Quick reference for faculty and presenters at AMWC 2025 14th Armenian Medical World Congress Madrid Spain
https://amicnow.org/264		updated 22 Nov 2024

 Dear Faculty, Planners and CME Committee Members for AMWC2025,

What should this Congress look like?  What will attendees take home with them?  Can we make this spectacular?  (I hope you believe that we should.)

Can we teach social and networking skills, synergy of thought and vision, in addition to technical skills taught to a very diverse audience with differing educational needs?

When you give your presentation, what's in it for your audience?  How will they use your teaching?  (As a result of this presentation, the audience will ____ ).  How could they connect and work with colleagues as a result of your presentation?

Briefly, CME involves these basics:

The Armenian-American Medical Society, who is providing CME credit for this Congress has some basic requirements they must address in order to stay accredited (to continue providing CME credit).  (see also https://accme.org/rules/criteria/)  These are:

1. A mission - what are we trying to do?  (Read the Mission Statement below if you haven't already) It's about us working together, and less about specialty care.
   
   
2. Professional practice gap - a statement of the problem we are trying to fix.  We can't improve if we have no idea of where we are now.
   
   
3. Designed to change - similar to learning objectives, but it could include an actual statement of what we'd like the doctors to do differently, or the outcomes we'd like to see in the patient population.  Importantly, it should be measurable.
   
   
4. Appropriate format (lecturing is OK, but not always the best way to achieve your goal. How about round table, panel discussion, point-counterpoint, programmed text, role playing, hands-on, many others.
   
   
5. Think about the Desirable Physician Attributes you'd like to develop.  Cooperation is a separate skill from Medical Knowledge. Systems approach is a bit different than direct patient care.
   
   
6. Analyzing change.  How do we measure if our efforts paid off?  A questionnaire (yawn)?  How about a tally of new partnerships and projects formed as a result of AMWC2025?  How about new policies or procedures at MoH?  Or new pathways for Diasporans to partner with locals?  These make a lot of sense when you look at the Mission:

The Mission Statement of the Congress is:

"Our mission at AMWC 2025 is to foster meaningful connections and collaboration between Armenian health professionals and international experts to drive tangible improvements in healthcare for Armenia. Through knowledge exchange, networking, and scientific discourse, we aim to translate cutting-edge medical insights into actionable strategies that enhance healthcare outcomes. By bringing together professionals from both the public and private sectors, we seek to create lasting partnerships and contribute to the sustainable development of Armenia's healthcare system, while also strengthening the global Armenian medical community."

The AMWC2025  Mission Statement outlines some provocative goals for the Congress:  connections, collaboration, exchange, networking, discourse, insights, strategies, bringing together, partnerships, and strengthening the global Armenian medical community.

Keep these goals in mind as you speak to the learners.  What do you want the audience to do with the information you've given them?  Hopefully they can use it to network, collaborate, and build new partnerships and programs.  

Can we teach social and networking skills, interdisciplinary care, synergy of thought and vision, in addition to (or in place of) technical skills, considering our very diverse audience with differing educational needs?

When you give your presentation, what's in it for your audience?  How will they use your teaching?  (As a result of this presentation, the audience will ____ ).  How could they connect and work with colleagues as a result of your presentation?

If you've read this far, I'm flattered. 

Meanwhile you are welcome to read further in terms of CME concepts and terminology in  gruesome detail at  https://amicnow.org/253 but please let me worry about the trivial stuff. I can be reached at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by Google voicemail at +1 650-542-8442.  Looking forward to working with you, and especially forward to seeing you in Madrid!

Jerry Manoukian
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PS What I'd like from you right now:

1. Financial disclosure form - you may have received this from Lilian, but you can download it HERE.  

2. Details of your presentation, including description of the problem you're trying to fix, and the results you'd like to see as a result of all your efforts.

What I'd like from you eventually:

What would you like to see from the Congress?  How can we make the biggest impact?  How do we engage each other prior to the Congress to present a uniform vision?  How can you express your ideas and experience as a starting point for someone who may be new to the AMIC community, is looking to contribute, but doesn't know where to start?  How can you communicate your project in a way that it inspires and instructs other to do similar?