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Time
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Session/event
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Speaker
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7am to 5.30pm
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Conference Registration / Poster Viewing
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7am to 8am
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Breakfast will be served
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8am to 8.25am
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Opening remarks
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Prof. Jack Ende - President of ACP - (USA)
Prof. Abdel-Naser Elzouki - Chairman of the Conference (Qatar)
Prof. Abdul Badi AbouSamra - Chairman of Medicine Dept (Qatar)
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Session (1): Update in Hepatology (8.30am to 9.30am)
Chairperson:
A-N Elzouki (Qatar), M. Derbala (Qatar)
HALL A (Al-Majalis Ballroom)
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8.30am to 9.20am
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Update in Hepatology
Clinical Update by a single expert in the field who will analyze the most recently published literature in the field including hepatitis C and B topics.
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Dr. Paul Pockros (US)
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9.20am to 9.30am
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Q and A
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Session (2) Multiple Small Feedings of the Mind (9.30am to 11.10am)
Chairpersons:
I. Khanjar (Qatar), N. Al- Dweik (Qatar), D. Deleu
(Qatar)
HALL A (Al-Majalis Ballroom)
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9.30am to 11am
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Multiple Small Feedings of the Mind
A smaller number of faculty providing concise, evidence- based answers to specific, common, yet difficult patient management problems, with emphasis on complex or controversial issues faced by practicing internists.
- Anticoagulation
- Gastroenterology
- Headache
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Prof. Gerald Smetana (US)
Prof. Stephen Sisson (US)
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11am to 11.10am
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Q and A
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11.10am to 12pm
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Jumma Prayer Time (at the conference venue)
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12pm to 1pm
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Lunch
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Session (3):
Doctor's Dilemma (1pm to 2.30pm)
Moderator:
Dr. Philip Masters (USA)
Judges: J Ende (USA), S. Sisson (USA
HALL A (Al-Majalis Ballroom)
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1pm to 2.20pm
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Doctor's Dilemma
A team-based competition involving answering questions related to internal
medicine knowledge in a game format (5 teams competition)
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2.20pm to 2.30pm
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Q and A
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Session (4): Diagnostic Challenges (2.30pm to 3.30pm)
Chairpersons:
A. Al-Kather (Qatar), A. Rahil (Qatar)
HALL A (Al-Majalis Ballroom)
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2.30pm to 3.30pm
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Diagnostic Challenges:
An audience-participation-based session in which several unfolding, unknown diagnostic clinical cases are presented, led by a facilitator with active input from session participants.
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Prof. David Scrase (USA)
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3.30pm to 3.55pm
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Prayer Time & Coffee Break
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Session (5): Doctor's Dilemma (4pm to 5.30pm)
Chairperson:
M. Eledresi (Qatar), M. Alkadi (Qatar), H. Alwahshi
(Oman)
HALL B (Al-Rayaan Ballroom)
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4pm to 5.30pm
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Doctor's Dilemma
A review of 3 selected ACP Clinical Guidelines with a detailed description of
the associated clinical issue, the evidence base, and rationale for the specific
guideline recommendations, as well as discussion of the practical aspects of
their clinical application.
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Inpatient Glycemic Control
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Screening, Monitoring, and Treatment of Stage 1-3 Chronic Kidney Disease
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Evaluation of Patients With Suspected Acute Pulmonary Embolism
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Dr. Christine Laine (USA)
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