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Palestinian Medical Students’ Association - PMSA
Third National General Assembly 2020 Report November, 2020
Table of Content: ●
Overview
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Welcome Message
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Organizing Committee
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National General Assembly in brief
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Public Relations and Collaborations
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Opening Ceremony
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LC Management Sessions
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Standing Committees’ Sessions
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Theme Event
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Boost Your Learning Mechanism Session
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Social Program
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Presidents’ Session
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Plenary
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Resources Center
Disclaimer: The present report was produced by PMSA-Palestine Third National General Assembly Organizing Committee. All efforts have been made to keep this report free from errors, and make it as easy to use as possible. Should you have any comments or questions, please e-mail us at: PMSA.NGA3OC@gmail.com
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Overview The Palestinian Medical Students’ Association (PMSA) is a National Member Organization of The International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) that is located and
represents medical students in Palestine. PMSA-Palestine is proud to represent the medical students of Palestine to help tackle many of the pressing global and national issues that need our attention. PMSA-Palestine was founded in August, 2019 with the goal of advocating for the health care system in Palestine and providing medical students with the opportunity to develop and serve our community in order to improve the healthcare system in our nation. The National General Assembly (NGA) is composed of all members of PMSA-Palestine. The National General Assembly is the highest authority and decision making body of PMSA. It is concerned with the internal and external decision making of PMSA-Palestine. The NGA is convened at least twice a year, once in March after the March International General Assembly and once in September after the August International General Assembly. Due to this year pandemic situation (The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic), The Third National General Assembly was held fully online for six days long from 14th of November to 19th of November, 2020, composed of the opening ceremony, several capacity building event, theme events, social programs, presidential sessions where the National Federation’s Constitution and bylaws amendments, guidelines and policies are discussed by the members’ representatives from each local committee, and plenary session in which the amendments are voted on and The PMSA team of officials is elected to manage the work aspects of PMSA. This NGA theme event was “Medical Students Beyond Borders”, it was organized to break all barriers by providing a platform for students from different medical institutions in Palestine to interact with one another. We believe that this theme was the best to describe that situation that we live in right now, Whether in Palestine or the whole world.
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Welcome Message Dear PMSA-Palestine family, On the fourth of August in the 68th General Assembly of IFMSA, PMSA has earned the recognition of Palestine within the IFMSA, It was a defining moment in the history of Palestinian medical students, That moment was the harvest of years of backbreaking work by ambitious students who determinate to make the change that our students deserve. After one year, on the 5th of August in the IFMSA Online General Assembly, August Meeting 2020, Palestine has been upgraded to gain full membership in IFMSA. We want to thank every single member of this organization for your outstanding efforts all the way to accomplish this achievement, one of many yet to come. Since PMSA was established, it has been decided to convene The National General Assembly at least twice a year, once in March after the March International General Assembly and once in September after the August International General Assembly as the highest authority and decision making body of PMSA composed of all members of The National Federation. Unfortunately, this year the National General Assembly has been postponed several times as the looming threat of COVID-19 pandemic became very serious. The impact of the pandemic was drastically changing the lives of people, including the lives of young people. Schools and universities have closed, exams and events postponed, the usual health information services are limited, socializing with friends and wider family is highly discouraged and in some places even punishable. Living in these circumstances can be tough for young people for their social, physical and mental wellbeing. Although the world is full of struggles, it is also full of the overcoming of them. We, PMSAains, quickly adapted to this global health emergency, holding a very special National General Assembly fully online was challenging, but we did it! Proving again the capabilities of PMSA and its hard-working members.
On behalf of the NGA III OC, Islam Masood, NGA III Head of OC.
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National General Assembly in brief
Number of Participants
IFMSA IT Participated
Emails Sent & Received
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Number of Sessions
Expenditure
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Registration: The call for participants was shared on PMSA Page, LCs page and groups, event page, standing committees groups and email server in addition to IFMSA EMR group. We received more than 300 applications from all LCs and the EMR “observers”. The selection depended on “First-come-first-served” basis with taking into consideration gender diversity and equal LCs representation.
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IFMSA International: We were pleased to host 8 IFMSA IT in addition to former IT members in our LC management and SCs sessions. In addition to the theme event.
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Sessions: The biggest event of PMSA-Palestine fully online via zoom platform with 180 participants, 6 parallel sessions every day, Theme events live on Facebook, social programs and presidential sessions.
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Finances: We are proud to say that we were able to successfully deliver the first virtual NGA workshops totally free of cost, eliminating many potential financial barriers.
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Public Relations and Collaborations 1. Social Media Promotion in such a short period was one of the main challenges. After holding several OLMs and preparing high quality templates that match IFMSA and PMSA standards, we are proud of achieving our goal which was creating high quality visibility and social media presence, reaching to almost all our members resulting in receiving 234 responses on the event page and more than 300 applications. Over 32 high quality Facebook posts were created and shared on PMSA official page, LCs pages, SCs pages and event page. Also, Instagram and Facebook stories were uploaded every day of the NGA. Pictures of the speakers, inspiring quotes, and updates on participation are examples of our work. In addition to animated stories shared on Instagram, explanatory video shared on Facebook and the theme event was streamed live on Facebook. 2. Members Engagement Member engagement in the online events is one of the hardest challenges we faced. In order to ensure effective engagement, we have made several steps: sent all the updates to participants via email, created a WhatsApp group for each session, opened the meeting room half an hour earlier so the participants could have informal communication, created a social program Facebook group and conducted two social meetings. 3. Media An article about the NGA was published by a high level media agency in Palestine.
4. Collaboration In order to provide 6 zoom premium accounts for the parallel sessions, we collaborated with the LCs and with Al-Quds university.
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Opening Ceremony
On the 13th of November at 4:00 PM, PMSA-Palestine launched the third National General Assembly live on PMSA’s official Facebook page in the presence of the honorary guests Dr. Walid Basha and Professor Saleem Haj-Yahia. Islam Masood and Mohammad Al-Taweel, on behalf of the organizing committee, opened the ceremony; The NMO President, Yusri Abdel-Hafez, and the LCs’ presidents in Nablus, Jerusalem and Gaza, Motaz Daraghmeh, Yazan Abu Thraiee and Mahmoud Abu Samra, welcomed the attendees and thanked all those who participated in the National Federation march toward success.an achievement of all of us as medical students. Then, Dr. Walid Basha welcomed the attendees, mentioned the diligent work of the students until reaching this moment and he noted the necessity to keep moving forward to keep this achievement. Professor Saleem praised the work on the theme event "Medical Students Beyond Borders", as the national General Assembly gathered medical students from all over Palestine, then He gave a lecture entitled " Palestinian Medical Students: Future doctors or Society and Nation leaders and builders- against all odds ".
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LC Management Sessions Background: The LC Management sessions usually gather national and local directors, officers, as well as members of the different Local Committees to establish the do’s and don'ts of proficient management skills for the Local Committees, through several engaging training and discussions. During the LC Management session this year, we hosted distinguished IFMSA's speakers delivering three sessions include: ● Strategic planning ● Financial management of the LC ● Plenary
10 Sessions: ➢ Total number of participants: 18 ➢ From 3 Local Committees Sessions Team Members: ●
Yazan Dumadi (PMSA CBSDD)
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Amr Ryad (IFMSA EMR CB RA)
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Arwa Hany (IFMSA EMR GA)
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Mariona Borrell (IFMSA Regional Director for Europe)
Evaluation: An evaluation form was designed for each session, and sent to all participants by the end of the event. The forms mainly investigated the overall satisfaction, the trainers’ performance, the topics and materials, and the sessions activities. The form also gave a space for participants to give extra comments, suggestions or complaints. Overall impression
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Extra comments, suggestions or complaints “All the sessions within LC management were incredibly beneficial as they cleared up a lot of major topics that weren't so clear to me before. One of the best things about these sessions was the readiness of the presenters to explain all the questions with such an easy manner, which helped a lot in understanding the topics better.” “Because the session was online, There was less interaction between participants, less recreational activities and length of the sessions”. “Thank you for accepting me in LC Management SESSION | NGA III , it was a nice and great experience and I'd like to participate in the next NGA” “You guys are amazing! You did a great job and appreciate all your efforts and contributions with us, thank you so much. Keep up the good work.”
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SCOME Sessions Background: SCOME sessions are committed to medical education for MD students in addition to concern about the quality of healthcare within PMSA to its members and provide them with all the basics need to know. We discussed many ideas and topics with the participation of numbers of members where interested to SCOME. SCOME Sessions include: ● SCOME 101 ● Universal health coverage ● Medical Education and COVID19 ● Advocacy in Medical Education
13 Objectives: 1. Providing students with basic information about PMSA in General and regarding SCOME in particular. 2. Meet with LOME Members (NOME, LOME-Nablus, etc.) 3. Make different discussion groups for participants in different topics. 4. Discuss a recent and important topic which is the E-Learning (advantages, disadvantages) 5. To be aware of what should happen after COVID19.
Outcomes: The National General Assembly (NGA) is important for all medical students in general and for PMSA members in particular. For this term in NGA III, participants expressed their gratitude and satisfaction about the SCOME sessions and how it affects them psychologically and knowledge. Members mentioned that one of the best discussed things is COVID19 and ELearning due to its importance and its negative effect on medical students in recent days. Sessions: ➢ Total number of participants: 20 ➢ From 3 Local Committees.
- SCOME 101: An icebreaking activity and games, introduction and PINGO game about PMSA and SCOME, objectives and SCOME vision. - Universal health coverage: Discuss what is universal health coverage and how can we achieve it also introduce some facts about the health coverage and the biggest barrier of it.
14 - Medical Education and COVID19 how Covid19 affects our study and our life, all participants comfortably shared problems they faced during the pandemic and E-Learning and discussed how to solve it.
- Advocacy in Medical Education Discussion about what is Advocacy and its importance, the session was interesting and concentrated on a serious topic we all should be aware of as medical students.
Sessions Team Members: ●
Mutaz Daraghmeh (PMSA NOME)
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Shahd Abu Tair
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Iman Zahran Ola Abdulsalam: Muneer Maali Jana Dajani
Evaluation: An evaluation form was designed for each session, and sent to all participants by the end of the event. The forms mainly investigated the overall satisfaction, the trainers’ performance, the topics and materials, and the sessions activities. The form also gave a space for participants to give extra comments, suggestions or complaints.
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Session I SCOME 101 Universal health coverage
Most participants mentioned their positive feedback regarding the session topics, activities and how good the interaction was with the trainers and expressed their like the trainers style while asking the questions and they have agreed that the session was useful, interactive and enjoyable. As their negative feedback most of them said that unfortunately it was an online session due to the technical disorders. And some of them mentioned that the questions were difficult to know.
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All participants agreed in their positive feedback with how the topic was interesting, important and represents what we all live in these days. Also, they expressed that they were very satisfied, excited and attractive in the group discussions and everyone mentioned his own experience through the pandemic, which they felt so free to express their opinion and share their ideas which is cool. On the other hand, they commented and said that the sessions need more time to be more effective. Some of them also mention that they need more activities in advocacy sessions.
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SCOPE/SCORE Sessions Background: SCOPE/SCORE sessions are committed to introduce the exchange culture within PMSA to its members and provide them with all the basics PMSA members need to know. SCOPE and SCORE with a large number of members who are research enthusiasts, eager for exchanges and always seek to better represent PMSA abroad. We are discussing SCORE’s and SCOPE’s' main focus areas, including: ● SCORE/SCOPE 101 ● Exchange experience ● Global health in exchanges ● Academic Quality ● Marketing & fundraising in exchange
18 Objectives: 1. To provide PMSA members with the basic knowledge, various workshops and events regarding exchanges within PMSA in particular and IFMSA in general. 2. To encourage members to apply and participate in exchange opportunities via PMSA. 3. To widen their vision regarding global health when on exchanges. 4. To learn how to turn an exchange opportunity into an educational and academic opportunity useful for a future doctor. 5. To be aware of different means and tools used to fundraise. Outcomes: PMSA’s National General Assemblies are becoming bigger and more significant in its members journey with PMSA.The feedback of the members are vital in its progress. According to the evaluation process, participants were very satisfied with SCOPE/SCORE sessions. Members reported they are more oriented about exchanges within PMSA, how to be part of them, the steps of Academic quality, and how to make the most out of exchange. Finally, some reported excitement about the fundraising session as it was diverse and essential. Sessions: ➢ Total number of participants: 22 ➢ From 3 Local Committees. - SCORE/SCOPE 101: A warm welcome from the beloved NEO and NORE and an introduction to the online sessions, SCORE’s and SCOPE’ visions, objectives and events. - Exchange Experience: Giving the members a zest of exchange taste. A medical student told the story of her exchange, the preparations, challenges, cultural aspect, tips and how to make the most out of an exchange. - Global Health in Exchanges: Exchange allows medical students from different countries to be more oriented about the healthcare system in other countries, observe the differences and learn to improve their home counties’ system. In addition, the session discussed the communication guidelines during the exchange, and following up after the end of the exchange.
19 - Academic Quality: All nine steps and academic quality were discussed thoroughly, and these are: prepare the ground, outgoing selection, PDT/PET, incoming distribution, UAT, educational activities, quality assessment, outcomes and impact assessment. - Marketing and Fundraising in Exchange: The session began with emphasizing the importance of marketing and fundraising, then moved to explain steps of successful marketing and fundraising. Different tools can be used for marketing and promotion like student magazines, brochures, exchange fair, and many more. Sessions Team Members: ● Abdallah Ramadan: NORE PMSA ● Hana Khalili: NEO PMSA ● Yazan Dumaidi: LEO Nablus and SCOPE ED Assistant ● Shahd Idais: LEO Jerusalem and OC member ● Saqer Rashid: Former SCOPE Regional Assistant for EMR ● Amr Elsayed: SCOPE RA for the EMR Evaluation: An evaluation form was designed for each session, and sent to all participants by the end of the event. The forms mainly investigated the overall satisfaction, the trainers’ performance, the topics and materials, and the sessions activities. The form also gave a space for participants to give extra comments, suggestions or complaints. Day one:
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Most participants have shown positive feedback comments, and expressed satisfaction about the session. Participants have agreed that the session was informative, interactive and easy to understand. As for things that went wrong, , some participants have stated the speaker was talking too fast and they have some trouble understanding some abbreviations used. Exchange Experience:
Most participants agreed that the session was informative, exciting and important. The speaker told her experience in a very attractive way. Some participants have stated it was not interactive and needed to add more details.
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Most participants agreed that the session was informative, important and very clear and simple to digest. The trainver is very knowledgeable regarding the topic. Most agreed it was perfect and nothing went wrong in this session. Day two/ Academic Quality:
Most participants have reported that the session was interesting, very informative and important. Most feedback is great and the only negative comment was about the lack of interaction.
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Most participants have reported that the session was very informative, simple to understand and well presented by the trainer. Most feedback is great and the only negative comment was about the delay in starting the session and little interaction.
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SCORP Sessions Background: These sessions aim to introduce the members to The Standing Committee on Human Rights and Peace, empower and motivate medical students to actively promote and protect human rights and peace through advocacy, capacity building, and raising awareness. Objectives: 1. To provide PMSA members with adequate knowledge, information, and experience in the field of Rights and Peace. 2. To create a space to discuss and develop Human Rights issues. 3. To raise awareness about International humanitarian law and limiting oppression. 4. To advocate for law policies as the voice of worldwide humans 5. To develop skills of medical students as Peace messengers.
24 Outcomes: PMSA’s National General Assemblies are improving more and more. The feedback of the members are essential in this progress. According to the evaluation process, participants were very satisfied with SCORP sessions, members develop the knowledge about everybody's responsibility as well as the ability to contribute to creating this world, as human rights can only exist when it applies to all humans through exchanging their ideas and working in groups,as well as, drafting their outstanding ideas and solutions to make a change in future.Working on passing our massage as medical students to the world.
Sessions ➢ Total number of participants: 20 ➢ From 3 Local Committees
- SCORP 101 Warm welcoming and introduction to the online sessions, SCORP’s mission and vision.
- Dialogue on Peace and Communication communicating and exchanging ideas and opinions through making sub groups and making participants feel comfortable to express themselves.
- Healthcare in Danger Health Care in Danger (HCID) is an initiative of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement aimed at addressing the issue of violence against patients, health workers, facilities and vehicles, and ensuring safe access to and delivery of health care in armed conflict and other emergencies
- Peace, International Humanitarian Law, and Democracy Discussing the relationships between Peace, International Humanitarian Law, and Democracy and the speakers making sense of our vital role as humans and medical students and fighting for our humans right .Also, distinguishing between Peace concepts.
25 Sessions Team Members ● Yosef Alsabaa: PMSA NORP speakers; ● Mahmoud Abdelhafez ● Maxwell Botrous ● Akram Shami Evaluation: An evaluation form was created for each session, and sent to all participants by the end of the event. The forms mainly investigated the overall satisfaction, the trainers’ performance, the topics and materials, and the sessions activities. There was also a space to inquire about the positive and negative feedback comments, suggestions, and any questions.
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Almost all participants have shown positive feedback comments, and expressed satisfaction with the sessions! Participants have agreed that the session was interactive, informative, wellunderstood, and fun. Regarding the negative things, some participants have stated the session was too long. session 2
Most participants have reported that the session was interesting, very informative and important. Also, participants have suggested that some topics needed more time and some have mentioned the session was a little inactive and I think it was due to language barrier.
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SCOPH Sessions Background: SCOPH, the Standing Committee on Public Health, brings together medical students from all over the world to learn, build skills, cooperate, explore and share ideas when it comes to addressing all issues related to public health. Therefore, this year’s SCOPH sessions have focused on introducing the Standing Committee to student participants, provided a space for active involvement and participation, discussed some of the most important health issues, and advocated for better public health education, promotion, and actions. So as to eventually apply “Think globally, act locally”.
28 Objectives: 1. To provide PMSA members with adequate knowledge, information, and experience in the field of public health. 2. To create a space to discuss and develop health promotion and education within our association and society. 3. To raise awareness about global public health issues and disease prevention. 4. To advocate for health policies as the voice of worldwide medical students. 5. To develop skills of medical students as the future health professionals.
Outcomes: PMSA’s National General Assemblies are improving persistently. Though online, members’ feedback and comments are essential in this progress. According to the evaluation process, participants were both happy and satisfied with SCOPH sessions. Members had the chance to engage and learn, design plans & strategies, discuss many topics and issues regarding health, together and in groups. Which brought about a set of new creative ideas and solutions that will be considered in the future. Sessions: ➢ Total number of participants: 25 ➢ From 3 Local Committees - SCOPH 101 Warm welcome and introduction to the online sessions, the orange world basics and main topics & areas of interest. - Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) AMR is an increasingly emerging concern worldwide. It is then critical to address this problem. During this session, we have discussed antibiotics use, resistance process, causes, and solutions. - Health Systems Resilience for Pandemics In light of the current COVID-19 crisis, healthcare systems became an extra important topic, considering the vital role it plays in shaping communities. So, through this session, we got the chance to know the building blocks of a resilient health system.
29 - Global Governance on Vaccination (GG) This session has introduced participants to the fundamentals of Global Governance, and equipped them with the knowledge and skills necessary to understand the GG on vaccination.
Sessions Team Members: ● ● ● ● ●
Mohammad Aldalou: PMSA NPO Fadi Basha: Nablus LPO Asem AbuZarifa: Gaza LPO Asad Haydar: LeMSIC-Lebanon President Juslin AlDadah: OC member
Evaluation: An evaluation form was created for each session, and sent to all participants by the end of the event. The forms mainly investigated the overall satisfaction, the trainers’ performance, the topics and materials, and the sessions activities. There was also a space to inquire about the positive and negative feedback comments, suggestions, and any questions.
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Almost all participants have shown positive feedback comments, and expressed satisfaction with the sessions! Participants have agreed that the session was interactive, informative, wellunderstood, and fun. Regarding the negative things, some participants have stated using English throughout the whole session was hard. Some members had problems with the duration of the session. Session 2
Most participants have reported that the session was interesting, entertaining, interactive, very informative and important. Also, participants have suggested that some topics needed more time, and some suggested mandatory camera participation.
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SCORA Sessions Background: SCORA sessions are committed to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights and are arduous about creating a positive change. SCORA with a large number of membersSCORAngels as they are called, have grown wider in its work, centered around five focus areas strongly related to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. We are discussing SCORA's main focus areas, including: ● SCORA 101 ● Right to Equality ● Body Image ● Postpartum Depression
32 Objectives: 1. To provide PMSA members with the tools necessary to advocate for sexual and reproductive health. 2. To raise awareness about the rights within their respective communities in a culturally respected fashion. 3. To expand their perception about behavior changes related to pregnancy and how to deal with. 4. To give them confidence to talk about SCORA's topics without shame. 5. To feel empowered to take good care of their physical health. Outcomes: PMSA’s National General Assemblies are improving more and more. The feedback of the members is essential in this progress. According to the evaluation process, participants were very satisfied with SCORA sessions, members develop the knowledge about Comprehensive Sexuality Education other respective reproductive health issues, exchanging their ideas and projects in groups,as well as, drafting their outstanding ideas and solutions to make a change in the future. Sessions: ➢ Total number of participants: 33 ➢ From 3 Local Committees. - SCORA 101 warm welcome and introduction to the online sessions, SCORA mission and vision and it’s five focus areas - Postpartum depression The birth of a baby can trigger a jumble of powerful emotions, from excitement and joy to fear and anxiety. But it can also result in something that you might not expect - DEPRESSION. During this session, we have discussed behavioral changes related to pregnancy and their concept, causes, symptoms and risk factors. - Body image Body image is part of self-esteem, it refers to how people see themselves when they look in a mirror. So, through this session, we learn about body image influences, tips to positive body image and media self care and we have discussed some issues related to body image.
33 -Right to equality It is the right to be treated equally without consideration of race, sex, age, ethnicity, etc. in this session we talk about the difference between equality, equity and justice, and we have discussed neurosexism, gender essentialism and the roots of discrimination against the women in our culture. Sessions Team Members: ● Nour Alwehidi:PMSA NORA ● Nouran Telbani: LORA Gaza LC ● Waed Odah: LORA Nablus LC ● Klaudia Szymus: Poland ● Zain Yassin: OC Member Evaluation: An evaluation form was created for each session, and sent to all participants by the end of the event. The forms mainly investigated the overall satisfaction, the trainers’ performance, the topics and materials, and the sessions activities. There was also a space to inquire about the positive and negative feedback comments, suggestions, and any questions. Session 1
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Almost all participants have shown positive feedback comments, and expressed satisfaction with the sessions, Participants have agreed that the session was interactive, informative, and the trainer was very supportive. Regarding the negative things, some participants have stated the session was too long and that using English throughout the session was too hard. -The second part ( postpartum depression):
Most participants agreed that the session was informative, interactive and important. The trainer was lovely, enthusiastic and supportive. Some participants have stated it was boring because it was very informative.
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-First part (Body image) :
Almost all the participants agreed that it was the most important session and it was very interesting, interactive and informative. The trainer was perfect and lovely. participants have stated the time of the session was not suitable. -The second part ( right to equality ): Most participants have reported that the session was interesting, very informative and important.
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Theme event Breaking The Borders With IFMSA
Speaker: Mahmood Al-Hamody, the Liaison Officer for Human Rights and Peace Issues in the IFMSA for 2020/2021 Moderator: Islam Masood, NGA Head of OC Through this event the members got to know more about IFMSA, how to get involved and how IFMSA advocates to break the borders on the local, national and international level to achieve its vision: "A world in which all medical students unite for global health and are equipped with the knowledge, skills and values to take on health leadership roles locally and globally".
37 The Full IFMSA Experience / Medicine Beyond Clinical Practice
Speaker: Dr.Tarek Turk is a Medical Doctor from Syria, a PhD candidate at the University of Alberta, Canada. Also, a Former intern, temporary adviser at the World Health Organization (WHO) and former IFMSA SCORE DA. Moderator: Islam Masood, NGA Head of OC Through this session, Dr.Tarek shared his own experience with the IFMSA, WHO, research and founding SMSA Syria. The members had the opportunities to join the meeting room and ask questions directly in addition to watching it live on PMSA Facebook page.
38 Open session: Boost your learning mechanism - Osmosis session
Speaker: Dr.Amin Azzam, M.D , Professor at University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health and Samuel Merritt University, UCSF School Simulation Educator - Samuel Merritt University, Director of Open Learning Initiatives – Osmosis, and Faculty Engagement Coordinator - Osmosis. Moderator: Mohammed Al Dalo, PMSA NPO and Osmosis Ambassador. This session aimed to provide the best practices and theories of learning in medical school and Showcase Osmosis Educational Platform. Participants had been provided with Osmosisrelated incentives (Free access, Giveaway).
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Social Program
The most enjoyable part of the NGA is the social event. Which aims to break down barriers and give everyone the opportunity to get to know each other informally and with pleasure. This year our social program was unique. The social program included a Facebook group for discussion, competitions and informal communication joined by 160 participants, which went viral with a total of 129 posts, 550 comments and 3262 reactions. In addition to the Facebook group, we have organized two social online meetings involving online games, discussions, musical breaks and poetry.
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Presidents’ Session
Presidents' sessions during the NGA are giving us the possibility to gather leaders of our NMO to discuss the future of PMSA, collect input, share experiences and inspire each other. To be prepared for the plenary sessions, we allocated time for questions and discussions related to the submitted documents. The minutes and additional details of the presidents’ sessions are available in a separate document. Sessions team:
Mohammed AlTaweel Islam Masood Noor Al Whadi Juslin Al Dadah Shahd Idais
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Plenary Plenary is the decision making body during the NGA where all important decisions are made in PMSA-Palestine. Each LC, with 5 votes, has voted on different reports, C&B motions, and the TO candidates for the new term. The plenary was streamed live on PMSA official Facebook page. The minutes and additional details of the plenary sessions are available in a separate document. Chairperson: AbdelAziz Surkhy (Jerusalem LC) Vice-Chair person: Yusri Abdel-Hafez (Nablus LC) Secretary: Tareq AbdelJawwad (Gaza LC), Ehab Aldadah (Gaza LC), Noor Abu Aqlain (Gaza LC). CCC: Kais AbuZiatoon; Nablus LC Kareem Abu Laila: Jerusalem LC Mohammed Seyam: Gaza LC
Resources Center Almost all sessions were recorded. All records and materials will be shared with the participants. Also, it will be available for all PMSA members. All Resources are available Here .
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