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His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

The Amir of the State of Kuwait

His Highness Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah

The Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait

His Highness Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

The Crown Prince of the State of Kuwait

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Professor Hussein Ahmed Al-Ansari President, Kuwait University

H.E. Dr. Hamed Mohammed Al-Aazmi Minister of Education and Higher Education

Professor Suad AlFadhli Dean, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences

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Dear participants of the

SECOND NATIONAL ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS CONFERENCE,

It gives me great pleasure to celebrate with you the Second Allied Health Professions

Conference, organized by the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait University on

March 27-28, 2019 at the Jumeirah Hotel, Kuwait.

The theme of the Conference is "Allied Health Professionals: Our vision towards 2035",

matching the Kuwait Government’s move for NEW KUWAIT 2035. The conference aims

to connect a range of Allied Health Professionals from both the public and private sector

in Kuwait to achieve better outcomes for health care consumers based on the current

innovations in health care technology.

Allied Health Professionals provide new dimensions to solve the challenges faced by

health services providing communities all over the world. Advances in new technology

and analytic techniques are transforming the way Allied Health Professionals care for

their patients and improve public health. We hope that this Second National Allied

Health Professions Conference gives Allied Health Professionals in Kuwait an

opportunity to learn how Allied Health Professionals can do more to promote their vital

contribution to the national health care system. Furthermore, I hope that this

conference will pave way to future multidisciplinary collaborative partnerships between

Allied Health Professionals and other members of the Health care team in Kuwait.

I would like to emphasize that the organization of this Conference reflects the teamwork

of our academic and administrative Staff, without whose guidance, advice and support

this event would not have been possible.

As the Dean of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, I take this opportunity to thank the

members of the Organizing Committee, the speakers and all the participants for their

sincere contribution and cooperation. Also, I would like to thank Prof. Hussain Ahmed

Al-Ansari, President of Kuwait University, for the outstanding leadership, generosity and

valuable support to the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences and the Administrative Staff at

Kuwait University for their invaluable contribution and encouragements.

On behalf of myself, and my colleagues at the Faulty of Allied Health Sciences, I wish all

the Allied Health Professionals great success in their professional and academic life.

Thank you.

Prof. Suad AlFadhli

Dean

Faculty of Allied Health Sciences

Kuwait University

MESSAGE: DEAN

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS


KEYNOTE SPEAKER

DR. FAWAZ ALREFAEE | MBBS FAAP FRCPC Assistant Undersecretary for Assisted Medical Services

Ministry of Health Kuwait

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FACULTY OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES

Dr. Fawaz AlRefaee is currently the Assistant Undersecretary for Medical Services at

Ministry of Health and a Consultant Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Head of Pediatric

GI Unit at Al Adan Hospital in Kuwait. He was the former Head of Pediatrics Department

at Al Adan Hospital from 2014-2018, former Head of Pediatrics Council at the Ministry

of Health, Kuwait from 2016-2018 and former Program Director of the Pediatrics

Residency Program (KIMS) between 2012 to 2018.

He finished Medical School at Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University (MBBS) then went

to Canada to obtain residency in Pediatrics at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia,

Canada, then Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition fellowship at

University of Alberta, Canada. Furthermore, Dr. AlRefaee is a fellow of the Royal College

of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) and the American Board of Pediatrics

(ABP).

He has a special interest in celiac disease, nutrition, functional GI diseases, and

inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Dr. AlRefaee is a member of many national and

international societies like north American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology,

Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN), Canadian Pediatric Society (CPS) and others.


KEYNOTE ADDRESS (ABSTRACT)

Allied Health Professionals in Kuwait: Future Look 2035

Allied health professionals contribute to a great degree in all medical services

offered by the ministry of health in Kuwait. Over 30000 employees worked under

the umbrella of assisted medical services in the country and probably this

number will be doubled in the next 10 years due to the opening of many

hospitals and health care facilities in accordance with new Kuwait strategy 2035.

Currently there are five administrations under this sector including nursing,

physical therapy, blood transfusion, emergency and laboratory services. In this

lecture, I will highlight some of the vital information regarding each service and

show to the audience how supportive services represent the backbone of medical

services in Kuwait.

Furthermore, will illustrate the strengths and areas of improvement in allied

health services section and what as health care policy makers have in mind to

maintain and improve the quality of supportive medical services.

Finally, having a productive and unique health care system in the country needs

a strong and consistent collaboration between Faculty of Allied Health and

Ministry of Health leaders to attract more Kuwaiti youth to join this important

field in medicine.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

PROF. SUAD ALFADHLI | MLS (NCA), MA, PhD Dean Faculty of Allied Health Sciences Kuwait University




Professor Suad AlFadhli obtained her Bachelor's Degree in Medical Laboratory Technology

from Faculty of Allied Health Sciences and Nursing, Kuwait University in 1990. She

obtained her Master’s Degree in Biochemistry from Boston Medical School in 1995.

Thereafter, in 1998, she completed her Ph.D. in Medical Laboratory Sciences (Genomics

and Molecular Genetics) from Catholic University of America in Washington DC. She was

appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences

(MLS), Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait University in 1999.

She was the acting Chairperson in the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences for

several years and was member of several Department, Faculty and Ministry of Health

Committees. Her contribution in establishing the MLS Graduate Program and in obtaining

the accreditation of MLS undergraduate program by Institute of Biomedical Sciences

(IBMS), UK, are highly commendable. She has supervised several Masters and Doctoral

students. Prof. AlFadhli became full Professor in 2018 and currently she is the Dean of

the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences Kuwait University.

Prof. AlFadhli’s main research interests are in the area of Molecular Genetics and

Genomics. She has collaborated with several local and international Scientists and has

successfully completed several nationally and internationally funded research projects.

Prof. AlFadhli has published almost 66 scientific papers in internationally reputed

Medical Journals including Science. In addition, she is the author of two chapters in

Genomics and epigenetics of cancer (VHL). Prof. AlFadhli published several HPV L1

sequences in the European Molecular Biology Laboratory and reported several novel

mutations in various autoimmune diseases. She developed a theory concerning the

genetics of overlapping autoimmunity. She has attended and presented her research work

in several scientific meetings and has been invited as Speaker in several international

meetings. She is an active reviewer for several international Journals. Based on her

scientific achievements, she was honored by His Highness the Amir of Kuwait for

research excellence.


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Where are we now and what we are heading for Allied Health

Profession: New vision for Faculty of Allied Health Sciences

towards 2035

Allied health professionals play a vital role in the delivery of health or related

services, by contributing in diagnostic, curative, therapeutic, preventive and

rehabilitative interventions. They give services to all specialties in hospitals,

medical and health service companies, rescue organizations, surgical

manufacturing and suppliers, public and private sector health projects and

research organizations. There are now nearly 120 distinct allied health

professions and it is expanding in parallel to the advances in medical sciences

and technology.

This talk will introduce our vision towards New Kuwait in the context of Allied

Heath profession as academic Institute and as a source of manpower for the

health care market.

Although, Allied Health professionals give new dimensions to solve the

challenges that are faced by health care providers all over the world, quite often

their contribution to health care is hidden, overlooked or undervalued.

In this regard, we take this opportunity to evaluate our current structure of the

faculty in terms of academia and professions and present our current

achievements and long-term plans. We also will look at the emerging challenges

in allied health professions and address potential solutions to overcome these

challenges in different allied health professions.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

PROF. SAUD AL-OBAIDI| Ph.D. MCSP, PT Physical Therapy Department Faculty of Allied Health Sciences | Kuwait University



Professor Saud Al-Obaidi received his Ph.D. in Physical Therapy from New York

University 1991. Prof. Al-Obaidi is a licensed physical therapist in the USA and UK and

have 36 years of clinical , academic and administrative experience, Professor Al-Obaidi

was the Dean of Faculty of Allied Health Sciences 2007-2017. His research area

included management of acute and chronic pain and dysfunction, focusing on the

consequences of selected biopsychosocial factors including; anticipation and fear of

pain, exaggerated pain perception, pain avoidance behavior, life stress, self-efficacy and

impact of pain and related fear and avoidance behavior on human performances. Other

area of his interest including foot mechanics and pathomechanics, gait analysis, and

pain psychology. Prof. Al-Obaidi have taught many undergraduate courses for physical

therapy student including; pathokinesiology, advance therapeutics, research design,

independent study, biomechanics, and professional issues, as well clinical education.

He had also supervised many MS and PHD student in physical therapy. Prof. Al-Obaidi

have been invited as organizing committee member or speaker in many local and

international conferences and have published numerous articles in prestigious

international journal. In addition, he have served as an editorial board member and as

a peer reviewer for many local and international journal including ; Kuwait Medical

Journal, Journal of Physical Therapy Theory and Practice, Annals of Human Biology,

Physiotherapy Research International, Clinics and Practice, International Journal of

General Medicine, International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation , Journal of

Orthopedic Research and Physiotherapy and Saudi Medical Journal. It is worth

mentioning also that Prof. Al-Obaidi have two patented devices for neck pain and

dysfunction and for antalgic gait training patented by the United States Patent and

Trademark Office.



Allied Health Professions; Facing the challenges

The presentation will shed light on the longstanding and existing professional

struggles and challenges that faces the Allied Health Professionals and

educational curriculum in the state of Kuwait. The presentation will explore

status of existing bylaws articles that govern the practice of allied health in

general and physical therapy in specific in the private and governmental sectors

in Kuwait including; the existing job description, the nature of the practices,

professional autonomy and relationship with other health professionals.

Misconception and about allied health professionals and specifically the physical

therapists role as health care providers and their relationship with other health

professionals will be presented. Furthermore, the rational for Doctorization of

Allied health or Clinical Doctorate in Allied Health will be highlighted

emphasizing the needs and benefit of understanding and implementing the

clinical doctorate degrees in physical therapy (DPT) and others in the state of

Kuwait. The presentation will also shed light on a comparison of physical

therapist role in Kuwait and those practiced internationally. In order to achieve

the 2035 vision of quality health care in Kuwait the health authorities has to act

immediately to overcome and restructures the rules and regulations governing

the allied health professions

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

DR. SONIA ALLIBARDI | PhD. In Biochemistry Market Access Manager at Copan Group S.P.A. Brescia, Lombardy, Italy



Dr. Sonia Allibardi is a molecular biologist with a specialization degree in Biochemistry

Science. Her professional life started in a research Cardiovascular Physiology laboratory

at San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan Italy, where she worked for more than 10

years and published scientific papers on International Journals.

The objective of Dr. Allibardi’s research was the evaluation of myocardial metabolism in

hypoxic and ischemic heart. In 2011, thanks to the “Mad Cow Disease”, Dr. Allibardi

started a new job in Biorad Company. She spent three wonderful years as a scientific

product specialist in life science division for Italy and Southern Europe (Spain, Greece,

Portugal).

Dr. Allibardi had the possibility to work in Cepheid Europe for five years and her main

topics were: Women’s Health, Hospital Acquired Infection and Tuberculosis.

Currently, Dr. Allibardi is working in a Scientific Team of COPAN laboratory

collaborating with scientific KOL in Italy and Europe.



Transforming diagnostics with innovative solutions in

pre-analytical process

How to improve the samples workflow and diagnostic process in microbiology

laboratory? Considering the increased Infections caused by multidrug-resistant

organisms (MDRO), the aim of the presentation is to address new and suitable

pre-analytical approaches to improve the final diagnosis. Nowadays E. coli, K.

pneumoniae, P. aeruginosa, and A. baumannii are the most frequently isolated

bacteria from nosocomial infections and revealed increasing resistance rates in

the last years. Screening recommendations for MDRO foresee microbiological

analyses starting from rectal swabs. However, essential specifications of the pre-

analytic steps of such screenings, i.e. the sampling technique, sampling devices

and sampling site, are lacking. To standardize screening conditions, these

parameters need to be verified. Performance comparison of swabs with rayon

and nylon-flocked tips have been described. Different sampling locations have

been evaluated, i.e. perianal, intra-anal and deep intra-anal. In conclusions,

Nylon-flocked swabs in intra-anal collection recovered significantly more bacteria

as compared to rayon swabs. At the end of the presentation will be underline

also the impact of microbial contamination in Hospital environment. Hospital

surfaces and equipment are important source and vehicle of microorganisms,

coming from patients and health-care personnel, the number of germs which

contain is a measure of the level of environmental hygiene conditions. The

control of environmental microbial contamination, using appropriate system of

collection is mandatory to verify the effectiveness of the sanitizing method used

inside hospital wards to control and reduce transmission.

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Abstracts of

Oral Presentations


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# TITLE SPEAKER Page No.

1 How artificial intelligence is already disrupting lab

diagnostics Engr. Omar Ramadan 22

2 Towards revolutionizing healthcare with health

informatics Dr. Ali BuAbbas 23

3 The Future of Physical Therapy Education in Kuwait:

what does it look like in 2035? Dr. Nowall Al-Sayegh 24

4 Occupational Therapy at 2035 in Kuwait: An American

experience

Dr. Musaed Z.

Alnaser 25

5 Pediatric Physical Therapy: Investing in the Future Dr. Anwar Almutairi 26

6 QR in Academia Mr. Hamza Al-Shawaf 27

7 Oversee National Project for Continues Professional

Education and Development

Mr. Ahmed T. Al-

Enezi 28

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The Perception of Interdisciplinary Team Members

Concerning Occupational Therapy Practice: Implications

and Future Directions

Dr. Nasser Al-Otaibi 29

9 Embracing Change and Envisioning the Future – Health

Informatics and Information Management Program Dr. Maha AlNashmi 30

10 The Future of Radiologic Science Department: Are We

Ready for Advanced Practice? Dr. Layla Ali 31

11 Toward a Smarter Way to Cope With Type 1 Diabetes:

Smart Lab - Efficient Outcomes Management Dr. Fatma Al-Marji 32

12 LSA’s Model of CPD Offer and Delivery Dr. Mohammed Al-

Anzi 33

13 Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in Healthcare Mr. Hamza Al-Shawaf 34

14 Lean Thinking in Medical Profession [WORKSHOP] Ms. Wafa Al-Ahmed 35

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How Artificial Intelligence is Already Disrupting Lab Diagnostics

Engr. Omar Ramadan [email protected]

M.Sc. in Engineering from UNIBS (Italy), MBA from HEC Paris (France).

Increasing challenges and declining innovations in clinical labs in general and microbiology labs in particular, require the adoption of new methods and technologies to counter these threats. Increased workload, the necessity to tackle false negatives, and the rise of superbugs compel us to look to new methods and technologies to overcome these challenges. The advent of Artificial Intelligence in microbiology will help lab technicians and managers to stand up to these serious threats, revolutionize the way labs operate, and take analytics into the next level. While AI is not new, it made its debut in labs only recently yet it made immediately remarkable gains. From smart segregation of incubated plates, to faster bacteria identification, and results reporting, AI is already helping microbiologists save lives, and boost lab efficiency. As AI benefits become clearer, it is likely to make its way into another parts of microbiology labs such as optimized protocols, and AST. Further advances in technology and computing power, such as quantum computing, is likely to make AI indispensable in the entire diagnostics value chain in the next decades. As AI gathers momentum, skepticism and fear of superintelligence rise too. While this fear of smart devices or machines taking over is not new, and to some extent understandable, informing stakeholders regarding the subject is fundamental to overcome subdue these fears.

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Towards Revolutionizing Healthcare with Health Informatics

Dr. Ali BuAbbas Assistant Professor | Department of Community Medicine

Faculty of Medicine | Kuwait University

Health Informatics play a crucial role in the digital age and the use of smart technology and mobile health, in which the health care data is on the increase. Hence, the need for health informatics professionals becomes demanding in order to revolutionize health care through analyzing and optimizing the “big” clinical data related to patient care and population health. Health Informatics professionals are equipped with knowledge and skills that enable them to support the health care team to practice using the better information for making the best decision.



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The Future of Physical Therapy Education in Kuwait: what does it look like in 2035?

Dr. Nowall Al-Sayegh

Associate Professor | Department of Physical Therapy Faculty of Allied Health Sciences | Kuwait University

It is impossible to know what Physical Therapy education will look like in the year 2035. However, what is a definite prediction is that this profession will be drastically altered by technology. Artificial intelligence will be incorporated into education and objective measures will be simple to collect for all patients down to the minute changes in human movement. Global trends will force education to change and the Doctor of Physical Therapy degree will become the minimal standard worldwide. Interdisciplinary communication will become standard within all healthcare fields and the sharing of data will dictate changes in education. Some changes may cause discomfort or trigger anxiety in some specialists in the field, but the future is fast approaching and 2035 is not that far away.



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Occupational Therapy at 2035 in Kuwait: An American experience

Dr. Musaed Zeid AlZied AlNaser

Assistant Professor | Department of Occupational Therapy Faculty of Allied Health Sciences | Kuwait University

After World War II, a massive increase in the US population size described as “baby boom”. Baby boom refers to children born between 1946 – 1964. By the end of the 1990s and early 2000s, US health care system stared to feel and experience the effect of baby boom getting older. Their health care needs are increasing rapidly and effecting the health care services. This phase grows into worse period between 2015 and 2030 as baby boom becomes a senior citizen. Currently, The US government and health care industry are taking new actions to overcome the problems ahead. Occupational therapy educational programs and clinical institutions are developing new strategies and areas to deal with growing geriatric population. Currently, Kuwait is experiencing the “baby boom” state as the majority of its population is adult or younger. Kuwait’s health care system must come with new strategies to be prepared for our future old population. The occupational therapy program at Kuwait University must consider curriculum changes and developing new areas that meet the needs of the upcoming old and senior citizens. It is essential to learn from the American experience.



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Pediatric Physical Therapy: Investing in the Future

Dr. Anwar AlMutairi Assistant Professor | Department of Physical Therapy Faculty of Allied Health Sciences | Kuwait University

Pediatric Physical Therapist (PPT) is part of the rehabilitation team focusing on children with different developmental disorders. Aiding the future population of this world, PPTs are mainly serving at the general and specialized hospitals to habilitate children and optimize their participation in their community. They also serve at the ministry of education, providing children with beneficial tools to help them augment their educational experience. Physical Therapists aiming to specialize in pediatrics should be provided the post-professional training that qualifies them to pursue this goal (i.e. PPT residency program). Future directions should also focus on offering early intervention services for an early detection of child with high risk of developmental disorders. Specialized clinics that offer assessment and treatment to childhood diagnosis (e.g. Childhood Vestibular Dysfunction, Autism, and Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)) should be implemented. PPTs can also provide school-based screening and referrals of otherwise under-diagnosed conditions (e.g. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), Kyphosis, etc.). Finally, implementing more research in the area of PPT would provide the necessary propulsion towards keeping up with professionals around the world.



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QR in Academia

Mr. Hamza AlShawaf Coordinator - QR Code Project Unit | Center for Excellence

Senior Clinical Lecturer Department of Health Informatics & Information Management

Faculty of Allied Health Sciences | Kuwait University

Many technologies have been developed and introduced to assist in delivering curriculum and instruction like Computer aided learning, Computer aided instruction, e-learning and learning management systems. All required certain specifications of hardware and software to use and access. In the recent years with the widespread of mobile technology and specifically smart phones have opened many ways to assist in the learning process. But significantly, the Quick Response (QR) Code technology reduced many steps for any learner to access, read, watch, listen, browse for any educational materials such as books, articles, email, YouTube, web site with only one scan. The creation of QR codes began in 1994 in the automobile industry, with the Japanese subsidiary Denso Wave, who invented and patented this technology to provide automatic data capture. QR codes are flexible since they are images that can be added to any wall, table, or paper. Combined with the cell phone, QR codes can perform multiple tasks. The usage of QR codes, students can access tutorials at any point in their learning process. A huge amount of online content is available to support students at all levels. The QR codes offer similar advantages similar to websites. Tracking the number of hits on a particular code with services such as Google Analytics provides statistics on the date and frequency. In this presentation we will explore how QR code technology made it easy for both teachers and students to share learning materials, evaluation of student participation; how teachers can track student's attendance, add links to Faculty's facebook, include links to supplemental online materials and readings and announce new upcoming classes.

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Oversee National Project for Continues Professional Education and Development (CPED)

Mr. Ahmed Tawfiq Al-Enezi

Medical Sciences and Nutrition | School of Medicine University of Aberdeen

The presentation will discuss a historical overview of Oversee; how the idea reinforced. Explain few definitions of continues development system. Kuwait’s vision 2035 and its relationship to SDGs of united nations. What is oversee project and overseee.com and how they will serve CPD and Kuwait’s vision ? What should be the goals of any CPED system? The presenter will involve the audience in an interactive online polls through out his talk, keep your smartphone ready and connected to internet!

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The Perception of Interdisciplinary Team Members Concerning Occupational Therapy Practice:

Implications and Future Directions

Dr. Naser Al-Otaibi Assistant Professor | Department of Occupational Therapy


In Kuwait, knowledge about and attitudes of the health care team members toward occupational therapy practice (OTP) have not been investigated. This current study, sought to explore the knowledge about, and attitudes of interdisciplinary team members toward OTP. It involved developing and validating a tool to serve the purpose of the study. A Convenience sample of 98 participants from various disciplines participated in this study. The tool was found to have an adequate content validity for a total of 27 items and satisfactory reliability. The overall knowledge level of OTP among the participants was limited, whereas their attitudes were favorable. Given the study findings, we propose the development of inter-professional initiative committees in the Health Science Center (HSC) at Kuwait University as well as within the Ministry of Health in Kuwait to address and support research and issues targeting inter-professional education (IPE) and collaborative practice. The main outcomes of these initiatives are geared toward improving IPE learning strategies, assessing the effectiveness of various approaches and integrating the values of IPE toward the improvement of practice. This study contributes to the academic and research work in the important area of IPE and collaborative practice, thus improving patients’ outcomes in Kuwait.



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Embracing Change and Envisioning the Future – Health Informatics and Information Management Program

Dr. Maha AlNashmi

Assistant Professor | Department of Health Informatics & Information Management Faculty of Allied Health Sciences | Kuwait University

There’s no question that the days of a HIM professional managing shelves of paper

records stored in cardboard folders are over; substituted by skillful, high knowledgeable professionals who are practicing how to manage digital databases of information for effective data mining and decision making. HIM is playing an increasingly broader, more visible role in healthcare organizations and the outdated image of us as people who manage paper records is incongruent with the reality of the advancement in the profession today. Nowadays, healthcare system becomes more dependent on the use of technology because the provision of high quality health care is patient-centered and evidence-based, it is heavily reliant on massive volumes of patient data “Big Data” that must be, viable, accurate, complete, timely, aggregate, accessible, confidential and analyzed using complex information management systems and innovative technologies. Health information management and health informatics domains work collaboratively to improve the interchangeability and interoperability of the utilization of the patient’s information in the rapidly evolving “knowledge economy “era. The profession serves various healthcare stakeholders including: health care organizations, payers, research and policy agencies, and other healthcare-related industries. This has created a substantial and growing demand for well-trained Kuwaiti human resources who are professionally prepared to assume the responsibilities of leadership in their chosen organizations and communities. Aligning with the health care information system strategic plans of Kuwait in general, and fulfilling the vision of having a robust national health information network in particular, the Health Informatics and Information Management undergraduate program is devoted to being the premier provider of quality education, globally focused faculty research, and community commitment. It shall be a multifaceted department fostering the development of enhanced learning outcomes and entry-level competencies with new vision and mission targeting specific scopes, namely: department, faculty, university, government and community.



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The Future of Radiologic Science Department: Are We Ready for Advanced Practice?

Dr. Layla Ali

Associate Professor | Department of Radiologic Sciences Faculty of Allied Health Sciences | Kuwait University

The Department of Radiologic Sciences in the Faculty of Allied Health graduates Radiographers and Nuclear Medicine technologists (NMT) who are an important part of the diagnostic team responsible for patient assessment, preparation for radiologic procedures and producing a high quality diagnostic image. As a future plan, there is a desire for an advanced level of clinical practice for radiographers and NMTs that are beyond the entry-level practice guidelines. The development of an advanced practice career pathway for various imaging modalities such as CT, NM and MRI is essential since those are highly attractive to potential employers. The advanced practice requires higher level of education such as a Master’s degree. Some sonographic practices may put the public at risk because of lack of standards in education and practice. Therefore, there is a need to develop a Diagnostic Medical Sonography program that provides students with the skills necessary to be capable of primary ultrasound image assessment and to succeed in a profession that is rapidly growing in demand. The students will maximize their learning experience in Ultrasound of Abdomen, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vascular and echocardiography.



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Toward a Smarter Way to Cope With Type 1 Diabetes: Smart Lab - Efficient Outcomes Management

Dr. Fatma Al-Marji

Assistant Professor | Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences Faculty of Allied Health Sciences | Kuwait University

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder hallmarked by hyperglycaemia due to an absolute or relative deficiency of insulin secretion. For thousands of years, diabetes was a mysterious and fatal disease with a high mortality rate. Historically, diabetes diagnosis and management have relied on measures of glucose level in the patient’s bio fluid samples. Researcher have developed and demonstrated effective strategies for prevention and managing diabetes over the years, which contributed to enhancing the therapeutic spectrum. In recent years, more innovative strategies of diagnosis and measurement the outcomes of innovating therapeutic trials have shaped new approaches of diabetes care and management. The use of advanced molecular genetics technologies and epigenetics could be the future toward inventing more effective strategies for diabetes care.



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LSA’s Model of CPD Offer and Delivery

Dr. Mohammed Al-Anzi Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Life Sciences Academy | Kuwait

Life Science Academy (LSA) was established in 2013 under the umbrella of Kuwait Life Sciences Company and is funded by the Kuwait Investment Authority. LSA’s mission is to promote continuous professional development (CPD) across all healthcare sectors and influence legislations and policies to match international standards and best practices. At our core, we believe in transforming healthcare leaders to advance patient care and inspire change in healthcare system. We focus on the development of healthcare professionals’ knowledge, practices and skills by operating in collaboration with international top ranked universities/institutes and with regional and local experts to share latest practices in their field. Some of our partners include the American College of Surgeons, Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, Dundee University and many international institutions. Over the recent years, we developed and delivered several CPD programs tailored to the needs of healthcare professionals. Today, we have trained more than 8,000 professional across Kuwait. We continuously strive to be a trusted CPD stakeholder in Kuwait



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Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in Healthcare

Mr. Hamza AlShawaf Coordinator - QR Code Project Unit | Center for Excellence

Senior Clinical Lecturer Department of Health Informatics & Information Management


Artificial Intelligence can assist with the diagnosis and treatment of patients, detecting illness faster and with better accuracy through the history of a patient’s EHRs. Artificial Intelligence focuses on how computers learn from data and mimic human thought processes. Artificial Intelligence increases learning capacity and provides decision support system at scales that are transforming the future of health care. Machine learning is when a computer has been taught to recognize patterns by providing it with data and an algorithm to help understand that data. The goal of machine learning is to understand the structure of data, so that accurate predictions can be made based on the properties of that data. Machine learning is an exciting field that seeks to assist healthcare providers, whether practicing in the secondary health care or in the primary health care, in creating better health outcomes for their patients. The presentation will explore the future of healthcare is becoming dependent on our ability to integrate Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence into our organizations. Also, how the application of machine learning will enable new healthcare solutions that are more precisely tailored to a person’s unique characteristics. While the healthcare sector is being transformed by the ability to record massive amounts of information about individual patients, the enormous volume of data being collected is impossible for human beings to analyze. Machine learning provides a way to automatically find patterns and reason about data, which enables healthcare professionals to move to personalized care known as precision medicine. There are many possibilities for how machine learning can be used in healthcare, and all of them depend on having sufficient data and permission to use it.



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Lean Thinking in Medical Profession

Ms. Wafa Al-Ahmed Product Manager, Medical Division

Gulf Integrated Security Solutions W.L.L., Kuwait

To understand how lean thinking has been put into practice in healthcare and how it has worked in eliminating waste and minimizing errors through continuous improvement projects to enhance the quality of healthcare services.



WORKSHOP


Documents

His Highness - Kuwait University Book - 2019.pdfarea of his interest including foot mechanics and pathomechanics, gait analysis, and pain psychology. Prof. Al-Obaidi have taught many