Dr. Mitra Amini Serves as Executive Secretary for 22nd Iranian Conference on Health Professions Education

Dr. Mitra Amini
Professor of Medicine
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Shiraz, Iran

Dr. Mitra Amini (IFI 2019) served as Executive Secretary for the 22nd Iranian Conference on Health Professions Education held virtually May 19-21 and sponsored by Shiraz University of Medical Sciences and the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education. The conference’s main themes were evolution and innovation in medical education, mission orientation, and distinction of academic mission in medical universities. Several FAIMER Fellows participated in the panel discussions and other events of the conference. Dr. Irma E. Erana-Rojas (IFI 2019) presented a keynote speech about the AMEE conference report. Dr. Sadia Masood (IFI 2019), Dr. Syed Jaffar Abbas Zaidi (IFI 2019), Dr. Latha Anandakrishna (IFI 2019), Dr. Christina D. George (IFI 2019), and Dr. Doni Widyandan (IFI 2019) presented their abstracts as short communication.

The conference included a roundtable discussion titled Research Supervision at FAIMER. Dr. Amini was joined for the roundtable by Dr. Prattama Santoso Utomo (IFI 2019), FAIMER Global Director Dr. Rashmi Vyas (IFI 2003), and International FAIMER Institute Project Advisor Dr. Bahvin Dalal. Dr. Utomo spoke about near-peer-assisted learning for preparing the national licensing examination, which was part of his FAIMER project. He also talked about the journey of a FAIMER Fellow, including the residential period, monthly meetings, and other information about FAIMER.

Next, Dr. Amini presented about her FAIMER project and her published article, Teaching Clinical Reasoning to Undergraduate Medical Students by Illness Script Method: A Randomized Controlled Trial, which resulted from her project. Dr. Vyas and Dr. Dalal presented the process of FAIMER Fellowship and underlined supervision, supervisory context, and the role of supervisors. At the end of the session, the participants expressed their positive feedback about the meeting and asked numerous questions concerning the FAIMER Fellowship program. Dr. Sucheta Dandekar (IFI 2010) coordinated the roundtable discussion and served as moderator.