Prescribing Training and Practice in Middle East and GCC Countries

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Programme

The purpose of this symposium is to explore the current position in the Middle East region. With that in mind, the British Pharmacological Society has invited the input of experts and those who influence medicines policy to share their views on these challenges. Specific objectives will be:

to present the current status of prescribing safety and training in the Middle East and GCC countries and to explore common themes and needs
to understand what further studies might be desirable and which might also be collaborative across the region
to share the British Pharmacological Society's own efforts to drive policy change and improvement in response to UK prescribing.

We look forward to welcoming you to this event!

13:00 - 13:15 Welcome

13:15 - 13:45	Hi Excellency Professor Aws Alshaman, Secretary General, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, Saudi Arabia
13:45 - 14:15	Professor Sherief Khalifa, Vice Chancellor for Quality & Institutional Effectiveness, Dean of the College of Pharmacy, Gulf Medical University, UEA
14:15 - 14:45	Professor Moustafa Fahmy, Dean of the Oman College of Health Sciences, Oman
14:45 - 15:15	Professor Khaled Al-Kattan, Vice President and Dean of the College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia
15:15 - 15:30	Break
15:30 - 16:00	His Excellency Professor Yusuf Asiri, President, Taif University, Saudi Arabia
16:00 - 16:30	Professor Ismael Ibrahim Matalka, President, RAK Medical and Health Sciences University, UEA
16:30 - 17:15	Outcomes of a ten-year UK national programme of learning and assessment for safe prescribing Professor Simon Maxwell, Director of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Teaching, University of Edinburgh, and PSA Medical Director, UK
17:15 - 18:00	Round table discussion of current position, common challenges and way forward
18:00 - 18:15	Wrap up and end of session