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The second training and educational fellowship program of AFECP
Asian Journal of Psychiatry 5 (2012) 121
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Early Career Psychiatrists Corner
The second training and educational fellowship program of AFECP Daria Smirnova a, Hussien Elkholy b, Sandeep Grover c a
Department of Psychiatry, Narcology, Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology, Samara State Medical University, Nagornaya, 78, Samara 443078, Russia Okasha Institute of Psychiatry, Neurology and Psychiatry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt c Department of Psychiatry, PGIMER, Chandigarh 160012, India b
The 2nd fellowship program of Asian Federation of Early Career Psychiatrists (AFECP) took place under the guidance of Prof. Russell D’Souza, due to support of distinguished faculty and as a precongress activity of Indian Global Psychiatric Initiative (IGPI) on the 15th–16th of January 2012 in Kochi, Kerala, India. Eighteen participants from Asian countries including Russia, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Bangladesh, Iraq, Singapore, Australia and 18 from India took part in the training. The theme was ‘‘Image of modern psychiatrist: professionalism, humanism and leadership’’; faculty from Australia, USA, Malaysia, France and UK participated in interactive training and team building tasks among ECPs during 2 days. A visit to Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Hospital Complex and Psychiatry and
Behavior Medicine Department was an interesting event for non-indian colleagues and stimulated discussion about Mental Health Care systems functioning in transition. The topics of development of professional competence within studying and teaching with diagnostic and communication skills, biological approach in psychiatry on the model of psychotic disorders, clinical trials management and publishing of scientific papers, vivid discussions about existential concept of mental disorders, well-being theories and creativity in idea management and inspiration in everyday work emphasized the unity and equal importance of noticed directions for the professional growth of contemporary specialists. The executive committee of AFECP finalized the Statutes of AFECP, plans on
1876-2018/$ – see front matter ß 2012 Published by Elsevier B.V. doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2012.02.021
web-page modification and updates of research projects. The number of members of organization has increased from 48 since inception to nearly 290 with affiliations of societies from Malaysia, Egypt, Russia, Kazakhstan and others as member-societies of AFECP besides individual members from 23 countries. ECPs evinced an interest in additional education and international collaboration. The interaction among ECPs and senior advisors augurs promising developments in psychiatry across Asia. Members of AFECP will attend the conference ‘‘Stigma in YPs perspective: hopes and challenges’’ in Minsk, Belarus on 27th–29th September 2012. The next AFECP training is scheduled for IGPI in Bangalore, India in 2013.
Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect
AFPA Section Society homepage: www.afpapsy.com
Early Career Psychiatrists Corner
The second training and educational fellowship program of AFECP Daria Smirnova a, Hussien Elkholy b, Sandeep Grover c a
Department of Psychiatry, Narcology, Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology, Samara State Medical University, Nagornaya, 78, Samara 443078, Russia Okasha Institute of Psychiatry, Neurology and Psychiatry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt c Department of Psychiatry, PGIMER, Chandigarh 160012, India b
The 2nd fellowship program of Asian Federation of Early Career Psychiatrists (AFECP) took place under the guidance of Prof. Russell D’Souza, due to support of distinguished faculty and as a precongress activity of Indian Global Psychiatric Initiative (IGPI) on the 15th–16th of January 2012 in Kochi, Kerala, India. Eighteen participants from Asian countries including Russia, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Bangladesh, Iraq, Singapore, Australia and 18 from India took part in the training. The theme was ‘‘Image of modern psychiatrist: professionalism, humanism and leadership’’; faculty from Australia, USA, Malaysia, France and UK participated in interactive training and team building tasks among ECPs during 2 days. A visit to Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Hospital Complex and Psychiatry and
Behavior Medicine Department was an interesting event for non-indian colleagues and stimulated discussion about Mental Health Care systems functioning in transition. The topics of development of professional competence within studying and teaching with diagnostic and communication skills, biological approach in psychiatry on the model of psychotic disorders, clinical trials management and publishing of scientific papers, vivid discussions about existential concept of mental disorders, well-being theories and creativity in idea management and inspiration in everyday work emphasized the unity and equal importance of noticed directions for the professional growth of contemporary specialists. The executive committee of AFECP finalized the Statutes of AFECP, plans on
1876-2018/$ – see front matter ß 2012 Published by Elsevier B.V. doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2012.02.021
web-page modification and updates of research projects. The number of members of organization has increased from 48 since inception to nearly 290 with affiliations of societies from Malaysia, Egypt, Russia, Kazakhstan and others as member-societies of AFECP besides individual members from 23 countries. ECPs evinced an interest in additional education and international collaboration. The interaction among ECPs and senior advisors augurs promising developments in psychiatry across Asia. Members of AFECP will attend the conference ‘‘Stigma in YPs perspective: hopes and challenges’’ in Minsk, Belarus on 27th–29th September 2012. The next AFECP training is scheduled for IGPI in Bangalore, India in 2013.