WHO Azerbaijan-supported Shamakhi Fellowship Program held a reflection meeting with the first AMU student cohort

The event was held with participation of Mr Tahir Mammadov, Head of Shamakhi City Executive Authority, Dr Hande Harmanci, WHO Representative/Head of Country Office in Azerbaijan (online), Dr Garay Garaybayli, Rector of the Azerbaijan Medical University (AMU), Dr Nazim Gasimov, Rector of the Azerbaijan State Advanced Training Institute for Doctors (ASATID), Nijat Mammadli, Head of the Department for Science, Higher and Secondary Special Education of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, experts from the Ministry of Health, the State Agency on Mandatory Health Insurance and the Management Union of Medical Territorial Units (TABIB), specialists from the Turkish universities such as Ondokuz Mayis, Hacettepe, Ege, Dokuz Eylul, as well as local experts.

During the event, medical experts and young interns conducted a discussion on practical results of the trainings held in the frame of the Shamakhi Scholarship Program. The Turkish specialists and three interns of the sixth year of education focused on aim and activities within the Program discussing the experience of the fellow students.

A separate mini-symposium was devoted to the medical and nursing education program models and its implications for Azerbaijan. The interactive session was organized with discussions on different topics, such as learning climate in medical faculties and its perspectives, current models and approaches in undergraduate Medical Education Programs, models and approaches in Nursing Programs, Azerbaijan Medical Curriculum; its past, present and future, as well as clinical training in medical education curriculum.