AMEE Releases Agenda for the Next General Assembly

The International Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) has released  a provisional Agenda for its General Assembly that will be held in Malaga, Spain, on September 1^st.

 

Palacio de los Congresos, Malaga

 

General Assembly 2009

Palacio de Ferias y Congresos de Málaga, Málaga, Spain

Tuesday 1 September: 1300-1400 hrs

 

Draft Agenda

 

1.		Welcome and apologies
2.		Minutes of the General Assembly of AMEE held on 2 September in Prague, Czech Republic	GA1/09
3.		President’s Report
4.		Financial Statement	GA2/09
	4.1	Proposed increase in the AMEE Individual Membership Fee	GA3/09
5.		Elections to the Executive Committee	GA4/09
6		Conferences	GA5/09
	6.1	AMEE 2009 Malaga, Spain
	6.2	AMEE 2010 Glasgow, UK
	6.3	AMEE 2011 Vienna Option
	6.4	AMEE 2012 Marseille Option
	6.5	Other potential venues for AMEE Conferences
	6.6	Ottawa Conference 2010
7		Update on AMEE’s activities	GA6/09
	7.1	MedEdWorld and AMEE member benefits
	7.2	Medical Teacher
	7.3	Best Evidence Medical Education (BEME)
	7.4	AMEE Position Paper on Bologna Process
	7.5	A Medical Teachers Charter
	7.6	Accreditation of Teaching
	7.7	Orpheus
	7.8	AMEE courses
	7.9	Other activities
8		Report from WFME and Regional Associations
9		Have your say: an opportunity for suggestions from members
10		Any other business
11		Date of next meeting

USMLE and the H1N1 Influenza.

N1H1 Virus (CDC Influenza Lab)

 

USMLE committee has announced that it is allowing that those candidates that are concerned about their ability to test safely, to reschedule USMLE test appointments without paying the additional fees.

 

If the current threat level continues, the eligibility period that end on July 31, will be extended beyond that date (please, visit the USMLE site for details)

 

USMLE recommends to monitor the website for updated information.

 

And of course, if you have flu-like symptoms, or you may have been recently exposed to a Flu patient, you should reschedule your exam.

 

Read the complete information here.

April 25, DNA Day

 

‘We wish to suggest a structure for the salt of deoxyribose nucleic acid (D.N.A.).

This structure has novel features which are of considerable biological interest.”…

John Watson and Francis Crick in Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids. A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid.

Nature No. 4356, April 25, 1953

 

DNA Day also marks the completion of the Human Genome Project, the 13-year international effort that identified the order, or sequence, of more than 3 billion bases in human DNA. The Human Genome Project was finished in 2003, 50 years after Watson and Crick described DNA as a double helix. (Source: National  Library of Medicine)

 

 

 

I would like to invite you to see two presentations courtesy of the National Genome Research Institute, that, at different levels, present different aspects of Genetics research (the pictures are from the U.S. Department of Energy Genome Program’s Genome Management Information System -GMIS):

1.- How Proteins Are Made

 

 

2.- Single Nucleotide Polimorphism:

Making SNPs Make Sense

 

Additional interesting presentations can be found at:

Online Education Kit: Understanding the Human Genome Project

 

 

                                                                                       HAPPY DNA DAY!!!