Introduction
The AAHCI MENA Regional Office host, the Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU), is co-hosting this 3-day in-person meeting, along with Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, to provide members in the region an opportunity to dive into Physician Workforce and Health Systems Science (HSS).
Conference Objectives:
- Enhance Understanding of Global Physician Workforce Issues: Provide participants with a comprehensive overview of the current challenges and opportunities in the global physician workforce, including factors contributing to workforce shortages and variations in training and licensing standards.
- Promote Health Systems Science Knowledge: Equip participants with the knowledge and tools necessary to understand and implement health systems science principles, focusing on improving healthcare delivery, patient safety, and quality of care.
- Foster Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing: Create a platform for healthcare professionals, educators, and policymakers to share best practices, innovative strategies, and research findings to address regional and global healthcare challenges.
Global Physician Workforce Objectives:
- Analyze Global Workforce Shortages: Provide a comprehensive overview of the factors contributing to global physician workforce shortages, including variations in physician training, distribution, and licensing standards.
- Evaluate Mitigation Strategies: Identify and analyze strategies employed worldwide to mitigate physician workforce shortages, using case studies and outcomes data to evaluate their effectiveness.
- Assess Legislative Impacts: Review and assess the impact of recent legislative changes in North America on the global physician workforce, with a focus on how these changes influence physician immigration, education, and practice.
Health Systems Science Objectives:
- Integrate Improvement and Safety Principles: Recognize the necessity of integrating improvement and safety principles into daily practice and fostering an organizational culture that prioritizes these values.
- Optimize Healthcare Delivery Models: Understand the benefits of healthcare delivery models that are efficient, economical, and committed to providing high-quality, patient-centered care, including value-based care models and the role of clinical informatics.
- Promote Leadership and Innovation: Understand effective leadership strategies and the impact of innovation and artificial intelligence in promoting a high-value, collaborative, and cost-effective healthcare system.
