Day 1

Time

Subject

Speakers

Workshops 1 to 5: (8am to 9.30am)
Rooms: A to E

8am to 9.30am

Workshop (1): (Restricted for physicians only)
Bedside thoracic ultrasound – Hands on workshop -

A. Y. Elemamali (Qatar), M. Hameed (Qatar), A. Elmoheen (Qatar),  R. Mustafa (Qatar), L. Ghali (Qatar)

8am to 9.30am

Workshop (2): (Restricted for physicians only)

Bedside abdominal ultrasound – Hands on workshop -

A. Azad (Qatar), K. Bashir (Qatar), D. Shukla (Qatar), L. Lamie (Qatar), Z. Elazab (Qatar)

8am to 9.30am

Workshop (3): (Restricted for physicians only)

Challenging ECGs: from the easiest to the more puzzling

A. Patel (Qatar), F. Alkindi (Qatar)

8am to 9.30am

Workshop (4): (Restricted for physicians only)
Challenging acute medicine management: an interactive case-based discussion

M. Zahid (Qatar), I. Kamal (Qatar)

8am to 9.30am

Workshop (5): (Open for all allied health professionals)

Quality improvement: improving healthcare quality locally and internationally

A. Kartha (Qatar), A. Johns (Qatar)

9.30am to 10am

Coffee Break

Workshops 7 to 12: (10am to 11.30am)
Rooms: A to E

10am to 11.30am

Workshop (6): (Restricted for physicians only)
Bedside thoracic ultrasound – Hands on workshop

A. Y. Elemamali (Qatar), M. Hameed (Qatar), A. Elmoheen (Qatar),  R. Mustafa (Qatar), L. Ghali (Qatar)

10am to 11.30am

Workshop (7): (Restricted for physicians only)

Bedside abdominal ultrasound – Hands on workshop

A. Azad (Qatar), K. Bashir (Qatar), D. Shukla (Qatar), L. Lamie (Qatar), Z. Elazab (Qatar)

10am to 11.30am

Workshop (8): (Restricted for physicians only)
Thoracic imaging: from basic to advanced

H. A-Sattar (Qatar), A. Hussien (Qatar)

10am to 11.30am

Workshop (9): (Restricted for physicians only)
Challenging cases in diabetes mellitus

M. Eledrisi (Qatar)

10am to 11.30am

Workshop (10): (Restricted for physicians only)
How to be a more critical reader of the medical literature

C. Laine (USA), A-N Elzouki (Qatar),
S. Suliaman (Qatar)

Time

Title

Speakers

Workshop 11 : (8am to 9.30am)

8am to 9:30am

Workshop (6): (For nurses & allied health professionals)

Allied Health Professionals Role in Patient Care:

     - Sepsis management
     - IV Fluids management
     - Recognition of deteriorating patients   

A Labib (HMC-Qatar), M. Errayes (HMC-Qatar), M. Thakur (HMC-Qatar)

9.30am to 10am

Coffee Break and Prayer Time

Workshop 12: (10am to 11.30am)

10am to 11:30am

Workshop (12): (For nurses and allied health professionals)

Allied Health Professionals Role in Patient Safety, Advocacy and  Satisfaction: 
     - Patient safety
     - Stressand burnout in healthcare providers 
     - Patient satisfaction & Improving communication

A. Zorgani (Libya), A. Kartha (HMC-Qatar), E. Swallmeh (HMC-Qatar)

Time

Title

Speaker

12.15pm to 5pm

Session 1: Old diseases, New treatment (12pm to 3:30pm)

Chairpersons: S. Alemadi (Qatar), M. Al-Mohannadi (Qatar), A. Khanji (Qatar),M. Uddin (Qatar)  

12pm to 12.25pm

Diagnostic tests in rheumatology: what's old, what's new, and what's useful?

H-Alwahshi (Oman)

12.30pm to 12.55pm

What internists need from the coagulation and platelets laboratoty?

S. Alkendi (Oman)

1pm to 1.25pm

Sepsis made easy for the internists

Y. Eldeeb (Qatar)

1.30pm to 1.55pm

Be smart with antimicrobial in the era of resistance

H. Ziglam (HMC, Qatar)

2pm to 2.25pm

Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) : diagnosis and management

A. Badi (HMC, Qatar)

2.55pm to 3pm

Q and A

3pm to 3:30pm

Refreshment and Praying Time

Session 2: Management of Common Problems in Internal Medicine (3:30pm to 5pm)

Chairpersons: T. Elhadd (Qatar), M. Gammo (Germany), Z. Anwer (Qatar)

3:30pm to 3:55pm

Management of common endocrine emergencies

M. El-Reshi (Qatar)

4pm to 4:25pm

Heart failure: diagnosis and treatment  considerations

A. Badr (Qatar)

4:30pm to 4:55pm

W. Ibrahim (Qatar)

4.55pm to 5pm

Q and A