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AOCN education vertical coordinates educational activities every Wednesday 8-9 PM IST called “AOCN Back to School Wednesdays”.
1. First Wednesday of the month: The first Wednesday evening consists of interesting case discussion alternating with journal club/journal review. These sessions are presented by Resident Doctors and moderated by their Institute Faculty. Students are provided with appreciation certificate from AOCN for their participation.
- a. In the interesting cases, completely worked up and undiagnosed cases despite extensive workup are discussed. This session is coordinated by Dr. Mini Sreedharan. Interested members may contact her for the same: drmini70@yahoo.com
- b. In the session called Upto Date in Pediatric Neurology: Journal Club cum journal review, latest interesting Journal Article is presented by the Resident and moderated by their Institute Faculty. In the same session, a short review of recent publications pertaining to the theme are presented as Journal review. This session is coordinated by Dr. Biswaroop Chakrabarty. Interested members may contact him for the same : biswaroopchakrabarty@gmail.com
2. The second Wednesdayare fundamental lecture series for paediatricians which highlights the recent advances in Pediatric Neurology. Topics are chosen which pertains to Pediatrician. This session is coordinated by Dr. Gurpreet Kochar (gurpreet.ped@gmail.com)
3. The third Wednesdays are advanced lecture series for pediatric neurologists. These lectures are targeted at practising pediatric neurologists. This series is coordinated by Dr. Vishal Sondhi (vishalsondhi@gmail.com)
4. The fourth Wednesdaysis Allied speciality lecture series where experts on basic science and allied speciality related to pediatric Neurology are invited to speak on interesting topics. This session is coordinated by Dr. Rachana Dubey Gupta (rachnadube@gmail.com) and Dr Sangeetha Yoganathan (doc_ys@yahoo.co.in)
Annual Education vertical Plan
Courses/CME/workshop under aegis of AOCN
The education vertical of AOCN is pleased to invite applications from all AOCN members on conducting various educational online activities under the aegis of AOCN.
Guidelines- Any life member of AOCN can apply for conducting their online activities like courses/workshops/CME/conferences under the aegis of AOCN for the year 2021-2022. The application needs to be proposed by a minimum of two AOCN members who will be coordinators for the academic program.
- AOCN will be happy to provide its online platform for the conduct of the activities along with secretarial help. The office secretary will be glad to help you coordinate with speakers and moderators for your program for the smooth conduct of the session.
- AOCN will be happy to disseminate the information to all its members through email. It will post your course program on its Facebook and Twitter page for wide dissemination.
- We look forward to supporting:
- a. Courses - dedicated themes, intense learning. Organizers must provide some pre-reading material. Courses with in-built assignments, ongoing assessment, and end course assessment would be given priority. Courses must be planned meticulously to deliver the objectives of the course. The activities must have a clear learning objective and must identify the target audience. The online platform used by AOCN has breakout rooms where small group discussions can happen. Courses may be over multiples of 2 days, Usually Saturdays and sundays. AOCN will be able to provide certificates on completion of the course. The certificate issued to the participant will clearly state “participation” and NOT for acquiring the desired competency. AOCN does not want participants to claim to acquire competency after attending the said course. Certificates handed over to participants will have the signature of AOCN office bearers in addition to the course coordinator.
- b. Webinar series - preferably theme-based, well-chosen speakers
- c. Webinar series - preferably theme-based, well-chosen speakers
- 5. Each application in the format below needs to be addressed to the president/secretary AOCN in the format below and duly emailed to the AOCN secretariat at aocn.india@gmail.com.
- 6. The application will be reviewed by the president and secretary and referred to the educational vertical of AOCN at their discretion. The recommendation/suggestions will be conveyed to the course organizer within 2-3 weeks of receiving the application.
- 7. The education vertical will ensure that there are no areas of conflict of interest. It will ensure that scientific content is appropriate. It will also ensure that there are no clashes of the dates with other pre-planned AOCN activities. AOCN will have no financial or legal responsibility. For financially supported activities conducted under the aegis of AOCN, we would request a fee of 20% of the surplus amount This should ideally be sent to AOCN within 3 months of course completion.
- 8. Applications are best submitted three months in advance before the conduct of the course/CME/webinar series.
- 9. AOCN may appoint one executive member from AOCN in your program to serve as an observer on behalf of AOCN.
We look forward to promoting your programs so that your efforts, skills, experience, and knowledge can be spread to the entire child neurology fraternity of our and neighboring countries. It is also a great opportunity to develop teamwork partnerships.
We eagerly look forward to the active participation of all AOCN members.