Fina Tams

Global Survey on Pediatric Curricula-we want you!

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What is this?

The Global Survey on Pediatric Curricula is an official trans-national project of IFMSA in collaboration with WHO Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development. The survey is being conducted by IFMSA SCOME from October 2007- May 2008 and extended until June 2008.

The Aim and Objectives

The aim of this project is to create a Map and Database of Paediatric Curricula around the world which enables us to get the information about the Paediatric Curricula. It is intended as a tool to gather and consolidate information on what medical students learn and understand, and also what skills they have in paediatric.

The main objectives of this project are to : (1) describe what medical students learn during their paediatric curricula, (2) describe clinical skills taught in Paediatric Curricula, and (3) find out what medical students know and learn about IMCI in their paediatric curricula.

Target Audience

We need your help to promote this survey in your home country and encourage medical students who had finished paediatric clerkship/clerkship to participate. We need at least 1387 responses, with at minimum three minimum students from each medical school taking part. We also extend the target audience to fresh graduated doctor (not exceeded by 6 month after graduation),

Link

The on-line survey can be accessed through: http://tools.ifmsa.org/surveys/survey.php?sid=39

Username: pediatrics

Password: pediatrics

Current Response

So far, we have received 543 responses from people in 61 countries

What do we need you to ?

• Fill in the survey if you have completed paediatric clinical rotation or clerkship
• Send the link to your peers in your own language, add the link to your national and local medical student websites

What do you get in return?

1. In addition to the reward of knowing that you are contributing to an important piece of research, you’ll be the lucky recipients of a free copy of the Pocket book http://www.who.int/child_adolescent_health/documents/9241546700/en/index.html
2. In addition, all those who participate in the survey will receive summary of the final results.

Final Extended Deadline

June 16, 2008 at 24.00 (Geneva time)

On behalf of GSPC team,

Fina Hidayati Tams, B.Med

International Project Coordinator

Global Survey on Pediatric Curricula

email :  tamsf@who.int

Wanna get this stuff for free???

It’s easy. Just fill in the survey from this link below:

http://tools.ifmsa.org/surveys/survey.php?sid=39
user name : pediatrics
password : pediatrics

Please not that only medical student who had completed pediatric
rotation/clerkship can join this program!!! We will select the lucky
one from the countries with most responses.

So, join the survey and ask your friends!! The more people join from
your country, the more chances you have to get the book for free.

Today is my first day of office. Before I went to WHO HQ, I
went to meet Mr. Puja (Temporary Ambassador of Indonesian Permanent Mission for
UN and other international organization in Geneva). I also meet Mr. Acep
Soemantri, the one in charge for the WHO affairs toward Indonesia, and the
other local staff member there.

On, my first day. I am supposed to meet Dr. Frits de Haan,
my supervisor but he is in sick leave. So, Dr Susanne replace him for a while.
After that, I meet Mrs. Nena, the secretary and i was introduced to another
staff member and also other intern in
CAH, Dept along one floor in the 5th floor of WHO HQ main building. There were
only few people come to office today since yesterday was holiday and tomorrow
will be holiday too. After that I had to
make my badge, ID card for the one who entered WHO HQ. Then I continou to work.
We have office time from 9 am – 5 pm and 5 working days here.

Well, that is all my story in my first day of intern. Btw,
tomorrow I will attend the SwimSA National Meeting in UniGe Hospital. I
will
also have presentation about GSPC there and I also want to seek
possibility to run Village Concept project with them, and discuss more
about Chronic diseases. Btw, there will be a global health seminar in
May 15-21, 2008 which I will attend with other IFMSA delegate and World
Health Assembly by May 19-25, 2008. For the WHA, I do not apply for
this meeting but it will be conducted in WHO HQ probably I can attend
some of the meeting through CAH Dept. I will also have SCOPE exchange
in UniGe.

For these great opportunity, I would like to send my gratitude to
WHO jakarta office (Mr. Martin), CIMSA EB (Denta, Ufa, Radit, Revi and
friends), CIMSA friends (Mira, Farid, Satria, etc), CIMSA alumni (Ms.
Ezy, Iin, Nia, Mr. Rio and Radi), Ministry of Foreign Affair (Mr. Umar
Hadi, Mr. Jed and Mr. Ginting), Ministry of National Education
especially for Mr. Ari and Erman in PKLN and Mr. Wahyu in DIKTI, FM GMU
(Mr. Hardyanto, Mr. Iwan, Mrs. Glory, Ms. Lindha, etc), GMU (Mr.
Rector, Mrs. Daniar and Ms. Anik in International Affairs), ^- my
clinical clerkship groups, Asia-Link TB HIV (Mr. Hari, Mr. Yodi, Mr.
Doni, Mrs. Iyut, Mrs. Hening, Mrs. Ratna, Mr. Tri and Willem), FM GMU
batch friends, Ms. Widya for the assistance, Indonesian the Permanent
Mission for UN and other international organization in Geneva (Mr.
Puja, Mr. Acep, Mr. Toto, Mr. Parman, etc), my host family (Mr. toto
and family), and last but not least to my beloved family (Mommy and Dad
thanks for let me go for achieving my dream, brother-see you next 3
years). I would also send bunch of thanks for Pras and Mr. Rudi for helping me preparing this so far. It won’t come because of you!!!!

Dear IFMSA friends and medical collagues,

I hope you have already know that we are running a project named Global Survey on Pediatric Curricula (GSPC) which is a survey between IFMSA and CAH Dept of WHO. For that, we need  your help to promote this survey in your home country and encourage medical students who had finished pediatric clerkship to participate. The On-line survey can be accessed through :

http://tools. ifmsa.org/ surveys/survey. php?sid=39  
Username: pediatrics

Password: pediatrics

REMEMBER : "We set a parameter that this project is considered successful if there are more than 50% of 166 and each countries represent more than 50 % total medical schools available in their countries and 3 questionnaires per LC. That’s why we really need your participation in this big survey. The deadline is April 15, 2008. Please complete the questionnaire before that time." (WE NEED at least 1849 faculties x 50% x 50% x 3 = 1387 respondents in 4 weeks remaining!) WE ARE GLAD IF WE COULD ACHIEVE MORE!! Please also we don’t limit to 3 medical students per each faculty!!

!!!!THIS SURVEY WON’T BE SUCCESS WITHOUT YOUR PARTICIPATION! !!!

Thanks for your attention, and thank you in advance for your cooperation. Bringing together our efforts we can do this.

On behalf of the PCS Team: Fina, Menno, Eric & Dani.

Dear IFMSA friends and medical collagues,

I am back with the up date from the GSPC program until March 10, 2008. I’m sorry it was late because I have just come back from my clerkship duty in the other city.

OK, let’s get started. On the second week we have 20 faculties of medicine from 11 countries that filled in the questionnaire. We have more respondents which is  31 respondents as follow :

   
1. USA
         
* Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine = I
         
* Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine = I
   
2. Indonesia
         
* Gadjah Mada University = 2
         
* University of Indonesia = 2
         
* Syiah Kuala University = 2
   
3. Azerbaijan
         
* Azerbaijan Medical University = IV
   
4. Armenia
         
* Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU) = 2
   
5. Sudan
         
* UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY = 1
   
6. Bulgaria
         
* Medical University " Plovdiv " = 1
   
7. Turkey
         
* HACETTEPE MEDICAL SCHOOL = I
         
* Ondokuz Mayis University Medical School = I
   
8. Ukraine
         
* Danylo Halytskyj Lviv National Medical University = I
         
* Kharkov National Medical University = I
   
9. Chile
          * Universidad Andres Bello = I
         
* Universidad Mayor = 1
         
* universidad de Valparaiso = V
 
10. Serbia
         
* University of Belgrade Medical School = 2

 
11. Nigeria
         
* college of medicine university of Maiduguri = I
         
* Bayero University kano = I

Now I would like to announce Faculty with completed questionnaire. They are University of Indonesia , Gadjah Mada University , Azerbaijan University and Universidad de Valparaiso.

The Country Winner this week is Chile . The Faculty Winner is Universidad de Valparaiso. They have most replies toward the survey. Give Applause!!

Anyway, Please pay attention that we limit the respondents only 3 medical students per Faculty of Medicine.

WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR YOUR REPLIES!!!!!

For medical students who had finished pediatric clerkship/clinical rotation, please join this survey  :
http://tools. ifmsa.org/ surveys/survey. php?sid=39

Username: pediatrics

Password: pediatrics

REMEMBER : “We set a parameter that this project is considered successful if there are more than 50% of 166 and each countries represent more than 50 % total medical schools available in their countries and 3 questionnaires per LC. That’s why we really need your participation in this big survey. The deadline is April 15, 2008. Please complete the questionnaire before that time.” (WE NEED at least 1849 faculties x 50% x 50% x 3 = 1387 respondents in 4 weeks remaining!) WE ARE GLAD IF WE COULD ACHIEVE MORE!!

!!!!THIS SURVEY WON’T BE SUCCESS WITHOUT YOUR PARTICIPATION! !!!

On Behalf of GSPC Team,
Fina Hidayati Tams, B.Med.

Project Coordinator

The GSPC team are Fina, Eric, Dani, and Menno

Supervised by Dr. Frits De Haan and Dr. Martin Weber from WHO and Dr. Madarina Julia from Ped Dept of GMU

Dear Everyone,

Global Survey on Pediatric Curricula is an IFMSA official trans-national project in
collaboration with Child and Adolescent Health Department of WHO which is
carried out by IFMSA SCOME from October 2007- May 2008. The aim of this project
is the creation of Map and Database
in Paediatric Curricula around the world which enables us to get the
information about the Paediatric Curricula. It can be a confirmatory tool about
what medical student learn and understand and also skills in paediatric.

The main objectives of this project
are : (1) to describe what medical students learn during their paediatric
curricula, (2) to describe clinical skills taught in Paediatric Curricula, and
(3) to find out what medical students know and learn about Integrated
Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) in their paediatric curricula.

The Main Survey of this Project has been running
from February
until April 15, 2008. Here with I
attach the Questionnaire both in English and Portuegese version (translated by
Herbert Costa, from the local committee UFC-Sobral, from IFLMS-Brazil)

WE ARE STILL
WAITING FOR YOUR REPLIES!!!!!

For medical students who had finished
pediatric clerkship/clinical rotation, please join this survey : http://tools.ifmsa.org/surveys/survey.php?sid=39

Username: pediatrics

Password: pediatrics

The questionnaire is provided online by Menno Smith
(IFMSA-NL) and helped by Max, our NTSSD through

The questionnaire is open for medical student who
had completed pediatric clinical clerkship.

REMEMBER : “We set a parameter that this project is considered successful if
there are more than 50% of 166 and each countries represent more than 50 %
total medical schools available in their countries and 3 questionnaires per LC.
That’s why we really need your participation in this big survey. The deadline
is April 15, 2008. Please complete the questionnaire before that time.” (WE
NEED at least 1849 faculties x 50% x 50% x 3 = 1387 respondents in 6 weeks
remaining!) WE ARE GLAD IF WE COULD ACHIEVE MORE!!

I am thinking about my next career plan after my graduation right now. Actually it is 5 months left before my graduation if I graduated on time. Well, I am thingking also to have 3 months off from my clinical rotation but I am not sure about it. I am expecting something really big that will affect my future much. What on earth will it be?

I still remember of someone said to me that "It is not a time for doubt but I have to try my best to get what I want." Yes, it is true. I have done some steps forward and expecting the results. I know it is really difficult to gain but you do not know what you can achieve if you do not try it first. Well, I am expecting the best for me, my future and also my next career plan.

Being a doctor is really a dream for me which will become true for the next 5 months (or will be the next 8 months if I am taking days off from my clinical rotation). My family wants me come home to be a GP in my hometown. But I do not know, I want to try something new first before coming home. Well, Let’s see what I can achieve!

Keep the good work, Gal! My Allah listen to my pray. AMEEN

It’s been a while since my last post. I have passed long days, weeks and even months.
I have passed some rotations in my clinical station and now starting something new as I am now taking the responsibility to be New Project Coordinator.

Thinking of my clinical rotation, I have passed the Psychiatric, ENT and DV station.
I will be in my PH station by Next Monday. And Guess what!!! My friends asked me to the leader for this small station. Actually, it is without my consent before they did it. But, whatever…If I rejected that request, they still want me to be. Yeah never mind. After completing my PH station, I still have my intern in K3M, Internal Medicine, ObGsyn and Opthalmology Dept. It will be finished by the end of June 2008, if I won’t skip any of those departments.

Taking the responsibility as Project Coordinator of IFMSA-WHO in Pediatric Survey will give me some consequences in advance. I have to conduct the survey, fortunately I have the team who will help me in case I need their help to conduct this survey. This position will give me more chances to study about research and publishing my international journal. The most chance is I will get my intern in WHO Head Quarter in Geneva, of course if I can afford all the expenses to go there. Hopefully, I am lucky so I can go there!!!

After this lebaran, I promise my self that I will fight for my future, will fight to get what I want no matter what the obstacles are. I am longing to have what I really want right now will become true in the next one year. HOPE ALLAH WILL BLESS ME ON MY PLAN!!! AMIN.

If I think about what happened to me lately, I felt that I am now in the deep down the earth. I felt that it is my great failure. I fetl that I don’t have good jod, I did my regular time in hospital and that’s all. Nothing is challenging. For me I used to do so many task during one time, and I did them properly. Right now, I felt that my quality is decreased.
Let me say straight forward : Beside my hectic work in hospital which sometimes made me bored because of regular work, I don’t have a job that satisfy me with kinds of hectic work. I am only a freelance in helping people who wants to translate any article in english. On the other hand, during my few months ago, I am enjoying my activity in organization, work and also study. Although I don’t get satisfiying result on my GPA but there is something inside that satisfy me. It is a self satisfaction that you can work with other, helping them, and create something that useful for people around you, make my life cherish every day.
I really missed that time…..Now, I felt that I lost manything… I don’t know why but I felt an empty space. The wheels are spinning. Sometimes you are in the top but somehow it will a turn for you to be in the bottom. Like I am now.

But, I have to wake up. Achieve what I want to achieve. catch anything I want..family, friends..and please my self!!!!

P.S wrote in a silent sunday.

Well, it’s been a long time since my last post. I have been very hectic in my last station which were Medical Phorensic and Radiology Station. Now, I have been enrolling in my surgery station for the second week of 10th week completion. I find it interesting here in the surgery dept but I should study harder than before. I have realized that I have forgotten most of the knowledge during the pre-clinical year. And now (clinical rotation-red) is the time to apply the knowledge I got during those years. So, what do you think I would apply to if I have forgotten that kind of stuffs???

Yeah, I should study more and more than the other. But it is the consequence I had to do for the days I skipped during the pre-clinical year and also the thought in the future that I am the one who responsible for my patient not the other. So, I should be ready for everything, increase my knowledge,my clinical skills, my clinical reasoning and…more and more practice…if I don’t, I will become a fool!!!