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AUBMC and AAHC-I have partnered with Columbia University/Narrative Medicine Program, Lebanese American University Chagoury School of Medicine, and the University of Balamand Faculty of Medicine, to host a Regional Conference: "Transformation of Medical Education in the New Era" on the campus of the American University of Beirut Medical Center from September 27 to 29, 2018.

The impending impact of Artificial Intelligence on healthcare delivery will lead to radical revisions of the entire edifice of medical education, starting with the undergraduate (“pre-med”) curriculum and extending to graduate medical education. In this new era, diagnostic accuracy and therapeutic options will be more reliably provided by machines, re-focusing the role of the physician on the personalized approach to patient care, and on the professional, humane, and social determinants of illness. The physicians of tomorrow must master new technologies and acquire a significantly deeper knowledge of medical humanities, narrative medicine, precision medicine, and medical genetics. This will necessitate new offerings in the undergraduate and MD curricula, and will redefine the profile of medical school applicants. These changes will also present a major challenge to the teaching faculty at all academic health centers, and to how schools of medicine will work symbiotically with the medical centers which serve as their teaching institutions.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this activity, participants will be able to:

Define and discuss regional challenges in medical education in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Define future pre-medical requirements in medical humanities, AI, and bioinformatics, and describe the profile of future medical school applicants
Define the role of medical humanities in the new medical curriculum
Describe Narrative Medicine and the teaching of the principles and practice of Narrative Medicine
Describe the role of artificial intelligence in Personalized Medicine
Discuss future transformation of medical practice in the AI environment, including devices, robotics, and
Examine the future of medical education in light of the impending influence of artificial intelligence (AI) and medical informatics on healthcare delivery

Target Audience:

This activity has been designed for physicians in all specialties, namely Allergy, Immunology, Anesthesiology, Pain Management, Cardiology, Critical Care, Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Endocrinology, Family Practice, Gastroenterology, Hematology / Oncology, Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine and subspecialties, Nephrology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Nursing, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Pathology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Psychology / Psychiatry, Pulmonology, Radiology, Rheumatology, Immunology, Surgery, Urology, Wellness, Women's Health and other Health Care Professionals. In addition to Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Professors, Residents, Fellows and students.

Accreditation Statement:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education and the Parkinson Study Group. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 10.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association for Category 2 credit.

Lebanese Order of Physicians Statement:

Transformation of Medical Education in the New Era complies with the Lebanese Order of Physicians’ Continuing Medical Education guidelines.

Faculty Disclosure Statement:

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education has implemented a policy to comply with the current Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Commercial Support requiring resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest. Faculty declaring a relevant commercial interest will be identified in the activity syllabus.

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AAHCI MENA Regional Conference:

"Transformation of Medical Education in the New Era"

September 27 – 29, 2018

Issam Fares Lecture Hall, AUB

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Thursday, September 27, 2018
8:00 – 9:00	Registration & Breakfast
9:00 – 9:40	Session 1: Chairs: Kamal Badr and Ramzi Sabra Introduction to the Conference: Medical Education: From Galen to Google Ramzi Sabra, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education & Chairperson of Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, American University of Beirut Meeting Objectives Kamal Badr, Professor of Medicine & Associate Dean for Medical Education, American University of Beirut
	Medical Humanities and the New Curriculum
9:40 – 10:00	Session 2: Chairs: Zeinat Hijazi and Rico Franses PLENARY 1: Medicine Is a Narrative Act Rita Charon, Professor and Chair of the Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics and Professor of Medicine, Columbia University
	PANEL 1: Pre-medical Requirements in Medical Humanities
10:00 – 10:15	Longitudinal Humanities in Premedical and Medical Education Curricula: Humane Doctors from Cradle to Grave Alan Weber, Professor of English, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar
10:15 – 10:30	Humanities and the Pipeline: Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum of Pre-Medical Education Elizabeth Gaufberg, Associate Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Director, Arnold P. Gold Foundation Research Institute & Cambridge Health Alliance Center for Professional Development
10:30 – 10:45	Why Writers, Artists, and Musicians want to be Doctors, and why we Welcome them into Medicine Rita Charon, Professor and Chair of the Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics and Professor of Medicine, Columbia University
10:45 – 11:15	Discussion
11:15 – 11:30	Coffee Break
	Session 3: Chairs: Roseanne Khalaf and Thalia Arawi PANEL 2: Teaching the Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine
11:30 – 11:50	Learning to Look: Using Visual Thinking Strategies to Support Medical Education Goals Elizabeth Gaufberg, Associate Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Director, Arnold P. Gold Foundation Research Institute & Cambridge Health Alliance Center for Professional Development

11:50 - 12:10	Teaching the Conceptual Foundations of Narrative Medicine Rita Charon, Professor and Chair of the Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics & Professor of Medicine, Columbia University
12:10 – 12:30	Introducing Narrative Medicine to the Lebanese Medical Curriculum Nancy Chedid, Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, Lebanese American University
12:30 – 13:00	Discussion
13:00– 14:00	Lunch & Poster Viewing
14:00 – 15:00	Opening Ceremony and Reception: AAHCI MENA Regional Conference 2018 Chair: Noha Hachach KEYNOTE SPEECH: The Future of Medical Education Albert Sherpbier, Dean of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University & Vice Chairman, Maastricht University Medical Center
	AI and the New Medical Curriculum
15:00 – 15:20	Session 4: Chairs: Bill Eley and Mode Ojaimi PLENARY 2: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Personalized Medicine Ahmad Tarhini, Professor of Medicine, Lerner School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University & Abbas Tarhini, Assistant Professor of Information Technology and Operations Management, Lebanese American University
	PANEL 3: Pre- clinical Years: Required Skills in The Era of AI

15:20 - 15:35	Preparing Future Doctors for AI: What New Skills are Needed? Manoj Ramachandran, Co-founder of Viz.ai, an artificial intelligence start-up in medical imaging
15:35 - 15:50	The Evolution of Medical Student Competencies John R. Boulet, Vice President of ECFMG® and FAIMER®
15:50 - 16:20 16:30 - 18:45	Discussion Oral Presentations (Non-CME) Chairs: N. Lynn Eckhert and Khaled Tabbara Invited talk: Translational Medicine in the Era of Big Data: Hype or Real? Akl Fahed, MD, MPH, Division of Cardiology and Center of Human Genomics, Massachusetts General Hospital View Oral Presentations Program Here Location: Hisham Jaroudi Auditorium, Hariri School of Nursing


Friday, September 28, 2018
	Session 5: Chairs: Rana Sharara and Mary Choukair PANEL 4: AI, Simulation, Technology and Clinical Training
9:00 – 9:15	AI and Simulation in Clinical Practice: a Look at the Future Abdullah Albeyatti, Co-Founder and CEO of Medicalchain
9:15 – 9:30	Meeting the Challenges: The Evolving Curriculum at Maastricht University Albert Sherpbier, Dean of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences of Maastricht University and Vice Chairman, Maastricht University Medical Center
9:30 – 9:45	How can Technology Improve the Assessment of Medical Students, Residents, and Practicing Physicians? John R. Boulet, Vice President of ECFMG® and FAIMER®
9:45 – 10:15 10:15 - 10:30	Discussion Coffee Break
	Transformation of Medical Practice in the AI Environment
10:30 – 10:50	Session 6: Chairs: Ghassan Hamadeh and Mariette Awad PLENARY 3: The Future of Medicine: Convergence of Engineering and Data Science with Clinical and Biomedical Research Dimitri Azar. Senior Director, Verily Life Science & Distinguished Professor & BA Field Chair/Ophthalmology; Former Dean of Medicine, University of Illinois
	PANEL 5: Advancing Care Through Decentralization
10:50 – 11:05	Blockchain Technology and the Future of Medical Data Abdullah Albeyatti, Co-Founder and CEO of Medicalchain
11:05 – 11:20	Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging; from Concept to Coalface Manoj Ramachandran, Co-founder of Viz.ai, an artificial intelligence start-up in medical imaging
11:20 – 11:50	Discussion
	Session 7: Chairs: Ramzi Alami and Ghassan Abu Sittah PANEL 6: Devices, Robotics, and the Future of Surgery
11:50 – 12:05	Healthcare, Augmented Nadine Hachach Haram, Plastic surgeon and co-founder of Proximie
12:05 – 12:20	Smart Accommodating Lenses and AI in Ophthalmology Dimitri Azar, Senior Director, Verily Life Science & Distinguished Professor & BA Field
12:20 – 12:35	Technology in the Service of the Poor Ghassan Abu Sittah, Head, Division of Plastic Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center
12:35 - 13:00	Discussion
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch & Poster Viewing
14:00 – 14:15 14:15 - 14:25 14:25 - 14:35 14:35 - 14:45 14:45 - 15:00 15:00 - 15:30 15:30 - 17:00	Round Table and Open Forum: Towards a symbiotic synthesis of humanism and technology in shaping the future of medicine. Chairs: Kamal Badr and Rita Charon Why AI/technology needs the humanities and humanistic values for personalized medicine, ethical medicine, and health equity Rita Charon What will be the limits of AI and "computer power" in healthcare delivery? Paul Atie What knowledge and skills in computer science and engineering will future physicians have to acquire to remain competent in the era of AI? Imad Elhajj AI, Blockchain, and future technologies: The good, the bad, and the ugly of tech disruptions in Healthcare Lina Daouk-Oyry Coffee Break Student and Residents' presentations Malak El Sabeh, Dana Nabulsi, Basil Karam, Khalil Baddour Round Table and Open Forum: Introduction: Vision for a symbiotic synthesis of humanism and technology: disrupting medicine as we know it Kamal Badr Round Table Scholars: Elizabeth Gaufberg, Nancy Chedid, Thalia Arawi, Alan Weber and N. Lynn Eckhert

Saturday, September 29, 2018
9:00 – 9:30	SPECIAL SESSION: Chairs: Faek Jamali and Nadine Hachach Haram The Future of Surgery: Report from the UK Commission Richard Kerr, Council Member, Royal College of Surgeons and Chair of the “Commission on the Future of Surgery in the United Kingdom”
	Session 8: Chairs: Abdullatif Al Khal and Zeina Kanafani Regional Challenges in Medical Education
9:30 – 9:50	PLENARY 4: Defining Regional Challenges N. Lynn Eckhert, Director Academic Programs Partner’s HealthCare International (PHI)
9:50 – 10:05	What does the UK offer International Medical Graduates? Ali Jawad, Hans Sloane Fellow and Medical Director of the Global Office, Royal College of Physicians, London
10:05 – 10:20	Accreditation of Undergraduate Medical Education: Benefits and Challenges John R. Boulet, Vice President of ECFMG® and FAIMER®
10:20 – 10:35	Creating a New Medical School in the Gulf Region after the Arab Spring Egon Toft, Vice President for Medical and Health Sciences & Dean of the College of Medicine, Qatar University
10:35 – 11:00	Discussion Non-CME Program

Meet the Speakers! (click for detailed information)

	Ghassan Abu-Sittah, MBchB, FRCS (Plast) Head, Division of Plastic Surgery, Founder, Conflict Medicine Program, American University of Beirut Medical Center
	Abullah Albeyatti, MBBS BSc MRCS (ENT) Co-Founder and CEO of Medicalchain, bringing blockchain technology to healthcare
	Dimitri Azar, MD, MBA Senior Director, Verily Life Sciences. Distinguished Prof. & BA Field Chair/ Ophthalmology; Former Dean of Medicine Univ. of Illinois
	Kamal F Badr, MD, ASCI, AAP Professor of Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertension) Associate Dean for Medical Education, Associate Chair for Medical Education, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon Professor of Medicine (Adj.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
	John (Jack) R. Boulet, Ph.D. Vice President, Research and Data Resources, for both the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG®) and the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER®)
	Rita Charon, MD, Ph.D Professor and Chair of the Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics and Professor of Medicine at Columbia University. General internist, literary scholar, and the originator of the field of narrative medicine.
	Nancy Chedid, MD Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, Lebanese American University Musician, surgeon, and writer
	N. Lynn Eckhert, MD, MPH, DrPH Director Academic Programs Partner’s HealthCare International (PHI)

	Elizabeth Gaufberg, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. Director, Arnold P. Gold Foundation Research Institute. Director, Cambridge Health Alliance Center for Professional Development
	Nadine Hachach-Haram, MD Plastic surgeon and co-founder of Proximie. Recipient of a British Empire Medal by Her Majesty the Queen for innovative work within the field of surgery and medicine.
	Professor Ali S M Jawad, MB ChB, MSc, FRCP, FRCPEd, FRCPG, DCH, DMedRehab Hans Sloane Fellow and Medical Director of the Global Office, Royal College of Physicians, London.
	Richard Kerr BSc MBBS MS FRC Council Member, Royal College of Surgeons. Chair, "Commission on the Future of Surgery in the United Kingdom"
	Manoj Ramachandran, MD Co-founder of Viz.ai, an artificial intelligence start-up in medical imaging.
	Ramzi Sabra, MD, MHPE Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education Chairperson, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut
	Albert Scherpbier, MD Dean of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences of Maastricht University and Vice Chairman Maastricht University Medical Center (Maastricht UMC+).
	Ahmad Tarhini, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine, Lerner School of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. Director, Melanoma and Skin Cancer Program Director, Center for Immuno-Oncology Research Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute.
	Abbas A. Tarhini, Ph.D Assistant Professor of Information Technology and Operations Management. Lebanese American University
	Egon Toft, MD Vice President for Medical and Health Sciences Dean of the College of Medicine Qatar University
	Alan Weber, PhD Professor of English, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar

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