SBMS Education Working Group are pleased to invite you to our next in the seminar series for Syrian doctors who are new to the UK. The next session will be on Sunday 18th September 2022 between 1900-2000. Register below. Do also review our previous webinars and resources for Syrian doctors and dentists in the UK. […]
On 3rd April 2022, SBMS co-organised a webinar in Arabic for the general public on their health during Ramadan. It was broadcast live on facebook with more than 200 attendees. Please see here for the recording. We thank our chair and speakers Dr Mohamed Najjar, Dr Mohamed AlHadj-Ali (also of the Syrian Welsh Society,) […]
Former SBMS chair Dr Yaser Sabouni provides life-changing surgeries to Syrian refugees in Lebanon in collaboration with MAPS (Multi-Aid Programs) in March 2022 SBMS are pleased to announce the completion of a surgical mission named ‘Mission of Hope’ with MAPS (Multi-Aid Programs) with whom Dr Yaser Sabouni (SBMS’s former chair,) a highly-skilled paediatric orthopaedic consultant […]
Please see SBMS committee’s statement on the 11th anniversary of the Syrian uprisings: SBMS Committee Statement on 11th Anniversary of the Syrian uprising الترجمة العربية بالأسفل March 2022 marks eleven years since uprisings in Syria were violently suppressed leading to a protracted conflict which has led to widespread destruction, including of healthcare infrastructure as […]
We are pleased to announce our first webinar (Seminar for Syrian Dentists) aimed at Syrian dentists in the UK – which follows on from the successful seminar series for Syrian doctors. We already have Dr Yazan Douedari, a Syrian dentist who is now GDC registered and working in the UK confirmed; he will speak of […]
We continue to update our resources for Syrian doctors, dentists and pharmacists and keep this live document of relevant links. We have uploaded presentations and documents for our Seminar Series aimed at Syrian doctors in the UK and are planning our next seminar for dentists in the UK. Please visit our Projects section for further […]
Snowfalls in Syria and surrounding countries are having a dire impact on already vulnerable refugees in Lebanon and IDPs (Internally Displaced People) who remain in Syria. Many still live in tented settlements without proper heating. More information here and in other press. لا يزال أهلنا في المخيمات يعانون البرد القارس و الإفتقار لأدنى وسائل التدفئة […]
SBMS’ Education and Training committee have started their series of seminars to support Syrian doctors who are new to the UK system. So far, they have delivered sessions on the UK health system, a session with the GMC and a session on UK examinations. Next sessions will cover portfolios, job applications, interviews. Next seminar is […]
An important new paper from Ekzayez et al about ‘The impact of armed conflict on utilisation of health services in north-west Syria: an observational study’ Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Yasser Alhaj Ahmad, Hasan Alhaleb & Francesco Checchi Conflict and Health volume 15, Article number: 91 (2021) Read the full paper here and more details of Ekzayez’s work […]
In April 2019, the Syrian government and its ally, Russia, launched a major military offensive to retake Idlib governorate and surrounding areas in northwest Syria— one of the last areas controlled by anti-government armed groups. Over the next 11 months, the Syrian-Russian alliance showed callous disregard for the lives of the roughly 3 million civilians […]