Chairman’s Report November 2008 Dr S H Jawed

Looking to the Future

• More Inclusiveness
• More Responsiveness
• Strengthening Democracy
• New Initiatives – Education, Training
• Further increase in Membership
• Financial Transparency

Chairman’s Report

• Another memorable Year
• Progress on Last Years Agenda
• Several New Initiatives
• 2nd Well Attended Annual Conference, in a row
  

General

• Counselling & Mentoring Juniors
• Clinical Attachments
• Help with GMC Registrations
• Temporary Job Placements
• Examination Coaching
• Helping Article 14 Applicants
• Interview Skills Training
• DoH Consultation on MMC
• Meeting with Board of International Affairs
• Increasing awareness about BPPA
• Supporting Middle Grade Doctors’ eligibility to take membership examinations
  • Mobilising other Association
  • Writing to the President
• Highlighting Members achievements
• Supporting Psychiatry in Pakistan
  • Lectures/workshops at conferences
  • Facilitating support to local departments
  • Young Researcher of the Year Award/ Public Education Award
    

More Inclusive

• Discounted Membership Fee for Trainees
• Discounted Membership Fee for Retired Members
• Discounted 5 Years Membership Fee
• Continuing Membership Drive
• Continuing Encouragement of Female Members
• Continuing Encouragement of Second Generation
• Active Involvement of Membership
• Reaching out potential members
• Seeking Out their opinion
• Encouraging them and including them in BPPA’s activities
  

Great Partnership 2008

• Another success
• Healthy Participation of BPPA Members – 45
• BPPA Speaker – Prof Atif Rahman
• Special Presentation to Prof Rahman & Dr A Javed
  

Regional Meeting

Education & Training

The BPPA Awards

The Young Researcher of the Year

• 2007 – 0 Applicant
• 2008 – 6 Applicants

The Clinical Audit Award

• 2007 – 6 Applicants
• 2008 – 9 Applicants

The Public Education Award

• 2008 – 2 Applicants

New – The BPPA Award of Excellence

The 7th BPPA Annual Conference

Registration Fee

• Revenues
• Discounted Rates
• Study Leave
  

Total Registrations 106 (130)

President of the College as Keynote Speaker
Highest ever number of BPPA Presenters

• 20 Oral Presentations
• 14 Poster Presentations

Conference Supplement
Members share the limelight – Transparent criteria
Consultants/Non Consultants?

The 7th BPPA Annual Conference

Course on Community Health in Pakistan

• Various discussions with Pakistani Psychiatrists in UK & Pakistan
• First Proposed at the February 2008 Executives meeting
• Project Group – HJ, FY, MA, Safi Afghan
• Safi Prepared the first draft of a Working Paper – April 2008

Course on Community Health in Pakistan

• High Estimated prevalence of Mental Health Problems
• The indicators of public health and primary health care (World Health Report 2007) show that large segment of population do not have access to clean and safe drinking water, education, immunisation against communicable diseases. The other indicators having indirect impact on mental health are poor maternal health, high infant and maternal mortality and morbidity rates.
• Untreated depression and high suicide rates particularly in young unemployed highlighted in media reports.
• Most of the recognised mental health care in Pakistan restricted to few urban centres e.g. 17 out of 22 districts in Sindh province do not have any Psychiatrist.
• Even in developed countries >80% of mental health problems treated in Primary Care
  

Course on Community Health in Pakistan

This course would be aimed at primary care physicians and other allied professions, especially in remote areas, in order to improve awareness and management of common psychiatric disorders in the community.

Course on Community Health in Pakistan
Guiding Principles

• Adherence to recognised International Standards
• Appropriate and relevant to our needs
• Should be sustainable
• Affordable & Self Reliant – on our own resources (i.e. not reliant on a time limited grant or funding)
• Capacity Building of local resources
• Effectiveness of the course should be measurable/auditable

Course on Community Health in Pakistan

• Discussions with BIA-RCPsych – Kenyan Project
• FY & Robeena Ismail conducted a Workshop in Lahore – April 2008
• Discussions with Pak Psychiatrists attending a conference in Birmingham in June 08 – Safi, Iftikhar Ahmad, HJ & Shahid Quraishi

Course on Community Health in Pakistan

• Details of the Kenyan Project Received – July 2008
• Electronic Communications with Prof Haroon Ahmed – July 08 – Safi, HJ, Shahid Quraishi
• PAMH Project Details Received – Aug 2008

How do we do it?

Group Work

Group 1 – What is already there?
a) Include community support systems, examples of community mental health services already in existence b) current undergraduate / postgraduate training in community psychiatry
Group 2 – Who should we aim this course at?
a) Include current care patterns/pathway in less developed districts b) identify potential beneficiaries of the course c) identify the incentives that will attract them to do such a course
Group 3 – Who should we choose as partners/sponsors?
a) To make the course more attractive b) To enable the participants to enrol without much obstruction c) to receive logistic support and resources d) to ensure continuity/sustainability e) for local capacity building
Group 4 – What should be the Course Contents?
We must be realistic and practical but agree on a minimum recognised standard
a) What should be the knowledge component? b) What should be the skills component? c) What should be the experience component? d) Do we need any other components?
Group 5 – How should we assess the effectiveness of the course?

Course on Community Health in Pakistan
Next Steps

1. A bullet pointed summary document of all the discussion/work so far
2. To be circulated to all the members for their views and expression of interest
3. Used as an agenda for a meeting of all those interested to contribute to facilitate a structured discussion
4. Curriculum Development
5. Course Material Development including assessment processes
6. Training the Master Trainers
7. Pilot Course

Course on Community Health in Pakistan

• However we have to consider
• Financial Implications – Huge & Continuing Commitment
• AGM’s support and approval
  •   - Transparency

What is the Evidence?

Looking to the Future

• More Inclusiveness
• More Responsiveness
• Strengthening Democracy
• New Initiatives – Education, Training
• Further increase in Membership
• Financial Transparency