World HealthCare Students’ Symposium
9 – 14 November 2009““Bringing Health Care Bringing Health Care Students Together“Students Together“
Alexandria, Egypt
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What is World Health Students’ Symposium?
•The WorldHSS (originally WorldMPS) was founded in 2004 with the vision of inspiring future healthcare professionalsworldwide, from pharmacy, medicine, nursing, and otherhealthcare professions, to learn and collaborate together for the benefit of improved patient-centered care worldwide.
•The symposium is held every two years, and over 400healthcare students from around the globe cometogether to learn, develop skills, increase awareness, and tobecome advocates towards an intercollaborative andmultidisciplinary approach to healthcare around the globe.
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2009 Theme
The theme of the Symposium this year is ‘Urgent Care’
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Why Urgent Care?
• Multidisciplinary team work is a key practice in managing patient care.• In order to work effectively as part of the team, you need more than just an understanding of your own role• you also need to consider the roles of the other professionals who are providing care. • If a multidisciplinary team fails to function, a worst case scenario: death of the patient, can ultimately result. • A critical area in which this increased role awareness is needed include situations where Urgent Care is performed.
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The Event
•World HSS is a 4-day event.
•The theme of 'Urgent Care' will be incorporated into the four different program day topics, which are:
-Education.
-Ethics.
-Global and Primary Health Care.
-Inter professional collaboration.
•Guest speakers will include international experts in healthcare education and practice and international representative of the healthcare professions.
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The Event
•When?
From the Ninth to the Fourteenth of November 2009.
•Where?
Radisson SAS Hotel
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Who is Involved??
•Joint working Group
•Organizing Committee
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Joint Working Group “JWG”
•Joint Working Group (JWG) consist of two representatives from each of five international or European associations or federations.
•The main task of JWG is to prepare interesting educational program of high-quality with professional speakers
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International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation
•The International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation was founded in 1949 by eight pharmacy student associations in London.
•The Federation now represents around 350,000 pharmacy students and recent graduates in 70 countries worldwide.
•IPSF is a non-governmental, non-political, and non-religious organization and is the leading international advocacy organization of pharmacy students promoting improved public health through provision of information, education, networking, and a range of publication and professional activities.
•Representatives: Mette Rathje Kalman Wijaya
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International Federation of Medical Students' Associations
IFMSA is an international organization comprised of future physicians who are interested in global health issues. IFMSA was founded in May 1951 and is run for and by medical students on a non-profit basis. It is officially recognized as a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) within the United Nations' and recognized by the World Health Organization as the International Forum for medical students. Through the past 57 years, nearly 1 million medical students annually become active in the member organizations of IFMSA, collectively representing 100 countries across six continents. IFMSA Mission Statement "Our mission is to offer future physicians a comprehensive introduction to global health issues. Through our programming and opportunities, we develop culturally sensitive students of medicine, intent on influencing the trans-national inequalities that shape the health of our planet". Representatives: Andrea Solnes Miltenburg Ahmed Magdy Kassem
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European Pharmaceutical Students' Association
The European Pharmaceutical Students' Association (EPSA) represents over 120,000 pharmacy students in 32 European countries. The objective of EPSA is "To develop the interests and opinions of European Pharmacy Students' and to encourage contact and co-operation between them. More information on: http://www.epsa-online.org/Representatives: Katja Srpan Mariella Mercieca
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EMSA aims to provide a European network for communication and a platform for medical students to defend their interests, ensuring quality of medical education, representing them and cooperating with other international organizations. Therefore it organizes congresses, workshops and symposium on medical ethics, medical education and medical science, and has a few other projects like Teddy Bear Hospital, Working Abroad Database, EuroTalk, Twinning Project and Summer Schools. More information on: http://www.emsa-europe.org. Representatives: Hanneke van der Wijngaart Souad de Roos
European Medical Students' Association
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The European Nursing Student Association (ENSA) is an organisation for cooperation between national nursing student organisations or colleges of nursing in Europe. The main aims of ENSA are:•To promote the highest possible standard of education for European nursing students so that, accordingly, the highest possible standards of nursing and health service for individuals are promoted and maintained, unrestricted by conditions of race, creed, colour, politics, and social status. •To promote further interest of nursing students and to encourage high professional ideals among them. •To promote and foster international understanding among nursing students. •To advise, if requested, on the creation and development of national nursing students organisations. Representatives: Sobhia Naz Khan Vanita Mathura
European Nursing Students’ Association
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Organizing Committee
Alexandria Scientific Pharmaceutical
Students’ Association
Alexandria Students’ Scientific Association
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Alexandria Scientific Pharmaceutical Students' Association - ASPSA
ASPSA was founded in 1980 at Faculty of Pharmacy - Alexandria University as a first association for pharmacy students in Egypt, ASPSA projects aim at the development of the pharmaceutical students by promoting their interests and encouraging co-operation between them, so that they can acquire a professional knowledge & skills needed to promote positive changes in their future.ASPSA's main working fields aims "To study and promote the interests of pharmaceutical students in Egypt, and encourage cooperation between them and empower them with unique professional knowledge, skills and tools needed to be proactive individuals capable of promoting positive changes in pharmacy education, practice and in society in general."
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Alexandria Students’ Scientific Association-ASSA
ASSA is the only international representative of Alexandria Medical Students, being a member of IFMSA- Egypt, in turn a full member of IFMSA- International Federation of Medical Students Associations. ASSA have the vision of a student organization concerned with qualifying medical students and empowering them with a sense of social responsibility to achieve community welfare and this is achieved through having 12 local committees organizing events in our faculty, in addition to 6 standing Committees organizing local & National events.
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Organizing Committee
ChairmanMohamed Bedaiwy
Vice-ChairMohamed Bazina
Secretary General
Nesrine Helaly
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Treasurer
Basma Nabeel El nagar Ayman Waly
Logistics coordinators
Neveine Kassem Dr.Mohamed Awad
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Registration Coordinators • Asmaa Gad • Al-Shaymaa A. Hatab
• Nabeil Mohy • Ramy A. Hassanein
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Fund Raising Coordinators
Mohamed A. Abo El-Hamd
Mohamed Ezzat
Mostafa El-Naggar
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Publication Coordinators
Abdel Rahman Kamal Engy Saeed
IT Coordinators
Ahmed Zakareia Mohamed Nagib
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Social Program Coordinators
• Yasmeine Koraeim
• Nevein Koraeim • Sherif Abo El Fetouh.
•Engy Abd El-Moneim
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Why Should You Come to WHSS 2009??
There are many reasons to attend WorldHSS! Some of these include:•Informative and high-quality lectures.•Interactive workshops and skills training.•Teamwork simulations.•Poster presentations.•Exchange of cultural experiences.•Travel and FUN!
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