Association
of Belarusian Medical Specialists -
is a national public association of practicing doctors and scientists,
nurses and medical students.
Aims of ABMS
Objectives of ABMS
Methods of ABMS
History of ABMS
ABMS today
ABMS agenda in 2003
ABMS contacts
_____________________Aims of ABMS
Development of Belarusian medical science and education.
Adjustment of Belarusian health care system with the modern international
standards.
Assistance in improving the health of Belarusians.
Representation of the interests of Belarusian medical specialists in
front of state, society and international community.
___________________Objectives of ABMS
Reformation of health care system.
Development and improving medical education, directed to increase of
competitiveness and effectiveness of education.
Development and promotion of achievements of Belarusian medical science.
Development of modern information technologies usage in medicine.
Encouraging the private initiatives of Belarusian medical specialists,
creation of special circumstances for development of medical business.
Restoration of Belarusian medical tradition.
Popularizing of medical knowledge among public, propaganda of healthy
life style.
Improvement of environment, support of environmental initiatives.
Protection of rights and legal interests of medical specialists, monitoring
of their violations.
Extending of medical information area, attracting as many medical workers
as possible to it..
Increasing public activity as well as professional and cultural level
of medical workers.
________________Methods of ABMS
Scientific, educational, cultural and other performances of any scale,
as well as other events or public actions.
Representation of ABMS members in state structures, university councils,
public associations.
Support and creations of educational scientific and other establishments
and organizations.
Collection, analysis and distribution of information on health situation
among the public of Belarus, and issues of healthy life style, disease
prevention, problems of health care.
Influence on formation of public opinion through speeches in Mass media,
participation in public discussions.
Cooperation with medical, social, environmental, educational and other
public organizations both in the country and abroad.
_______________History of ABMS
The idea to create the Association of Belarusian Medics was formulated
on September 13, 1999 during national scientific-practical conference
"Belarusian medical education", that was conducted in Minsk
State Medical Institute by the local branch of Belarusian Students Association.
The basis of organization consisted from the students of senior courses
and lecturers of Minsk Medical Institute, as well as the students and
practicing doctors from Minsk, Slutsk, Homel and other regions.
In the process of development the ABM was joined by doctors from Masty,
Lida, Zhitkavichy, Vitsebsk, Hrodna, Baranavichy, Mahiliou, Maladechna
…
2000
The Frantsishek Savich competition on the history of Belarusian medicine
for medical students.
Campaign against obligatory employment of graduates of medical educational
establishments.
2001
Public campaign "Think, doctor, - elect!".
Seminar "The Role of Medical Associations in building of civic
society", 26.08.2001, Minsk
2002
Seminar "Social Adaptation of Wheel Chair Disabled in Small Towns
and villages", 13-14.04.2002, Baranavichy, Brest region.
Seminar "Child mortality and Health of Children in Post-Chernobyl
Society", 8-9.06.2002, Zhytkavichy - Turau, Homel region.
Creation and distribution of series of medical educational information
materials on the issues of children health and certain infections diseases.
The work on the dictionary of Belarusian medical terms was started.
The web-site of the Association of Belarusian medics is created.
_________________ABMS today
ABMS cooperates with various establishments and organizations in order
to coordinate efforts in social sphere, performs work on the issue of
prevention of common diseases (AIDS, tuberculosis, infectious hepatitis
and other) as well as social adaptation of disabled and people with
chronicle diseases, distributes medical knowledge among the population
of the country, assists in protection of rights of medical specialists,
and monitor their violations, works out the concept of reformation of
health care system, conducts special seminars, lections, trainings to
increase the professional level of medical specialists.
The expert group works on the creation of Belarusian dictionary of medical
terms.
We created the information-analytical group for informing the public
about the modern state of health in the country and tendencies of development
of health care system in Belarus.
________________ABMS agenda in 2003
The campaign on informing the population on the issues of payment
medicine, distribution of printed materials on the rights and obligations
of doctors and patients.
Seminars for doctors on the issues: "Legal Provision of Medical
Activities", Medical Business in Belarus".
Public campaign "Let's Make it better' 03" dedicated to the
World Health Day.
Publishing educational materials on the actual problems of health care.
ABMS contacts :
P/b 76 220053 Minsk Belarus
phone+375 17 220-80-91
mob.phone +375 29 6689828
e-mail: asbelmed@tut.by
web: http://medicus.iatp.by/english.html