Tele-Bridge / Tele-Conference with the University of Scranton (USA)

On April 22, 2016, Tele-Conference between the students and academic staff of the Faculty of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of TSMU and the students and academic staff of the relevant Faculty of the University of Scranton (US) was held at Tbilisi State Medical University under supervision of Prof. Lela Maskhulia, Dean of TSMU Faculty of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  The teleconference was attended by: academic staff of the Faculty of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Clinical Center of TSMU Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation.  Georgian students represented  two different strategies for treatment of  femoral bone small trochanter fracture, developed  and implemented at TSMU Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The cases were represented by: IV year students of the Faculty of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Nasim Delpaninejad, Ketevan Kvitsiani, Mari Chilingarashvili and Ketevan Sivsivadze. During the Tele-Conference discussions between Georgian and American students were held. The event was highly praised. They expressed their strong desire to continue cooperation and scheduled  the next conference, at which the clinical cases of American students will be represented.