Dubai: The Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) is all set to hold the second UAE Clinical Simulation Conference (CSC) from February 24-26. The conference, which will have keynote addresses from international experts, will reiterate the importance of incorporating simulation in medical education to foster a new generation of health-care professionals who will be better equipped to deliver safe and high quality care.
The conference will be held in collaboration with the Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM) under the theme ‘Simulation: Heart of Patient Safety’.
The conference will be held at DHCC’s Mohammad Bin Rashid Academic Medical Centre (MBR-AMC), home to the Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor Medical Simulation Centre (KHMSC), the first comprehensive simulation training facility of its kind in the region which has conducted 150 traning sessions and trained almost 3,000 multidisciplinary health-care professionals since its opening in November 2012.
The three-day event — with the first day dedicated to pre-conference workshops — will bring together international speakers and regional experts in clinical simulation with the common goal of promoting training and simulation technologies.
“Technological innovation in health care is a key enabler in our goal to improve delivery of care and raise patient safety,” said Dr Raja Eisa Al Gurg, Vice-Chairperson of Dubai Healthcare City Authority. “Equipping current and future physicians with the necessary clinical skills can only lead to a safer and more effective health-care system,” she added.
The hands-on rehearsal of clinical situations through simulation is an integral teaching tool in health care. “Simulation-based medical education is increasingly linked to improved team communication and better evaluation and treatment techniques,” said Dr Amer Ahmad Sharif, Managing Director – Education, DHCC.
