{"id":139552,"date":"2021-12-02T16:54:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T12:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ysmu.am\/norutyunner\/a-debate-competition-was-held-at-ysmu\/"},"modified":"2021-12-02T16:54:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T12:54:32","slug":"a-debate-competition-was-held-at-ysmu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ysmu.am\/en\/news\/a-debate-competition-was-held-at-ysmu\/","title":{"rendered":"A debate competition was held at YSMU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first session of the International Medical\/Ethical competition was successfully conducted by the YSMU Faculty Council of International Students in collaboration with the Debate club of the university&rsquo;s Students&rsquo; Parliament.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event comprised of 2 debated between 4 teams. The participants of all the teams were randomly selected and segregated based on equal distribution in order to have teams with equal strengths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The adjudicators for the event were: Gayane Avetisyan, Dean of International students; Aram Baykov, Head of Department of Academic Affairs and Pharmacology; Artem Grigoryan, Head of Department of pathophysiology, Rahul Anil Sethi, Head of Department of International Cooperation; and Vahagn Petrosyan, President of International Affairs Department of YSMU Students&rsquo; Parliament.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The topics for the debate were given to the teams exactly 24 hours before the debate competition. The first debate was on the topic &ldquo;Should there be criminal offence for medical errors?&rdquo; to which Teams 1 &amp; 2 presented their arguments in a strategic and structured manner. The second debate started between Teams 5 &amp; 6 on the topic &ldquo;Is Botox more harmful than useful?&rdquo;. Both teams were very convincing in their arguments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The judges really appreciated the hard work and research put in by all the participants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The winners of the debates were Team 2 and Team 5 respectively who will be moving on to the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event was concluded by appreciation speeches by all the adjudicators who commended the efforts of the Organizing Committee and Students&rsquo; Parliament. The judges also inspired the young minds by sharing their personal and professional advice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The next session of the debate competition will be held on December 3, 2021 between Teams 3 &amp; 4, and Teams 7 &amp; 8.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first session of the International Medical\/Ethical competition was successfully conducted by the YSMU Faculty Council of International Students in collaboration with the Debate club of the university&rsquo;s Students&rsquo; Parliament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-139552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A debate competition was held at YSMU - Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ysmu.am\/en\/news\/a-debate-competition-was-held-at-ysmu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A debate competition was held at YSMU - Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The first session of the International Medical\/Ethical competition was successfully conducted by the YSMU Faculty Council of International Students in collaboration with the Debate club of the university&rsquo;s Students&rsquo; 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