BIOpsy: Educational opportunities @ Cyprus International Institute

The Cyprus International Institute for the Environment and Public Health, in association with the Harvard School of Public Health, is announcing the following educational programs and scholarships:

“We have a world class 1 year Masters Program in Environmental Health which is taught by faculty from Harvard and other prestigious scholars from around the globe. We are offering a number of scholarships for this program and are hoping you can help us by spreading the word to any interested students. The deadline to apply for Academic Year 08-09 is March 1st. There is no application fee and tuition for the year is 7500 Euros.

We also are offering the following two upcoming Continuing Professional Education Courses (you can locate the flyers of the events on our website under the Calendar section):

Treating Nicotine Addiction: What you can do to help your patients quit smoking. This 2 day training course will be taught by Drs. Greg Connolly, Dr Robert West, Dr Taru Kinnunen, and Dr Georges Saade. April 7 - 8, 2008 in Nicosia Cyprus. The course is modestly priced at 300 Euros and a number of scholarships will be offered. The registration deadline is March 20, 2008 and seats are limited.

Simple Things

let’s talk about our practice and how our training institutions expose us daily to a wealth of solutions. by keeping in mind a patient’s flow through the system, starting from the emergency department, the primary care provider’s office or the clinic and ending upon discharge to home or to rehab, we can pinpoint steps in the system which require a little attention and improvement. also, our academic curricula are a rich source of inspiration for upgrading or creating training programs back home.

think protocols, communication, training, safety, medications and devices, maintenance, documentation, quality assurance, patient education and satisfaction.

following are simple ways of improving our health care services: