RCC MEETINGPrepared by the

SCORE Supervisory Board

MEETING AGENDA Change of the meeting date and the

attendance the meetings. RCC structure. SCORE Bylaws . Activities >>> Old & New. The process of work and our own

experience. Ideas & Small Working Group (SWG) Every group must update us about the

work they did

CHANGE OF THE MEETING DATE AND THE ATTENDANCE THE MEETINGS

It was supposed to be hold on 8th or 9th of September.

Postponed because of the H1N1 HOLIDAY.

RCC STRUCTURE

NORE/LORE

Supervisory Board

Leader Assistant Leader

BYLAWS Presented by the NORE: Saif Al Ghaffri

Niederlande

Türkei

Portugal

Ungarn

Serbien

Schweiz

Spanien

Russland

Mexico

Brasilien

Ägypten

Taiwan

Italien

Polen

Japan

Indonesien

Ukraine

Kroatien

Chile

Griechenland

Rumänien

Niederlande

Türkei

Portugal

Ungarn

Serbien

Schweiz

Spanien

Russland

Mexico

Brasilien

Ägypten

Taiwan

Italien

Polen

Japan

Indonesien

Ukraine

Kroatien

Chile

Griechenland

Rumänien

Oman

Definition The programme offers medical students

organized in an IFMSA NMO the opportunity to follow research exchange project in medical sciences.

Premedical students or students in biomedical field are eligible to apply.

SCORE bylaws

SCORE OFFICERS SCORE-D The National Officer on Research Exchange To organize and maintain the research exchange on the

national level. To supervise the local committees. ( LORE & SB ) To add new projects into the IFMSA SCORE Database. To complete the requirements of the in/ out exchange. Others

SCORE-SB The Evaluation Formluation Coordinator SCORE Regional Assistants SCORE Small Working Group Coordinators Exchange Training Unit Coordinator SCOREview Editor-in-Chief

Exchange Conditions Projects and Database Criteria for Research Exchange

projects Research Exchange Contracts Meetings Penalties

TODAY… > 1700 exchanges/year 67 countries involved 1945 research projects 484 universities around the world 50 medical fields involved( Neuroscience, Immunology, Epidemiology, Biochemistry, Pathology, Surgery, Global

Health &NTDs, Physchaitry, Nuclear Medicine, Laser Medicine, Oncology, Medical Ethics, Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics, Biophyscis, Obs&Gyn…)

Publications Global Health Projects Networks, database, web tools PreExchange Trainings& Researh Workshops Conferences

OUR BEGINNING We sign contracts with 5 countries = 6

units( Germany, Italy, Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt )

How we work?- Promotion ( posters, e-mail, sms,

website & you ).- Selection ( criteria ) - application

OUTGOING SELECTION CRITERIA

Finished semester 6 courses.Valid passport for at least 1 yearMinimum cumulative GPA 2.7Did at least 1 research and involved actively

in it.

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Application formmotivation letter Interview

HOW TO SCORE?

1. Number of research 2. Type of research V.S field experience3. Publication of the research4. Motivation letter5. Attending related workshops or activities6. Attending conferences:7. Being a member of SCORE 8. SQU-MSG + Pre activity9. Year & transcript10. Interview

APPLICATIONsteps to your exchange

Step 1: Choose projects of interest from the database

Step 2: Read through the Exchange Conditions (EC) of the country

Step 3: Prepare the Application Form and all other documents

Step 4: Send your applicationStep 5: Card of Acceptance (CA)Step 6: Card of Confirmation (CC)

Exchange Fees. Boarding and lodging After your Exchange

- Evaluation form & Report- Publication

SCORE CERTIFICATESFor the:

Tutors NORE LORE Students

DOCUMENTS SCORE Manual for Tutors SCORE Leaflet for Tutors SCORE Manual on Research Exchange Research Ethics Manual (REM) NORE E-Ex Manual

SCOREPRE-EXCHANGE TRAINING

Mission of SCORE PET To train research exchange

outgoing students with a training program.

Including: lectures, trainings on science philosophy, research ethics, basic biostatistics and intercultural learning.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVESa. To increase the scientific and academic

recognition of SCORE by having well trained outgoing research students

b. To provide exchange students to have a better exchange and research period by increasing their scientific knowledge, technical skills, and general motivation

c. To provide exchange students a better understanding of the role of research in medicine

d. To help exchange students to perform their research activities through following ethical principles

e. To prevent exchange students from ethical misconduct and such behaviors causing to be under suspicion

f. To increase exchange students’ scientific competence in order to work better with their mentors and research fellows

OUTGOING SELECTION CRITERIA SWG Why we need it:- Advantage & disadvantage - Adding - Report writing.

WHO PATIENT SAFETY SMALL

RESEARCH GRANTS

Facilitated By: Thuraiya Al Massoudi

Research proposals in the field of patient safety.

Medical students ,newly graduated and young researchers are encouraged to apply.

Need to have good idea ,intersting hypothesis. Placed in both hospital and community

setting.

The aim of the WHO Patient safety projects are:

To stimulate research on patient safety priorities worldwide by providing seed funding for small research projects.

To build local research capacity and will help raise awareness about patient safety and improve patient safety.

To identify local solutions or evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of existing solutions

Grants of between 10000$ and 25000$ per project will be awarded for studies.

Collaborative projects are encouraged, but the principal investigator must be affiliated with an institution in the country in which the proposed study will be conducted.

THE CURRENT CALL FOR PROPOSALS WILL FOCUS ON THE TOPICS LISTED BELOW: Counterfeit and substandard drugs Maternal and newborn care Safe injection practices Improving competencies,training and

skills Communication and coordination across

care pathways Latent organizational failures

BEST RESEARCH IDEA Brief about it.

(will be Done By Ghalib AL Khoudori)

What is the best research idea ? The experience of the members of RCC in

this competition. The evaluation of the participants will be

done by Dr. Bader Al Deen at the beginning of the new coming semester.

The prize will be offered by the college (not minimum by 150 O.R)

SWG:How to promote and advertise for it.

RESEARCH LIST Show our present list + participants.

Tutor Project/Research Name / ID / Phone #

Dr. Yasser Study of IV paracetamol in addition to opioids in management of painful episodes in children with sickle cell disease

1- Hilal salim alhosni 2- Yarab Mubarak Al-Bulushi

Dr. Yasser Hemophagocytic Lymphohistocytosis

1-Ahlam AL-Hamhami2-Nashwa AL-Kindi 3-Fatma AL-Fahdi4-Hamida AL-Nabhani5-SHathra AL-Rwahi

Dr. Mohammed Continuity of care in primary care

1- Nada Sulaiman Abdullah Al-Rawahi 2- Ruqaiya Mohammed Salim Al Ramadhani3-4-5-6-

Dr. Amna Prevalence & profile of cerebrovascular accidents in Omani children

1- Kumait Mushtaq Moosa Al Lawati2- Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al Lawati3- AlNaser Mohammed Sulaiman Al-Bahlani4-

Dr. Amna HIE in Neonate

1- Tariq Al araimi 2- Mohammed Hamed Mohammed Al Shukaili3-Zahran al bahri4- Humaid Hamood AL-Farai

Dr. Amna Neonatal seziure

1- Hassan Abdulredha Dawood Al-Lawati 2-Mustafa Al. Shuaibi3- Abdulnasser Said Hamed Al-Adawi4- Khalfan Salim Khalfan Al-Shaaili

Canceled

Tutor Project/Research Name / ID / Phone #

Dr. Hussein Pulmonary function test in patients with sickle cell disease in correlation with hemoglobin S (B chain haplotype

1- 2- Mahera Juma Saif Al Saqri

Dr. Mohannad

Cloning & sequencing Enteroviruses 1- Fatma alawatya

Dr. Nasser Development of anticancer conjugate preparation for specific targeting of solid tumor cells

1- Humaid Al-Adawi2- Sadiq Juma Al-Lawati

Dr. Omar Omani honey as a histological fixative

1- Thuraiya Alharthi2- Rana Kayed3- Abdul nassor Jamal Ahmed Al-Ma'awali4- Hilal Nasser Bader AL Riyami

Dr. Sameer Social Medicine; how stress and distress is experienced in non-western populations.

1- Mohammed Marhoon Issa Al-Masqari2-Muna3- Mohammed Othman Mohammed Shafeeq4-Zuwaina

Canceled

RESEARCH LIST Show our present list + participants. Collector of the research presents the

experience and the obstacles they faced.Will be done during the meeting by the

head of this group. Present for them where is the deficiency

and advice them with better ways.

HOW TO FILL IN THE NEWSCORE PROJECT FORM 2009

THE NEW SCORE PROJECT FORM

Revised - AM2009. Includes more specific questions. Tries to find solutions for usual problems

filling the previous ones. It includes the year in the name to

remember the last time that was reedited ;)

WHAT INFORMATION DOES IT INCLUDE?

Title Professor/Tutors Description of the project (backgroung, aim

and techniques) Which category? Role of the student. What will be the outcome. What will the student learn. What should the student know/learn before. Language (required and accepted) Availability, period, lengh

ALL THIS INFORMATION

NEEDS TO BE IN THE FORM !

THE TITLE Should be descriptive of the

projectBut not include everything!

Should be specificYet being understandable

PROFESSOR/TUTORS Name of the professor Name of potentials tutors

It doesn’t matter if the tutors change

If they change, the names can be changed on ifmsa.net

Name, address, e-mail and phone of the department

DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT At least 6 lines long. At least 2 lines each part:

Background informationThe aim of the projectThe methods and techniques used

The perfect form would be that of

a scientific abstract

REMEMBER TO TICK THE BOX (ONLY ONE!)

Clinical project without lab work

Clinical project with lab work

Basic Science

To which category does the project belong to?

THEORETICAL TEACHING Preliminary readings

The names of articles/books should be given in the form (later on)

Will the student attend to lectures or seminars?

Will there be round-table discussions?Will they be in English?

ROLE OF THE STUDENT AND OUTCOME What is the student actually going to do?

Will the student have his/her own project? What is expected from the student?

Will the techniques be introduced to the student?

What is the outcome?Will the paper contribute to an article/poster?

WHAT WILL THE STUDENT LEARN?

What are the practical skills the student will learn?Techniques? Methods?

Examination? Use a computer program?

What about knowledge?How is he/she going to get

it?

REQUIREMENTS Should the student have

already specific skills?Be familiar with the

techniques or methods Is there any special

knowledge or certain level of studies needed?

Should the student have already studied a specific topic?

Are there any legal limitations?

If there are no requirements, it should be said

FURTHER READINGS Very important Give the names of articles OR give key words or

authors with which to search on PubMed

LANGUAGES Are they accepted or required? English and local/s language/s should be included in the lists!

OTHER INFORMATION Duration Working hours Availability Medical students? Pre-

medical? Graduated? Biomedical?

GCC RESEARCH Facilitated by Ahlam Al Hamhami

GCC RESEARCH It is the 2nd research that is conducted

between Gulf Countries.

1st one was in Bahrin.

Aims:1. To study common problems shared by

Gulf Countries.2. To present these research results in GCC.

STEPS:1. Chose representatives of SQU to contact

main committee in Kuwait. 2. Vote in 3 topics:

1.Satisfaction of students and staff with standard of medical education in GCC medical universities.2. Survey of community attitudes about medical errors.3.Evaluation of the communication skills with patients among GCC medical students.

3. Topic modification to (students satisfaction on the educational environment in the gcc medical schools).

4.collect information about all medical schools in the GCC (No. of students, males/females, nationals/non-nationals... etc) to use them in our research for sampling.

5. choose a representitve sample from each school.

6. contacting the selected students and ensuring that they solve the (Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure) DREEM questionnaire.

7.Currently will start data collection as soon as electronic DREEM questionnaire is available.

CONFERENCES LIST SUB-GROUP Presented by Ahmed Al Saidi Responsibilities:

Update the list of conf from the Assistant dean

Make a list of these conf (time, place, fees, contact and deadline)

Collaboration with other sub-groups to make adv for these conf

Offered our self to any authority that may concern

Difficulties:????

CONFERENCES Conference list Conference Calendar (Zahraa will

present it) Dead line for submission 31st of October

2009. Add the GCC conference with the

cooperation other GCC countries. Add some of doctor-doctor conferences (E.g.

medical, trauma, FAMCO, etc) Ask about Oman Medical College (OMC) if

they are allowed to participate because they have their annual student conference (they are not part of IFMSA).

SCORE’S ROLE IN SCIENTIFIC

CONFERENCES RCC-SCORE

WHAT IS IT? Tunisia. Mariana (Portugal).

]Macedonia Implemented the Idea.

Calendar.containing most of the international student

scientific conferences around the world

3 confs’. every country 1

CALENDAR

CALENDAR DESIGN

Conferences will have colours

similar to the Olympic rings: Yellow: Asia

Blue: EMR

Green: Europe

Red: America

Black: Africa

IFMSA-SUPPORTED

CONF.

ROLE OF RCC -OMAN

Find out the local conf.

Organize with the O.T. & IFMSA.

Promote for the Calendar & the conf.

ROLE OF R.C.C.

Presented By: Sama Matwani

 STEP: Sudan Tropical Exchange Project.. SCORE Global Health Projects, that aims to spot the light on the Tropical Diseases among Doctors, Medical Students & public.

Is of three parts:- Scientific program. lectures, seminars, lab work, research &

clinical rounds. - Medical Mission. free medical care, medications & health

education- Social program.

MEDICAL MISSION

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM.

SOCIAL PROGRAM

STEP  held in Khartoum, Sudan   supervised by The

Institute of Endemic Diseases and the Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum.

Venue: Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum.    

 Date: 1st-30th of July, 2009.

OUR AIM AT SCORE OMAN To promote for STEP among omani medical

students and give them the chance to participate in this highly educational experience.

Requirements? Methods?

GCC CONFERENCE In Kingdom of Saudi Arabia King Abdulaziz University in Jeddh Time: 13-16th Feburary 2010 Website: http://www.gcc7medconf.org/ Dead line for submitting research

abstracts 25/10/2009.

Forward this to all whom you know

Small Working Groups(SWG)

So split to groups

OUT-GOING CRITERIA (1) Conditions:

Finished semester 6 courses. Valid passport for at least 1 year Minimum cumulative GPA 2.7 Did at least 1 research and involved actively in it.

Application form: Name, year, id. Cumulative GPA Number of research done & experience. Name of the research wanted and the period wanted Appendices:

Motivation letter. Recommendation letter from the supervisor explaining the role of the

student. Research abstract and the research completely. If published or won a prize in a research competition Attach other certificates might be useful (e.g. workshops, conferences,

etc).

Transcript.

OUT-GOING CRITERIA (2) Application form must be submitted during the

SCORE gathering. The motivation letter must includes:

The reason to choose him. Why he/she choose that specific topic. What his ideas to promote for the OMAN and

SCORE-OMSA. Interview:

To assess the language and communication skills abilities of the students.

Assessed by: Tutor from language center. NORE or LORE or the head of out-going sub-committee.

Will score for maximally= 20 points. The assessment criteria will be decided by the out-

going subcommittee and the language center.

OUT-GOING CRITERIA (3)HOW TO SCORE1. Number of research (each = 5)

The number of research the student was actively involved in accompanied with a recommendation letter from the supervisor.

2. Type of research V.S field experience. The type of the research that is applied for is ___________ to the

research the student did.a. Identical/ similar aspect = 5

b. Similar type (lab work or data based) = 5

c. Related aspect = 4

d. Different departments (related topic) = 3

e. Same department but different aspect = 2

f. Not related at all = 0 If the student participated in a conference by that research and

applied to a similar topic (a, b or c) then he/she going to get (3 bonus points)

OUT-GOING CRITERIA (4)HOW TO SCORE3. Publication of the research:

Where the research is published: International journal / website = 5 Local journal = 3 In the college only (department) = 1 None = 0

Which type: Article = 5 Poster/ oral presentation = 3

Won prizes or good criticism = 5

4. Motivation letter: Evaluated through the out-going sub-committee Ranges from (1 up to 5)

OUT-GOING CRITERIA (5)HOW TO SCORE

5. Attending related workshops or activities: Must be proved by a certificate. Each gives = 3 points. If the student conducted a workshop and applied for a

research in related topic, then he/she going to get (3 bonus points)

6. Attending conferences: Won a prize related to a research or a workshop=

8 Participate by a research = 5 Participated by a related workshop = 3

7. SCORE/RCC: Being a member of SCORE/RCC gives you = 3 points.

OUT-GOING CRITERIA (6)HOW TO SCORE

8. SQU-MSG + OMSA + Pre activity: Being a member gives you = 3 points.

9. Year & transcript: Year = only graduated students have the

privilege on other year students. Transcript = only will be used if the points went

for a tie.

10. Interview: the points will ranges (0 20)

SWGOUT-GOING CRITERIA Facilitated by Saif Al Ghaffri

Keep the previous criteria or change itAdvantages & Disadvantages of each pointWrite a whole report and forward it to

NORE-SQUMSG.

CONTRACT Contract list:

The countries >>> Italy Turkey Germany Egypt Lebonon

How to promote for the contracts? b. When to start to take the applications

and when the dead line will be?

BEST RESEARCH IDEA How to promote for it?

SCORE YAHOO GROUP Join the Yahoo Group

rcc-score@yahoogroups.comrcc.score@google.com

To join:Send blank email to rcc-score-subscribe@yahoogroups.comThen confirm the subscription through an

email you will find it in your inbox

Any Questions

Thanks