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Saudi EBM Working Groups - Western Region - Al Madinah EBM Working Group

Madinah EBM Working Group
Group Leader

Dr. Khalid Saad Al Ghamdi
Consultant, Family and Community Medicine
Postgraduate Training Center
Al Madinah Al Monawara Ministry of Health, Madina,KSA

Address

Postgraduate Training Center
Al Madinah Al Monawara Ministry of Health
P.O. Box 3473, Al Madinah, K.S.A.

Email ghamdiks@hotmail.com
Web none

 

Mission & Vision:

MissionTrain the Medical and Paramedical staff on E.B.M practices, using the best available  resources to improve the health of individuals, families and community.
VisionAl-Madinah E.B.M Group is the best source for teaching EBM practices.

Objectives
In accordance with the vision & mission statements EBM-MWG adopts the following goals and objectives:
1 Train the medical and paramedical staff (Physicians and Nurses) on the skill of EBM.
2 Enlighten the worker in the health facilities about the idea of EBM.
3 Train the postgraduate family physicians on the skills of EBM.
4 Appraise the medical literature that involves the patient management and diagnosis.
5 Advise the other health sectors in Al-Madinah city about the practice of EBM when needed.

Members
1 Dr. Khalid Saad Al-Ghamdi
2 Dr. Abdulelah Tali Al-Shairi
3 Dr. Aysha Ibrahim Al-Sagheir
4 Dr. AbdulWahab Ghormalla Al-Ghamdi
5 Dr. Sami Abdullah Al-Rehaili
6 Dr. Samia Sedeeg Saber
7 Dr. Hassan Ali Al-Thubyane
8 Dr. Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Sagheir
9 Dr. Khalid Daifalla Al-Harbi

Achievements
1 Conducted so far 4 workshops on EBM skills.
2 Liaised with Jeddah EBM group on conducting the 3rd. workshop in April 2005.
3 Conducted a field work survey on the awareness of physicians about EBM.
4 Appraised several papers in the teaching program of postgraduate in Family Medicine.
5 Conducted several lectures to explain the idea of EBM in the different health facilities in  Al-Madinah
6 Individual subscription to the UpToDate and clinical evidence this year 2007.
7 Two of our trainers joined the course in Jeddah for training the trainers.
8 A new member (trained at McMaster) joined our group this year 2007 (Dr. Ahmed Al-Sagheir).
9 Weekly Journal Club.

Future Plans
1 5th EBM- Workshop is to be conducted this year (19th -21st May 2007).
2 Extend our activities to train as many doctors and nurses in Al-Madinah city as possible.
3 Reinforce the cooperation with NGCEBM,Riyadh, Jeddah and other EBM groups elsewhere.
4 Update our group with up to date knowledge and skills in this field (EBM).
5 Cooperate with international EBM groups.
6 Open to include more active members in this EBM working group.
7 Another member from McMaster in joining us soon (Dr. Khalid Alfalih).
8 Accreditation of this center is in the final stages from the Saudi Council for health specialties.
9 Teaching the Idea of information mastery, and how to link or subscribe to ready made evidence information sites.
10 About to subscribe with the Cochrane library.

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