .The conference will

attract undergraduate medical students in Oman mainly and will include keynote

presentations from renowned international scientists, oral and poster

communications, workshops, a scientific exhibition and a variety of exciting social

events.

Agenda of the Session

Date/Time Description Facilitator

17/10/2014

2:30-3:30

Activities fair

18/10/2014

1:30-1:45

SCOME Session

Introduction ,Presentation of the agenda &

Ground Rules

Sausan and Muzna

1:45- 2:00 SCOME Intro Sausan and Muzna

2:00- 2:30 Student Advisory Forum: introduction and SWG Sausan and Muzna

2:30-2:40 Energizer Sausan and Muzna

2:40- 3:00 SCOME Priorities and SWG: introduction and

goals

Sausan and Muzna

3:00- 3:20 Medical Programmes: introduction and SWG Sausan and Muzna

3:20-3:35 Warm up/ check out/Feedback/ Bye Bye Sausan and Muzna

Some Important information

SCOME - abbreviations you should know

- IFMSA : International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations

- SCOME: Standing Committee on Medical Education

- SCOME D : SCOME Director - LOMEi: Liasion officer on medical education issues

- SCOME RA: SCOME Regional Assistant

- NOME: National Officer on Medical Education

- LOME: Local Officer on Medical Education

- NMO: National Member Organization - GA: General Assembly

- MM: March Meeting (GA) - AM: August Meeting (GA)

- RM : Regional Meeting

- EMR : Eastern Mediterranean Region

SCOME – Important links SCOME Yahoo! Group : To join , send an empty e-mail to ifmsa-scome-

subscribe@yahoogroups.com

SCOME International Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/SCOME

SCOME National Facebook Page: SCOME –Oman

SCOME National Twitter Account: @SCOME Oman

SCOME National Instigram Account: @scome-oman

IFMSA Blog: http://ifmsa.wordpress.com/category/ifmsa/scome/ SCOME Website:

https://sites.google.com/a/ifmsa.org/scome/

Dr. William Osler Quote

‘‘Observe, record, tabulate, and communicate. Use

your five senses. Learn to see, learn to hear, learn

to feel, learn to smell, and know that by practice

alone you can become expert’’