About the conference
Saudi Arabia is a blooming nation; KSA leaders put in motion the Saudi 2030 vision, a strategic framework to shift the oil and petrol industries' dependency, develop other sectors for a diversified economy, and grow sustainability and self-sufficiency.
The Healthcare sector in KSA is the fastest-growing and a top priority for the government; thus, it has a crucial part of the 2030 vision. The Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS) invested in the growth and the improvement of the Healthcare sector. In 2019, the government spent 46 billion dollars on healthcare coverage, equivalent to 15% of the total government spending. The healthcare sector grew at a compound rate of 12.3% in 2020.
Increasing the availability of a skilled workforce in healthcare is also a focus in the Kingdom. Significant efforts were initiated to provide education and training to healthcare professionals, increase the workforce, and meet healthcare professionals' current and future demands. The challenge is how to satisfy the need while maintaining the quality and patient care integrity, and the standard of care. The need to cover the 2030 vision in all specialties is increasing (refer to Tables 1 for details). As of 2019, to execute the 2030 vision, KSA needs to hire 710,000 healthcare professionals. The SCFHS has put forward qualification exams and supervised training programs for healthcare professionals to achieve this goal.
However, the trainees' journey is stressful, demanding, and competitive, which requires guidance, advice, clarity, and senior help. Hence, this conference aims to meet the trainees' needs in their journey, from students to practitioners.
According to this same report from the Saudi Commission Health Specialties, 2,433 Doctors, 277 Dentists, 719 RNs, 414 pharmacists, 2,759 applied health studying abroad will graduate by 2022. Taking into consideration these numbers, the projected need, and the churn rate (5% for doctors, 20% for Nursing, and 10% for all other healthcare specialties), KSA needs to have a clear plan on how to recruit in the needed specialties, to fill in the gap and secure the pipeline for the future.
TARGET AUDIENCE
This educational program targets students, interns, residents, and fellows, in all healthcare disciplines (Physicians, Dental, Radiology, Nursing, Laboratory, Physiotherapy, and Pharmacy) in their journey towards success.
The Program is designed to engage different stakeholders, leaders, experts, program directors, seniors, and peers to raise awareness, improve communications between stakeholders, help students understand the workforce needs, and be familiar with the different career paths and support systems available to them in the Kingdom.
In this event, through a holistic and comprehensive approach, we address career path challenges and offer a unique program that assists in creating a healthy future path for healthcare professionals, from students to practitioners, including; coping with burnout and stress, wellbeing, and self-care. We bring new trainee supportive programs to light, such as the bridging program and mentor-mentee volunteers, highlighting the available resources to help juniors have a better vision for their future careers. In addition to this, we highlight the best ways and tips for successfully passing the Saudi Commission's Licensing exams since failure rates are high in all disciplines, limiting the chances of progression in the students' areas of choice. We aim to shed light on these challenges and offer higher success, better planning, career aspirations, and advice.
120+
Speakers
20
Panel Discussions
37
Workshops
This activity will be held over 2 days. CME credits are applied from the SCFHS. Workshops are planned to be completed the week after the event.
EDUCATIONAL FORMAT
Lectures & Workshops
Panel Discussions
Group discussions and debates
Case discussions;
experts in hot seat
OBJECTIVES
By the end of this event, attendees will:
Construct an improved pathway to follow while discussing career plan's challenges by meeting with senior professionals and program directors
Explore the practice of mentor-mentee in the medical profession in KSA and ways to improve it as well as learning from international communities on best practices
Recognize sources of the stress and worry in their career plan, and discuss techniques of coping with them and finding resources available for their support
Use the advice provided to know how and when to take a critical career decision
Improve the understanding of SCFHS processes and improve the communication between the attendees and the Commission
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Dr. Saud Alturki
Vascular Surgeon – CEO Academy of Sciences & Chair of the HCPC Conference
Dr. Ziad Nakshabandi
CEO of the National Centre for Health Workforce Planning, SCFHS
Dr. Saud Alomar
Chairman of paediatric local committee at the central region of the Kingdom, SCFHS Consultant
Dr. Norah Alsubaie
Trauma & acute care surgery consultant, King Saud University Medical City.
Ms. Diana Skaff, DBA(c)
Consultant Management and Academic Affairs, Academy of Sciences
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Nursing:
- Dr. Amani Badgi
- Mr. Mohamed AlShehri
- Ms. Badria AlOmayri
- Ms. Mawada Bafageeh
- Ms. Yara Alaboud
- Ms. Razan Alhamad
Dentistry:
- Dr. Lubna Alkadi
- Mr. Abdullah Alanazi
- Mr. Abdulaziz Saud Arafat
- Mr. Nawaf Majed Alghanemi
- Dr. Bander AlMeshary
- Mr. Abdulrahman Marwan Kutbi
Fellows:
- Dr. Mishary Shalhoub
- Dr. Fatima Aziz
- Dr. Abdullah Albdah
- Dr. Faisal AlZahrani
Residents:
- Dr. Nadia Aljomah
- Dr. Bashayer Alanazi
- Dr. Ahmed AlZahrani
- Dr. Ahmed Aldakhil
- Dr. Abdulrahman Alluqmani
- Dr. Sarah Abdullah
- Dr. Mohammad Alsaif
- Dr. Nawaf Aldosari
- Dr. Yaser AlZahrani
- Dr. Tariq Jawadi
- Dr. Bayan Turki Alzomaili
Physiotherapy:
- Mr. Mohammad Alsubaie
- Dr. Njoud Alharbi
- Ms Roz Albatati
- Mr. Khalid Aedh Alamri
- Mr. Abdulhakim AlSeadi
- Mr. Abdulsalam Alshammari
- Ms. Hailah Alrakebeh
- Mr. Mohammad Hadwer
- Ms. Ola Alqahtani
Laboratory:
- Mr. Abdullah Almousa
Medical Sciences (Laboratory)
Pharmacy:
- Dr. Hala Alkhalaf
- Mr. Abdulrahman Alsuwaid
- Ms. Lina Mohammad Alhushan
- Ms. Wejdan Banyan Alyazidi
- Ms. Shatha alhassan alnami
- Ms. Lina Alsaweed
- Mr. Abdulaziz Alshehri
- Ms. Nora Aljammaz
- Ms. Khulod Dahaher alanzi
- Ms. Heba Alramadan
- Ms. Afaf Abdullah Alshehri
- Mr. Saleh Alhazmi
- Ms. Reem Aljuhani
- Ms. Lujain Alsaigh
Medical Students & Interns:
- Dr. Mashael Sultan AlSadoon
- Mr. Abdulrahman Emad Al Naim
- Ms. Abrar Marzouq Alharbi
- Ms. Ahlam Khaled Al-Swuaileh
- Ms. Maram Abdulkarem Alghadoni
- Mr. Mohammed Abdullah Aljughayman
- Dr. Ibrahim Abdullah Al Yaeesh
- Dr. Khadijah Rasheed AlRuwaili
- Mr. Abdulaziz Yousef Alabdurahman
- Dr. Aroub AlMuammar