MANOSMED Course
In collaboration with
The Lebanese Society for Obstetrics & Gynecology
Venue
Palace of the Lebanese Physicians Order
Tahwita, Beirut, LEBANON
Course Director
Professor Négib Geahchan
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Message of the Course Director
Dear doctors,
The Mastology Association for Northern and Southern
Mediterranean that started, at the end of the last century, as a
mobile university gathering a limited number of academic physicians
aiming to teach the art and science of Mastology (called also
Senology) succeeded, in the year 2010, to be recognized by
Montpellier University Faculty of Medicine as an official provider
of mastology education.
Starting by the coming course in Beirut, the mastology
courses organized by MANOSMED will be accredited for the Montpellier
diploma. Four courses passed with success will make the candidate
eligible for the diploma that will be delivered by the French
university.
The program of these courses covers all the diseases of
the breast and introduces the candidate to all the diagnostic and
therapeutic methods that are used in the management of these
diseases. Interactive sessions enrich the courses and help the
physician in his practical life.
General surgeons, Gynecologists, General practitioners,
Pathologists, Radiologists and Oncologists are all invited to
subscribe to the MANOSMED courses that give them, for sure, a rare
opportunity to enrich their knowledge and strengthen their clinical
practice without having to loose a complete year studying abroad the
discipline of Mastology.
Beirut is the first city to host twice a MANOSMED
course. The first one was organized in June 2006. A little more than
70 physicians registered and passed successfully that diploma
session. The Lebanese 2006 session was a great success and was
followed by the creation of the Lebanon chapter of MANOSMED. Ten
Lebanese physicians instituted this chapter and started preparing
the second course that will be offered on the 8th of June
2011.
Let us all engage in this important event that proves
that Lebanon is an important partner in the academic life of the
Mediterranean!
Let us all take advantage from this course that will facilitate, to the utmost, the acquisition of knowledge and the perfection of practice in the art and science of Senology.
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MASTOLOGY ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN & SOUTHERN MEDITERRANEAN
MANOSMED was created in 1991 in Barcelona (Spain) by eminent
physicians, working mainly on breast diseases. It was announced, for
the first time, in the meeting of the Spanish Association of
Senology, by professor Miguel Prats-Esteve. The first president of
MANOSMED, professor Jean-Louis Lamarque was also elected in
this meeting.
Later on, professor Mourou (Monaco) and Agnantis (Greece) served as
presidents of MANOSMED. The present president is
professor Stephanos Zervoudis from the University of Ioannina
(Greece). The present executive board comprises one Lebanese member,
professor Négib
Geahchan,
from Saint Joseph University, and president of the Lebanese Society
for General surgery.
A
Lebanese chapter was instituted in 2006, at the moment of the first
course given in Lebanon. This chapter comprises eminent breast
specialists who are devoted to the progress of science in Senology.
Some of these specialists became, later on, members of MANOSMED
International: Saad Bizri, Georges Aftimos and Michel Saadé.
This association, started in 2002, to organize annual courses in the
Mediterranean countries. In the concept of a mobile university, all
its members, who are exclusively university physicians, chose
voluntarily to move from their homeland to where the course is given
and to share their knowledge and experience with their fellows of
the Mediterranean area. The following courses have been organized
since 2002:
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2002: Hammamet, Tunisia, organized by professor Radhi Hamza
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2003: Ioannina, Greece, organized by professor Niki Agnantis
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2004: Alexandria, Egypt, organized by professor Omar Omar
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2005: Bucharest, Romania, organized by professor Alexandru Blidaru
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2006, Beirut, Lebanon, organized by professor Négib Geahchan
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2007, Bari, Italy, organized by professor Vincenzo Lattanzio
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2008, Montpellier, France, organized by professors Jean-Bernard
Dubois and Jean-Pierre Daurès
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2009, Tartous, Syria,
organized by professor Hassan Jadid
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2010, Geneva, Switzerland, organized by professor Georges Vlastos
In 2010, Montpellier University, the home university of the first
president of MANOSMED Jean-Louis Lamarque decided to create the
DIU MANOSMEDI Diploma of Mastology and agreed that the
Mediterranean association is the exclusive official provider of the
senology education that leads to this certification. The courses
organized by MANOSMED will all be accredited by Montpellier
University. The first course to be academically recognized will be
given in Beirut, in June 2011. Beginning in 2011, two courses will
be proposed annually, one in the spring and the second in the
autumn.
The candidates, physicians in practice or residents, are supposed,
for the obtention of the diploma, to register in 4 courses of
their choice, and to pass the written exams that will be locally
proposed at the end of the courses. The diploma is equivalent to
10 ECTS and should be transferable to European universities.
After the Beirut course, the next meetings are scheduled in
Marrakech (Morocco) and Paphos (Cyprus).
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INVITATION TO MANOSMED COURSE OF JUNE 2011
In 2010, the University of Montpellier Faculty of Medicine decided
to create the MANOSMEDI DIU (Diplôme Interuniversitaire de
Mastologie) offered
to physicians and students who register to MANOSMED courses taking
place in different Mediterranean countries. The candidate is asked
to register to four courses and to pass successfully the
written exams which follow immediately the courses.
Each course is a 3-day event
(≈ 25 hours of didactic lectures, seminars and case discussion),
which means that, for a candidate to receive the DIU diploma, a
total amount of 100 teaching hours is required.
MANOSMED Executive Committee decided in its last meeting that the
different courses of MANOSMED will cover different areas in the art
and science of Senology. There will be sessions on Benign Diseases
of the Breast, Early Breast Cancer, Advanced Breast Cancer and
Exploration of the Breast Diseases. The candidate will be asked to
assist to four courses covering these four areas, in order to
fulfill all his educational objectives.
The Lebanese course will be dedicated to the BENIGN DISEASES AND
CONDITIONS OF THE BREAST. This will be covered by ten sessions,
of 90 minutes each, and two seminars of Radiology and Pathology.
Each lecture (of a total of 60 communications) is restricted to 12
minutes, and followed by a 3-minute discussion or clarification.
The session moderators will plan the session and the discussion. All
teaching lecturers are asked to limit their interventions to the
exact title of their lectures and to give precise and up to date
information. They are allowed a total number of 30 slides maximum.
The final written exam will cover all the given lectures and will be
comprehensive and interactive. A certificate of success will be
given to those who pass this exam, while those who participate to
the course, do not wish to pass the exam or do not succeed will
receive a certificate of attendance.
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