AAHCI-MENA Webinar | Online Teaching and Faculty Development

Wednesday, August 26 at 3:00 pm Beirut Time

AAHCI MENA regional office host, American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC), held a Webinar on “Online Teaching and Faculty Development” during COVID-19. Since the pandemic, many instructors and institutions have shifted to deliver their courses online, and the need for quality online instruction is not going away anytime soon. This Webinar included perspectives in the region on recommended approaches, challenges, and lessons learned to the blended instruction of continuing medical education in this time. As medical education moves through a period of great change, this webinar provides valuable resources, including a US-approach.

Panelists:

• Hossam Hamdy, PhD
  Professor
  Chancellor
  Gulf Medical University, UAE
• Ibrahim Janahi, MD
  Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
  Weil Cornell Medicine-Qatar
  Chairman, Medical Education and DIO
  Division Chief, Pediatric Pulmonology
  Sidra Medicine, Qatar
• Rumeyza Kazancioglu, MD
  Professor of Nephrology
  Rector
  Bezmialem Vakif University, Turkey

Moderator:

• Iman Hakim, MD, PhD, MPH
  Dean, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
  Professor of Public Health, Family & Community Medicine & Nutrition
  Mel & Enid Zuckerman Endowed Chair in Public Health
  Founding Director, Global Health Institute
  Prof. Arizona Cancer Center & Sarver Heart Center
  University of Arizona, USA