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First National Congress of Egyptian
Medical Librarians
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Monday, 22
November 2004 |
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08:30-09:00 |
Registration |
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09:00-09:30 |
Welcome remarks
by the Regional Office
Opening remarks
by the Organizers |
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09:30-10:00 |
Virtual Health
Sciences Library of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region:
Bridging the Knowledge Gap,
by Dr Najeeb Al-Shorbaji, Regional Adviser Health
Information and Telecommunication WHO/EMRO
(Arabic) |
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10:00-10:15 |
Discussion |
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10:15-10:30 |
Group picture |
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10:30-11:00 |
Coffee break |
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11:00-11:45
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Library and
information services at the Ministry of Health and Population:
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Central services
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Hospitals
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Healthcare centers
Moderated by Dr Thanaa Ibrahin Saleh,
Director General of National Information Centre
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11:45-12:00 |
Discussion
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12:00-12:45
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Library and Information Services at Faculties of Health
Sciences:
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Faculties of Medicine;
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Faculties of Pharmacy;
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Faculties of Dentistry;
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Faculties of Veterinary.
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Moderated by Dr Ahmad Abdel Bassit,
Chairman of Egyptian Universities Network
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Telemedicine – e-learning in Medicine by Dr Mohamed Asem Al-Fiky
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12:45-13:00 |
Discussion |
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13:00-14:00 |
Lunch break |
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14:00-14:45 |
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14:45-15:00 |
Discussion |
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15:00-15:30 |
Community Access
Center for the Healthcare Sector in Egypt by Dr Sherif Hashem,
Ministry of Information and Communications, Cairo |
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15:30 - 16:00 |
Egyptian and Arabic Scientific
Research Database and its role in serving the scientific
research: the experience of Alexandria University, by Dr El-Sayed
M. Salem, The Institution of Postgraduate Studies and Research,
Alexandria University |
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16:15-16:45 |
Coffee
break |
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16:45-17:30 |
Conclusions and
Recommendations of the National Congress |
4th
Regional Conference on EMR Health Sciences Virtual Library: Role in
e-Learning and Building the Information Society
Cairo, Egypt
23-25 November 2004
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Tuesday, 23 November 2004
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08:30-09:00 |
Registration |
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09:00-09:30
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Opening ceremony
Address by His Excellency Minister of Health and Population
Address by Dr Hussein A. Gezairy, Regional Director
Election of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Rapporteur
Approval of agenda and programme |
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09:30-10:00 |
EMRO Health
Information Support and the Virtual Health Sciences Library
Initiative by Dr Najeeb Al-Shorbaji, Regional Adviser Health
Information and Telecommunication WHO/EMRO |
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10:00-10:15 |
Discussion |
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10:15-10:30 |
Group picture |
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10:30-11:00 |
Coffee break |
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11:00-11:30 |
Environmental
Health Electronic Information Services and Networking Activities
by Mr Mazen Malkawi, Technical Officer, CEHANET, Amman, Jordan |
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11:30-11:45 |
Discussion |
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11:45-12:15 |
Global Health
Library Project by Mrs Yvonne Grandbois, Coordinator, Library
and Information Networks, WHO/HQ, Geneva |
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12:15-12:30 |
Discussion
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12:30-12:50 |
Union
Catalogue of Medical Journals: Progress in Utilization, Content
and Technology by Mr Hatem Nour, Librarian, WHO/EMRO, Cairo |
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12:50-13:00 |
Discussion |
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13:00-14:00 |
Lunch break |
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14:00-16:00 |
Country
presentations (to be confirmed upon receipt of nominations)
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16:00-16:15 |
E-Osteoporosis: an Online Care/Info
to e-Patients and Professionals by Dr Mona K. Marei, read by
Maha El Tantawi, Dept of Pediatric and Community Dentistry,
Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Egypt |
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16:15-17:00
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Lebanon: by Ms Omayma Rammal.
Libya: The Libyan Board of Medical Specialties Future
Vision for the Medical Electronic Library by Mr Musbah A. J.
Abujnah and Mr Osama Abushagour
Pakistan: by Mr Khawaja Mustafa
Sudan: by Ms Seham Yagoub
Syria: by Dr Subhi Nizam
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Wednesday, 24 November 2004
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08:30-09:15 |
The WHO Health Academy: Health e-Learning Initiative,
by Dr Najeeb Al-Shorbaji, Regional Adviser Health
Information and Telecommunication WHO/EMRO |
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09:15-09:30 |
Discussion |
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09:30-09:45 |
The Graduate Diploma of Medical Librarianship: Diploma
at Sultan Qaboos University by Dr Naima Jabr and Dr
Huda Al-Shibli, Oman |
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09:45-10:00 |
Training of Egyptian Hospital Libraries, by Amany
Mohamed El-Sayed, Lecture, Library and Information
Science Department, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt. |
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10:00-10:30 |
The Electronic Library and Open Access Initiatives: What
Impact Will this Have on the Services and Users? by
Dr Najeeb Al-Shorbaji, Regional Adviser Health
Information and Telecommunication WHO/EMRO |
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10:30-11:00 |
e-Learning in Public Health: Organization, Benefits and
Limits by Dr Mondher Letaief, Kamel Ben Salem and
Mohamed Soltani Faculty of Medicine of Monastir, Tunisia |
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11:00-11:15 |
Coffee break |
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11:15-11:30 |
e-Learning and Professional
Development at Ziauddin Medical University by Muhammad Khurshid Alam, Imran Ahmad Shaikh and Amtul Aziz Shazia,
Pakistan. |
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11:30-11:45 |
The Future of e-Learning in
Egypt, by Dr Amr Saber, Zagazig University, Egypt |
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11:45-12:00 |
HELLIS.ORG: A network
libraries across Asia, by Mrs Anchalee Chamchuklin, WHO/SEARO |
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12:00-12:15 |
How Can You Enhance Your
Skills and Library Practice at Your Own Desk? by Mr
Hakim Bishawi, Medical Librarian, Tawam Hospital, United
Arab Emirates |
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12:15-13:00 |
Regional Input for the
Global Review of Health Information Access (Video
Conference from London) |
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13:00-14:00 |
Lunch break |
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14:00-14:45 |
Use of Internet and e-Mail
by Physicians in the Region: Results of a Survey by Dr
Najeeb Al-Shorbaji, Regional Adviser Health Information
and Telecommunication WHO/EMRO
(Survey :
English -
Arabic -
Farsi -
French) |
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14:45-15:00 |
Discussion |
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15:00-15:30 |
Use of Internet and e-Mail
by Physicians in Selected Countries: |
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Egypt by Dr Mohammed Sultan |
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Iran by Dr Kia Pakravan |
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Pakistan by Mr Mustafa Khawaja |
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15:30-15:45 |
The Accessibility of New
Information Technologies in Scientific Communication of
Academic Members with Faculty Library by Dr Zarrintan
M.H. and Mr Neshait S. Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz
University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Islamic Republic
of Iran |
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15:45:16:00 |
Discussion |
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16:00-16:15 |
Digital Library and
e-Learning: the Experience of King Hussein Cancer Center
Medical Library by Ms Alice Haddadin, Medical Librarian,
King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan |
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16:15-16:30 |
Implementation and Use of
Ovid's LinkSolver at American University of Beirut and
the Lebanese Mini Medical Consortium by Miss Hilda T. Nassar and Miss Aida Farha, Lebanon |
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16:30-16:45 |
The use of the Medline
full-text and health library resources in faculties of
Medicine in Egypt by Dr Shawky Salem and Mr Mohamed
Mustafa, ACML, Egypt |
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16:45-17:00 |
Ovid's LinkSolver: a
Consortium of Accumulated & Collective Knowledge Base
and Resource Sharing for EMRO Member Countries by Mr. Mahmoud Hussein. |
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Thursday, 25 November 2004
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08:30-09:00 |
World Summit on Information Society:
What has taken place and next phase?
Video Conference – Dr Joan
Dzenowagis, WHO/HQ |
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09:00-09:30 |
Digital
Images of Anatomy Tests as a Tool for
e-Learning by Dr Mohammed El-Rakhawi |
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09:30-09:45 |
The Role of the Digital (electronic)
Library in the development of the
Information Society by Mr Jamal
Yousef Bodair, University of Jordan,
Jordan |
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09:45-10.00 |
CD-ROM for Information-Searching Skills:
an Example of e-Learning for Users in
Remote Areas by Mr Ahmad Hajji, CDS-INAS,
Rabat, Morocco |
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10:00-10:15 |
ENSTINET Medical Information Services
Mrs. Ola
Lawrance, Director ENSTINET |
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10:15-10:30 |
The Role of
Virtual Libraries in Teaching and
Research in Parasitic Diseases: Where Do
We Stand? by Dr Seyed Mahmoud Sadjjadi,
Iran |
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10:30-10:45 |
Discussion |
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10:45-11:15 |
Coffee
break |
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11:15-11:30 |
Citation analysis tools: Web of Science
and Scopus by Ms Aida Farha and Ms
Hilda T. Nassar, Saab Medical Library,
American University of Beirut, Lebanon |
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11:30-11:45 |
Virtual Reference Desk (VRD): @sk A
Health Sciences Librarian in the Region
by Mr Hakim Bishawi, UAE |
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11:45-12:00 |
e-Learning
of Type 1 Medical Universities in Iran
by Dr MB Rokni, Iran |
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12:00-12:15 |
Bridging the Gap: Role of a Librarian in
e-Learning and Building the Information
Society by Ms Farah Cheema,
Pakistan |
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12:15-12:30 |
Saudi health
information network: a Proposed
Prototype by Mr Ahmed A. Khudair, City
University, United Kingdom |
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12:30-12:45 |
Developing an e-Learning Community at
Aga Khan University by Mr Syed Ahmed
Naqvi, Mr Ajmal Rizvi and Mr Hamza Akram,
The Aga Khan University, Karachi,
Pakistan |
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12:45-13:15 |
Discussion |
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13:15-13:45 |
Conclusions
and recommendations |
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13:45-14:00 |
Lunch break |
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14:00-14:30 |
Closing
session |
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