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The first ”WFUMB Training for the Trainers Ultrasound Workshop” was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 6-8, 2002.
The course was a result of cooperation between the Bangladesh Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and Research, the Bagladesh Society of Ultrasonography, Dr. Kanu Bala and WFUMB Education Committee, Dr. K. Vairojanavong and Dr. H. Lutz. Chairman of the project was Dr. K. Vairojanavong.
The Honorary Lecturer team was Dr. H. Lutz, WFUMB Immediate Past-President, Dr. H. Watanabe, WFUMB President, Dr. H. Gharbi, WFUMB Vice-President 2, Dr. K. Vairojanavong, WFUMB Vice-President 1 and Dr. J.K. Han, Seul, Korea.
37 Medical Doctors, 35 from Bangladesh and 2 from Sri Lanka, with at least one year of experience in the field of Medical Ultrasound, participated actively in the course.
The coures was held in the Auditorium of the Bangladesh Society of Ultrasonography in Dhaka. The program included a wide variety of diagnostic medical ultrasonographical items such as abdominal, gynecological, obstetrical, urological, pediatric, tropical and interventional ultrasound, as well as an important workshop on ”How to organize an Ultrasound Workshop”.
In a panel discussion on how to organize an Ultrasound Workshop every panelist presented their personal experience, and an open discussion followed. Finally, the aim of this education workshop “ Training for the Trainers” was discussed. Three participants from the provinces announced that they will run hands-on training at their institutes, teaching junior doctors who are not able to attend courses in Dhaka.
The Bangladesh Society of Ultrasonography has, for several years, been running a “Certificate” course which takes six months of training as well as a “Diploma” course which takes 12 months of training. These two courses will be continued in Dhaka.
The ”WFUMB Training for the Trainers Ultrasound Workshop” will be repeated in Dhaka in 2003.
Members of this project are B. Choi, C. Chiang, M. Kudo.
A very successful WFUMB “Training for the Trainers” Ultrasound Workshop was organized by B, Choi on January 21-23, 2004 at the Philippine Children’s Medical Center in Quezon City, Philippines. The purpose of this “Training for the Trainers” program was to provide ultrasound training knowledge, the techniques of scanning and interpretation, to those who become the trainers, and are competent to train others who are new in the field of diagnostic ultrasound. Six faculty members (B. Choi , H. Watanabe, G. McNally , M. Kudo, L. Fernandez, K. Vairojanavong) conducted the program and the Local Organizers cooperated whole heartedly; 22 lectures on different topics of ultrasound and hands-on training were conducted. Selected trainers from the different training institutions and regions of the Philippines attended the three day workshop in a very academic atmosphere.
A further “Training for the Trainers” Course in Asia is proposed by B. Choi, for the year 2004, for about 30 participants with at least one year of US experience. Course duration would be 3 days. Potential sites are China, India and Indonesia. Date yet unfixed: probably between November 2004 to February 2005.
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