From the 25th till the 27th of February 2022, Gulf Medical University hosted and organized an international conference in collaboration with the Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA), Dubai Health Authority (DHA), and the Association of Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) related to the quality metrics in health professions education. The first two days were loaded with enriching and eye-opening talks from the 26 top world experts in the field. They shared their insights, experiences, and thoughts about advancements to the current tools of quality metrics in health professions education. The third day was a face-to-face series of workshops under the theme:” Future of Health Professions Education: Learning together, Working together & Leading together”. Faculty form the different health professions participated in parallel workshops for pharmacy, medicine, dentistry and nursing.
The College of pharmacy organized a post conference workshop attended by academicians for all the Colleges of Pharmacy in the UAE. The workshop aimed at exploring ways to assess the “difficult to assess” competencies like self-awareness, entrepreneurship and innovation, professionalism and leadership. The overall aim of the exercise was to put the UAE competency framework for pharmacy programs into action by those who will use it. Another aim was to facilitate collaboration between faculty members across all colleges in the country to continue to work together and share best practices in assessment. The expected outcome is to improve the pharmacy programs in the country and to graduate more competent pharmacists to serve their patients wherever they are.
