EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR LOCAL SPECIALISTS
An important pillar of Gift of Life’s work is the funding of an Educational Programme for the medical specialists who treat our patients in local clinics. The programme provides professional development and educational opportunities for local oncologists and scientists specialising in paediatric cancer. It gives the doctors from the CIS region an opportunity to acquire knowledge of ground-breaking discoveries in cancer research and learn innovative medical methods used by their international counterparts, and in turn share this expertise with their colleagues.
Since 2011 with the generous support of our donors, Gift of Life has managed to provide educational and development programmes for more than 100 cancer specialists in local clinics helping to save hundreds more lives.
Why this matters
Medicine is in an area of rapid development and constant growth in knowledge, and cancer treatment in particular is an ever-evolving field. Doctors need to constantly learn and improve their skills for the successful treatment of patients with oncological and haematological diseases.
“If a doctor today is not informed of new procedures, they do not “move” medicine forward, and in ten years they become useless, not even understanding what drugs to use in treatment. And vice versa, with constant training, a doctor won’t fear that their knowledge will become outdated, and therefore they are actively practicing, saving hundreds of children’s lives,” says Dr Mikhail Maschan (MD, DSc), Deputy Director General of the Dmitry Rogachev National Medical Research Centre.
How we help
With the Gift of Life’s support, local doctors and medical scientists attend leading international symposia and conferences, which remain an indispensable mechanism for the transfer of knowledge in medical profession. They have an excellent opportunity to share experience and reinforce professional relationships.
Without these networking and sharing forums it wouldn’t be possible to create new treatment technologies so that patients in the CIS receive them no later than patients in the USA or Europe.
Gift of Life pays for registration fees for the specialists to take part in international conferences and covers the travel and accommodation costs.
In addition, Gift of Life encourages the leading international specialists to visit local partner clinics for consultations, lectures, master classes, and joint surgical operations with local doctors. Gift of Life pays for their travel and local visa expenses.
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