May 2021
The Centre of Medical Education (CME) has been busy adjusting to the new hybrid model of delivery and participation throughout the pandemic. The following provides a glance at what’s been happening locally and globally.
Upcoming Trainings and Conferences
Build your Leadership Capabilities Online Workshop, 15 June, 2021 14:00-17:00
The CRM team is delighted to announce the next Leadership Workshop presented by Assistant Professor Leonidas Efthymiou, Head of the Department of Hospitality, Tourism and Sport Management at the University of Nicosia Medical School.
This workshop aims at helping participants identify and build leadership capabilities. High-quality leadership content is combined with exercises and experiential activities to help participants master their own skills and knowledge. The workshop will encourage open communication and sharing of ideas while using examples from everyday life at work.
CME is pleased to announce that the Medical School is a premium institutional member of AMEE. We therefore encourage faculty to take advantage of this opportunity and join the conference which is the leading annual event for all involved in medical and healthcare education.
The conference will feature live plenaries, symposia, short communications, research papers, doctoral reports, Fringe presentations, workshops, ePosters and much more.
For more information and registration assistance contact [email protected].
CME’s activities during 2020-2021 academic year:
Despite the pandemic, CME organised several workshops as followed, throughout the current academic year:
- The Communication Skills Team Building Workshop
- Simulated Surgery Examiner Workshops
- COT (Consultation, Observation Tool) Trainings
- OSCE Examiner (Domain-Based) & Checklist Workshops for New Examiners
International participation of CME members
Chair of CME Prof Alexia Papageorgiou, and Assistant Professor Zoe Giannousi provided an experiential workshop on clinical communication in Oncology during the online Clinical and Translational Oncology Conference on 12-14 November 2020.
Prof Papageorgiou chaired an oral session, presented an ePoster and facilitated a networking event at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH) 2020 Part 2 (Online) from 15 to 16 April 2021. (https://icch2020.hubilo.com)
Lecturer Maria Perdikogianni, participated in the 5th Scientific Multidisciplinary Two-Day Conference (organized by the Department of Nursing and PASYDY) on 26-27 March 2021 where she presented, in an open platform, the topic “The Consequences of COVID-19 on our lives and psychological state”.
Maria also presented a lecture on “The importance of Clinical Communication in Healthcare” to a group of US Pre-Med students in collaboration with Global Semesters at the University of Nicosia on March 2021.
The CME team aims to continue to participate in global conversations and aspires to become a stronghold of excellence for the medical education in Cyprus.
Don’t forget our Free Resources!
CME offers a Moodle Course page, Center of Medical Education Trainings, which is available to all faculty actively engaged in teaching and research.
In this Moodle Course you can find plenty of FREE resources. These cover various subjects from teaching you how to spice up your PowerPoint slides for improved student engagement, to sharing some tips for Classroom Management Strategies and Techniques.
Notes of Appreciation:
As the CME team takes this time to look back at all the work that has been accomplished, and look forward to the exciting opportunities coming, we would like to utilise this moment to publicly thank the ‘King’ of OSCE Trainings here at UNIC Medical School, Professor Peter McCrorie, for the astonishing number of hours he has put in to personally training our OSCE Examiners to the highest quality standards. Thank you, Professor McCrorie, for being an indispensable member of our team.
We would also like to show our appreciation to Professor Pascale Salameh, who was instrumental in creating The Centre of Medical Education’s Strategic Plan for the upcoming academic year. Thank you, Professor Salameh!