Upcoming Medical Conferences in Saudi Arabia

32nd Saudi Urological Association (SUA) Annual Meeting 2020 is organized by Saudi Urological Association (SUA) and will be held from Feb 26 - 29, 2020 at Jeddah Hilton Hotel, Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Target Audience: Urologists, Uro - Oncologists, Medical Oncologists, Radiation Oncologists, Urology Nurses, Medical Students, Residents, and Pharmacists. CME Credits : The Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCHS) has accredited the following number of hours of continuing medical education (CME) for attending this activity: 30 CME hours for the symposium 7 CME hours for each conference Description: The SUA Annual Meeting is an international conference that has built a strong reputation in the region over more than 30 years for its scientific excellence, great attendance, and social and cultural atmosphere. The SUA had the greatest world figures of urology presenting in its annual meetings, and this year will not be an exception. SUA2020JED is a frontline congress that will identify optimal therapies and address gaps in clinical practices in urology. This congress is designed to encourage relevant discussions on innovative treatment, the limits of standard therapies and the impact of new research outcomes. Its reputation as the prime platform for professional and scientific exchanges in Urology has been well-established throughout the years. Skills training for urologists is always part of the SUA scientific program. Dedicated mentors, tutors, and key-opinion leaders will offer their expertise during the Hands-on Training-sessions and specialized courses organized by the SUA. Note: The online registration system for this meeting will be open until Thursday 14 February 2020. After this date, please register at the onsite registration desk in the Jeddah Hilton Hotel, which will be open from Wednesday 26 February 2020. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

AOTrauma Course - Managing Pediatric Fractures is organized by AOTrauma and will be held from Feb 29 - Mar 02, 2020 at Assila Hotel Jeddah, Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Target participants: This course is for traumatologists, orthopedic surgeons, and other surgeons who are actively engaged in pediatric fracture care and who want to enhance their level of expertise in this field. Ideally, participants have completed the AO Trauma Course-Basic Principles of Fracture Management. They must be able to communicate appropriately in English. The goal of the course: The AO Trauma Course—Managing Pediatric Musculoskeletal Injuries aims to create a clinically centered learning environment where the current principles and techniques of fracture management in children and adolescents are demonstrated, applied, and discussed. In this course, modern concepts in pediatric fracture care are covered. During the practical exercises, participants will practice the methods presented and discussed in this course. Course description: The unique format of the course provides key lectures, practical exercises, closed roundtable discussions, and open plenary discussions in an interactive environment. Related topics are explored and current surgical and nonsurgical treatment for pediatric fractures are evaluated, with emphasis on preventing complications. Learning objectives: At the end of this course, participants will be able to: • Recognize how bone characteristics and fracture classification are different in children and adolescents compared with adults, and describe how this affects bone healing and fracture management • Evaluate a range of nonsurgical and surgical options for the treatment of common pediatric fractures • Manage pediatric fractures according to biological and mechanical principles and apply appropriate techniques and technologies • Apply treatment strategies for pediatric fractures based on available evidence and discuss areas of controversy • Provide strategies for the prevention and management of complications associated with pediatric fractures

AOTrauma Course - Advanced Principles of Fracture Management for ORP is organized by AOTrauma and will be held from Feb 29 - Mar 02, 2020 at Assila Hotel Jeddah, Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The goal of the course: The AO Trauma Course—Advanced Principles of Fracture Management for ORP is based on current trends and concepts at an advanced level. The course will focus on the surgical treatment and intraoperative nursing care of complex fractures. Target participants: This course is designed for operating room personnel (ORP) who completed the AO Trauma Course—Basic Principles of Fracture Management for ORP. Course description: The course structure provides didactic presentations, group discussions between participants and faculty, and practical exercises to apply different operative techniques. This course will address: • AO principles of operative fracture management • Minimally invasive surgery • Advanced techniques using locking compression plates • Management of complex articular and metaphyseal fractures • Pelvic fractures • Polytrauma management • Perioperative problems and complications in fracture care • Perioperative patient care and nursing topics in trauma care • Hands-on exercises with artificial bones to apply the techniques and promote familiarization with the instrumentation • Interaction between faculty and participants to enhance understanding Learning objectives: At the end of this course participants will be able to: • Describe AO Principles for the operative stabilization of fractures • Relate to soft-tissue damage, fracture healing, and surgical intervention in the injured patient • Explain the principles of and preparation for operative minimally invasive surgery • Plan appropriate care for minimally invasive techniques using locking compression plates • Discuss strategies for the care of polytrauma patients and decision making for preparation of surgeries • Anticipate potential pitfalls and intraoperative complications in fracture care • Formulate systems for maintaining safe standards of practice • Prepare and use correctly instruments and corresponding implants for current fracture treatment • Use professional networks to share ideas, challenge poor practice, and provide support Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

AOTrauma Course - Basic Principles of Fracture Management is organized by AOTrauma and will be held from Feb 29 - Mar 02, 2020 at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.  Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

2nd Annual Saudi International Vaccination Forum is organized by Maarefah Management and will be held from Mar 02 - 04, 2020 at Movenpick Hotel Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 24 CME Credits Who Should Attend: • General Practitioners • Family Medicine Practitioners • Internal Medicine Practitioners • Public Health Professionals • Infectious Diseases Physicians • Infection Control Practitioners • Critical Care Physicians • Gastroenterologists • Pediatricians • Microbiologists, Bacteriologists, Virologists, Pathologists • Epidemiologists • Endocrinologists • Pharmacists • And all Healthcare Professionals interested in Vaccination and immunization Course Description: The 2nd Annual Saudi International Vaccination Forum is the first initiative in the Middle East region to gather policymakers, regional and international experts and professional associations to share and discuss recent updates, international guidelines in the field of vaccination, updates about new vaccines and highlight the importance of implementation of vaccination in our region. The forum will provide an exceptional scientific program that will cover sessions such as ethical issues in vaccination, vaccination in travelers, influenza vaccination, pneumococcal vaccination, meningococcal vaccination, HPV vaccination, vaccine surveillance, vaccine forecasting and handling, vaccination in special groups and much more through interactive presentations, panel discussions and educational workshops. Benefits of Attending: • Hear regional and international experts share and discuss recent updates, international guidelines in the field of vaccination. • Receive the latest updates about new vaccines • Recognise the importance of implementation of vaccination in our region • Network, meet and build relationships with peers in the field of vaccination practice to exchange knowledge • Participate in practical workshops designed to help you overcome the key challenges facing medical professionals in the Vaccination Note: * Early bird price for the first 50 seats only.

AOCMF Course - Management of Facial Trauma is organized by AOCMF and will be held from Mar 06 - 07, 2020 at Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Description: The goal of this AOCMF Course is to address the core concepts necessary to manage acute facial trauma. Course description Online preparations-4 weeks prior to the face-to-face event      In these 4 weeks participants are required to complete a self-assessment and conduct online self-study, including reading material on bone biology and healing, viewing videos and touch surgery modules. Face-to-face event-2 days The face-to-face event is delivered through a combination of short lectures, small group discussions, and practical exercises. This combination enables participants to hear, discuss, and apply the concepts of facial trauma management. Online follow-up During the week after the course, participants will complete an online evaluation. Learning Objectives: • Diagnose facial injury through history, physical examination, and investigations • Formulate a treatment plan (operative and nonoperative) • Perform the specific treatment for facial trauma • Modify the treatment plan when necessary • Manage patient follow-up and rehabilitation • Identify and manage complications Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

AOCMF Advanced Seminar - Orthognathic Surgery is organized by AOCMF and will be held on Mar 08, 2020 at Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Patient Experience Excellence Congress (PXEC) 2020 is organized by Business Innovation Institute (BII) World and will be held from Mar 16 - 17, 2020 at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Masterclass: 15 & 18 March, 2020 Congress: 16-17 March, 2020 Who Should Attend: The conference will gather healthcare decision-makers and innovators who are committed to enhance person-centered care delivery initiatives:  ○ Government & Academia: Health Ministries, Industry Associations, Research Institutes, Health Authorities, Accreditation Body  ○ Hospitals & Providers: Public & Private Hospitals, Clinics (Primary, Secondary & Tertiary), Ambulatory Services, Rehabilitation Centers, Pharmaceutical. ○ Payers: Public & Private Insurance Providers ○ Job Titles: • Strategic Leaders – President /CEO/COO /CIO/ VP  • Chief / Director – Nursing  • Chief Medical Officer  • Director – Health Informatics/IT  • Director/Head/Manager/Officer – Patient Experience / Patient Care/ Patient Relations/ Patient Service /Patient Engagement / Patient Flow  • Director / Head /Manager / Officer – Quality & Safety  • Director / Head /Manager / Officer – HR & Operations  • Head/Manager – Marketing & Business Development  • Case Manager Congress Overview​: The Patient Experience Excellence Congress organized by BII World returns this year with exciting new content and a fresh new line-up of top global and regional trendsetters. The conference will gather more than 350 healthcare decision-makers and innovators who are committed to enhance person-centered care delivery initiatives. These diligently selected experts will share their knowledge on innovation in healthcare delivery and how to spark change in the experience era. Experience leaders are in a unique vantage point to share their insights and the time has come to take lead and help usher in the emerging realm of healthcare revolution. The event is being hosted Under the Patronage of Ministry of Health - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Join the congress to: Make Connections with other patient experience leaders. Be Inspired to continue the journey to improve patient experience. Take Away New Ideas to enhance your patient experience efforts. Central Themes:  This year, program will lean more towards understanding experience touch points, the innovation required to break down silos and reinvent pain points, and learn more about new and exciting experience innovations in the following domains : • High reliability: culture & reliability • Caregiver Wellbeing & Engagement • Patient, Family & Community • Design Thinking & Co-Creation • Metrics & Measurement: • Quality & Clinical Brilliance • Innovation & Digitisation • Healing Facilities • Governance, Policy & Regulation • Engrained Compassion & Empathy • Nursing Shared Governance Masterclass - Half Day Masterclass A - 15th March 2020 Time: 09:30 - 12:30 Description: Using Design Thinking to Transform the Patient Experience  This is a masterclass for anyone who works in healthcare – whether in a boardroom or at a bedside and believes that the care they and their team deliver could be much more responsive to the needs of patients and their families. In this interactive and hands-on class you’ll discover what design thinking is, how you can use it to understand the problems that patients and their families face, and how to subsequently use this understanding to redesign care in ways that are more person-centred. There will be numerous case studies illustrating how design thinking has helped some of the world’s leading hospitals to transform their patient’s experiences, as well as practical exercises that will enable you to practice using design thinking to solve the real-life problems your hospital or clinic faces – such as eliminating missed appointments, improving communication between clinicians and patients, and reducing waiting times. Learning Outcomes: As a result of this masterclass you will be able to: • Define what design thinking is and describe how and why it can be used to transform the patient experience, • Describe each of the individual phases of the design thinking cycle and what takes place during each phase, and • Use design thinking to improve patient satisfaction by generating solutions based on a deep understanding of patient needs and experiences. Masterclass - Half Day Masterclass A - 18th March 2020 Time: 09:30 - 12:30 Description: Resolving Complaints & Dealing with Difficult Patients Healthcare can be one of the most rewarding professions, but it can also be one of the most stressful. Patients and family members can be uncooperative, hostile, demanding, disruptive, unpleasant, unrealistic and irrational. In this masterclass we will explore why interactions with patients and families can sometimes be so challenging, and then demonstrate and practice useful strategies for managing difficult interactions. We will discover the four fundamental variables that affect these interactions, which include not only the attitude and behaviour of the patient, but also that of the doctor or care provider, the effect of the patient’s disease or condition and the healthcare system itself – since limited resources, time pressures and interruptions all contribute to difficult interactions. We will use video case studies to illustrate practical strategies for handling a variety of scenarios such as resolving complaints, calming anxious patients, delivering bad news, and defusing potentially violent situations. We will use role-plays to practice applying the strategies in our own hospital or clinic. Learning Outcomes: As a result of this masterclass you will be able to: • Identify the four factors that drive effective interactions with patients, • Predict which patient interactions are likely to be problematic and understand the reasons why, and • Adopt effective strategies for managing difficult interactions in a wide variety of scenarios All masterclass participants will receive an IHLM Certificate of CPD Completion and both paper and electronic copies of the illustrated masterclass handbook 

2nd Annual International Pharmaceutical Cold Chain Management Congress is organized by Maarefah Management. The symposium is held from Mar 17 - 18, 2020 at voco Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Description: With the evolving global product supply, there will be a distant transport from its origin to destination lingering within complex points with the elevated requirements from regulators to ensure the quality and safety of products; it is obligatory for pharmaceutical, drug distributors and pharmacists to know the best practices for distribution, packaging, security, and storehouse for the storage of temperature-sensitive products to cope with the various challenges faced. This is particularly significant in Saudi Arabia as temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products are imported. As the kingdom is very big the medicines are transported to individual remote areas within the kingdom. In recent years, the kingdom began to export temperature-sensitive products to a lot of nearby countries in the Gulf and the volume of biopharmaceutical products is growing significantly. The International Pharmaceutical Cold Chain Management Congress will assist you to ensure cost-effective, GDP compliant and secure temperature-controlled supply chain and will present a unique chance to identify solution providers who will help you in achieving that. The session holds a meet-the-expert gathering that will present you with an amazing chance to interact with your peers and hear about the solutions for specific challenges and how the preeminent specialists will share their advice to tackle these challenges.  In addition to that, interactive workshops and courses are incorporated that are tailored to fulfill specific needs. The session also renders the practical take away reports from the prominent industry experts. Targeted Audience • Healthcare Policy Makers and Regulators • Supply Chain Directors and Managers From Pharmaceutical Companies and Drug Distributors • Quality Assurance Directors and Managers From Pharmaceutical Companies and Drug Distributors • Stores and Warehouse Managers From Pharmaceutical Companies and Drug Distributors • Global and Regional Operation Directors From Pharmaceutical Companies • Pharmacy Directors and Managers From Hospitals and Chain Pharmacies • Ports and Customs Senior Officials • Regulatory Affairs Managers and Directors From Pharmaceutical Companies Benefits of Attending the Conference • Gaining Expert Knowledge in Ensuring Cold Chain Integrity • Learning Effective practical Advice on Compliance With the New Regulations • Exploring the Expertise Solutions to Avoid Temperature Excursion • Driving Quality Into the Whole Supply Chain Process • Overcoming the Most Important Challenges in the Global Logistics Network • Reviewing FuturisticTechnologies That Will Help You in Maintaining the Integrity of Your Supply Chain • Establishing a Robust Risk Management Process • Networking With Your Companions to Exchange Knowledge and Facilitate Strategic Development Note: Early bird price for First 30 seats only Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

AOTrauma - Seminar is organized by AOTrauma and will be held on Nov 13, 2020 at Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.