tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698898461035986372011-08-01T17:21:13.788+01:00Welcome to our blog, in association with Hopeland Institute. Join other Algerian doctors, nurses and medical professionals online. Share and discuss the lastest news, share information, raise concerns, find solutions, make contacts.......the possibilities are endless. Hopeland Institute makes learning Medical English convenient, practical, efficient and fun!Hopeland Institutehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16780860499277032078noreply@blogger.comBlogger391100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-769889846103598637.post-16461174881589711922011-07-30T12:38:00.003+01:002011-07-30T12:51:57.974+01:00

The plight of Algerian residents on strike has sparked interest in the United States.We received the following request from Jack dePaolo to put him in contact with residents willing to share their experiences.Hi, my name is Jack dePaolo, I am an MD / PhD student in the United States, at Louisiana State University in New Orleans. I am also affiliated with Medscape http://www.medscape.com/

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It is with great excitement that I bring you news of Medical English classes at Hopeland Institute.Whilst demand for these classes has waned over the past few years, new interest is being shown by Algerian doctors and vets keen to learn English designed to help them understand medical terminology.It is hoped that new classes will start in Cheraga in September and those hoping to benefit are

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This is an Algerian magazine written in English. It is about Algeria and other parts of the world. The aim of this magazine is to help Algerians in learning English and inform the world about different aspects of Algeria.There will, insha'Allah be 2 medically related pages, one for the general public and one for doctors.If you would like to write anything for the magazine, please email me.We are

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I received a message in my Facebook inbox about Meda Doc advertising jobs for Algerian medics abroad. Not sure if it's of use to anyone?

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Last week in my outpatient clinic, I met a lady who told me that she misses her homeland, she misses the weather, her family and the lifestyle. I asked her what was stopping her returning and was shocked when she told me it was the health service. She had had previous surgery in the UK and was concerned that if she ever left and the problem returned, she would not be able to afford the care

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Are you involved in Clinical Research in Algeria?Are you able to get your work published nationally or Internationally?How do you get access to International research? I'm really interested to hear your experiences.

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As of the 1st of January 2010, there have been 47 deaths and 746 cases of H1N1 virus in Algeria. In the UK there have been 303 deaths. As a healthcare professional I had the vaccine last week in London to protect my patients. Apart from a heavy arm, I had no other side effects, although I heard that a doctor in Setif died 9 hours after having the injection?What is the current mood in your

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The staff at Hopeland Institute are in the process of collating articles to produce a magazine in English for Algerians. It is proposed that there will be a medical article in each issue and therefore I am asking for your help.If you are interested in contributing to this venture, we are looking for medically focused articles in English which can be submitted to me directly at mahdiyyahbensaid@

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May I take this opportunity to wish you all a New Year full of happiness and prosperity, good health and the motivation to achieve all your goals.I was thrilled to hear this week that one of our first Medical English students was in London recently studying cardiology and another has been successful in her application to study abroad in her chosen field. May I congratulate them both on their

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Vacancy AnnouncementU.S. EmbassyAlgiers, AlgeriaVacancy Announcement# 51-2009OPEN TO: All Interested CandidatesPOSITION: Medical Secretary, FSN-7*; FP-7**OPENING DATE: December 8, 2009CLOSING DATE: Open Until FilledWORK HOURS: Full-time; 40 hours/weekCOMPENSATION: DZD 719,899* (Grade 7) *This represents the total annual compensation including salary, bonus and benefits.**Not-Ordinarily Resident

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The DGRSDT Jointly with ACA and CERIST announce the opening of registration for the winter university to be held at CERIST facilities in Algiers in December 19-29. The courses will be taught by Algerian experts working in renowned international institutions and companies. The goal of the program is to promote the excellence in knowledge transfer and exchange between skilled Algerians living

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Edinburgh is very proud of its great tradition of medical pioneers so I thought I’d just outline one or two here to highlight the importance of Scotland in Medical History.Photos from left to right, top to bottom: Littlejohn, Fleming, Wilmut, Simpson and Lister.Sir James Young Simpson (7 June 1811 – 6 May 1870) was a Scottish doctor and an important figure in the history of medicine. Simpson

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During the time on the 'Teaching English for Medicine' course, the story of Burke and Hare in 1827 was recounted numerous times. In order to run a successful School of Medicine, one requires 3 things:A student bodyTeaching bodies and Dead bodies (or cadavers) However, due to mainly religious reasons, it was against the law to use a human body for resection. This led to 'gravediggers' or '

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'Scottish Royal College of Surgeons - Surgeons Hall'During the ‘Teaching English for Medicine’ course which I recently attended in Edinburgh, we were fortunate enough to listen to a talk given by J.S Moffat M.A (St Andrews). I would like to share my notes with you. May Allah have mercy on me if I noted anything inaccurately.In the Dark Ages Scotland was not densely populated and hunter gatherers

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Hopeland is pleased to announce that it is currently developing Medical English language trips for previous Hopeland Medical English students.This is an opportunity to benefit from individually tailored 1:1 Medical English classes with a British native speaker with 17 years NHS experience combined with visits to the largest medical bookshops, speciality specific museums and events in London.This

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Having been in Algeria for 2 years, I was unaware that in late 2007, the Department of Health brought in guidance that all medical personnel should be bare below the elbow without exception. The document itself can be found here: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_078433?IdcService=GET_FILE&dID=162876&Rendition=WebAlthough there is no

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This is me receiving my certificate following the 'Teaching English for Medicine' course which I attended in Scotland in early August. The course was designed to enable teachers of Medical English to offer the best courses possible based on knowing where to access appropriate resources and how to adapt them to the students needs.The course will enable me to offer specific sejour linguistique

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It is very important for me to ensure that the Medical English Programme at Hopeland Institute remains the most up-to-date and student focused course of it's kind. With this in mind, students are asked to provide an evaluation of the course including what they found good about it and which areas could be improved.I am proud to include their responses in this post and look forward to working with

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Firstly, I would like to say how proud I am of the Medical English graduates. They have shown true dedication and commitment to the 6 month programme and I have been impressed and inspired by their determination, especially during the past few weeks when they have almost lived at the school in order to achieve the grades they require!!Some have progressed beyond my wildest imagination through

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Congratulations to all my Medical English students who graduated on Thursday the 16th of July 2009!! I’m so proud of you!At the graduation ceremony, Dr Lindsay Edouard, Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Algeria, gave a fascinating talk entitled ‘From Medicine to International Development’.This was followed by a short speech by myself, a presentation of the

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Today, we had the great pleasure to be invited to Club Hippique to discuss the Medical English Programme with doctors in Blida. The day was organised by Dr Amine Rahmi, President of the Association for Private Doctors in the Wilaya of Blida and was kindly sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline.Dr Rahmi gave a brief introduction which was followed by a presentation on 'Seretide' for the prevention of

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After 18 months of Medical English at Hopeland Institute, I would just like to give a brief resume of how the course has developed so far and whether I think it has a future in Algeria.Following 3 months preparation of the course, the first class began in January 2008 with 4 dedicated students. Although designed as a six month course (6 hours, one day a week), the course’s inbuilt flexibility

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On the 25th of June 2009, Hopeland Institute celebrated its 2nd Anniversary by holding an Open Day from 09.00-20.00. As the photos will testify, we had a wonderful day sharing the school’s achievements with the teachers, students, parents and the general public.Medical English books and other resources were on display to view and the accompanying CD’s available to listen to. Photos and samples

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I would like to share my proud moment with you as it came completely unexpected but very much appreciated.At CLUB Hopeland on the 19th March, I was busy taking photographs of Mr Zulkifly Abdul Malek, Charge d'Affaires at the Malaysian Embassy who was giving a talk in English on Opportunities in Malaysia. The Director of Studies announced that she would like Mr Abdul Malek to present a couple of

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Medical English Teacher Job OpportunityHopeland Institute, Algeria, is now looking for a Medical English teacher to support the work of the Director of Medical English studies.Requirements:3-5 years of medical experience1-2 years of teaching experienceAdvanced English proficiencyMotivated, hard-working professionalConvivial and inspiring but disciplined teaching styleThrives on

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Hello friends. My apologies for neglecting my duty to update this blog as often as I should, however, I am pleased to bring good news about my project in Algeria.As the previous post details, the graduates of the last Medical English class were presented with their certificates by the British Ambassador at a CLUB Hopeland event on the 22nd January this year. This coincided with the start of the

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British / Algerian Relations in 2009On Thursday the 22nd of January 2009, Hopeland Institute had the pleasure of welcoming His Excellency Andrew Henderson, British Ambassador in Algeria, and his wife, Julia, to give a talk in English on British / Algerian Relations in 2009.He began by outlining a brief history to date:· In 1585, Queen Elizabeth the 1st established the Barbary Trade Company which

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In October, Club Hopeland had the pleasure of welcoming Mr Da’oud Rosa, coming to Algeria from Hartford, Connecticut, USA and Australia’s Gold Coast for a talk in English on Drug and Alcohol counselling.He began by highlighting the fact that tackling Australia’s drug problem is an ongoing fight.Heroin from Thailand and cocaine from South America coupled with the country’s own perfect

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On the 28th August, Club Hopeland had the pleasure of welcoming Mrs Jenny Henry, an American health care professional and English teacher, all the way from Nashville, Tennessee (currently living in Blida) to give a talk in English entitled: ‘Healthcare: Algeria v the USA’.Just before her talk some of my medical English students (pictured below), joined English speaking expats for a meal with an

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I was quite taken by surprise that my last blog was indeed in April!!!! I have no excuses other than the obvious but rather predictable, 'I've been so busy!' so I won't try and make up anything less plausible.These 4 months have seen the first course of Medical English through to completion although the students still have some classes to redeem due to on-call and conference commitments before

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At the same conference detailed in my last post, I was introduced to a medical journal called 'Prescrire'. In each edition, one of the articles has been translated into English. This would make an excellent reading exercise with the translation readily available should you have any difficulties. I suggest you check it out!If you want to publish your work in English in this, or any other

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Whilst attending the 4th GP conference at Hamma this week, I took the opportunity to look around the library. I was surprised to see so many English books but sad that there were so few medical books to loan, pharmacology, first aid, nursing and tests in medical english were among the 5 books on the shelf. There is, however, a reference section where I was shown modern medical reference books in

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"Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" by Gregory Y. Titelman says the above phrase 'you made your bed, now you lie in it', has been traced back to about 1590 and is related to the fifteenth century French proverb 'Comme on fait son lit, on le treuve' (As one makes one's bed, so one finds it). It was included in George Herbert's collection of proverbs in 1640 and in James

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Hi to all,I mentionned my dream in a previous blog entry but don't worry, I haven't lost sight of it already.It's just that I met a doctor yesterday with a very interesting proposition.Obviously far more realistic than I, he suggested that future conferences could start to have one session / poster/ symposium etc in English to start with, which had escaped me despite it being a very sensible and

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On Thursday, we had the second full day of teaching Medical English at Hopeland Institute. It gave me great pleasure to be involved in engaging discussions about ethical decisions we, as healthcare workers, make every day and learn more about how the resources and culture in Algeria affect the decisions made.We debated how much, when and even if a patient should be told about their condition,

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Well I've had quite a productive week this week! I found out that despite not finding a great deal of information on 'health issues' in Algeria when performing a Google search, there is, in fact, a wealth of information and things going on if you know where to look!I had the good fortune to meet Professor Abid at Bainem Hospital on Wednesday and he introduced me to a number of very informative

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Hi to all you English speaking medical people here in Algeria!Let me introduce myself. My name is Louise and I'm an English teacher based in Algeria.I have 17 years experience in the Health Service in the United Kingdom as a Gastrointestinal Nurse Specialist, trained to perform endoscopies independently and responsible for the training of doctors and nurses within my field.Following a course in

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