Day 1 - CONFERENCE HALL
Thursday November 19, 2026 |
| Program Moderators: Ms. Eunice Esplana Guites GRN-HGH-HMC, Mr. Idris Kader Basha Abdul Hameed GRN-AWH-HMC |
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Time |
Program |
Presenter |
| 07:00am- 07:20am |
Registration & Refreshment |
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| 07:20am-07.50am |
Program Introductions & Overview |
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| 07.50am-08.00am |
Welcome Address |
Ms. Muna Al Hetmi
Director of Nursing Education
Corporate Nursing & Midwifery Education Department, HMC
Conference SPC Chair |
PLENARY I | 08.00AM-09.30AM
Setting the Direction |
08.00am-08.20am
(20 mins) |
Session Title:
Opening Perspectives: Celebrating Our Journey, Shaping Our Future
Session Objective:
- Discuss the conference’s theme and overall objectives.
- Describe the historical background and evolution of the conference, highlighting its significance in advancing the nursing & midwifery profession.
- Video Presentation: Leader’s Insights
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Ms. Mariam Al-Mutawa
Chief Nursing Officer
Corporate Nursing & Midwifery Department, HMC |
08.20am-09.15am
(55 mins) |
Session Title:
Nurses & Midwives at the Policy Table: Influencing, Driving and Transforming
Session Objective:
- Define health policy and describe its influence on healthcare systems, professional practice, and patient and population outcomes.
- Explain the importance of nurses and midwives in shaping health policy and contributing frontline perspectives to healthcare decision-making.
- Identify key entry points and opportunities for policy engagement and advocacy at the clinical, organizational, national, and global levels.
- Discuss practical strategies for bringing a credible, evidence-informed, and strategic nursing and midwifery voice to policy discussions and decision-making forums.
- Discuss emerging opportunities for nursing and midwifery leadership in shaping the future of healthcare, health systems, and health policy. What will nursing and midwifery lead?
Question & Answer-Mentimeter (25 mins) |
Keynote Speaker:
Her Excellency Prof. Rowaida AlMaaitah
Vice president of the board of the National Health Care Accreditation Council, member of the higher Council of the National Centre for Curriculum Development, Advisor for HRH Princess Muna EL Hussein for Health and Social Development, member of the Jordanian nursing Council, and Professor at the college of Nursing/ Jordan University of Science and Technology. |
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ANMC Segment: The Thread “The Stories Behind the Outcomes” |
09.15am-09.30am
(15 mins) |
Session Title:
44 Minutes: The Hands That Held On
Session Objective:
- Discuss critical interventions and key phases of care that supported the patient’s survival, from emergency resuscitation and interventions to ongoing specialized cardiac care.
- Recognize the role of nursing care and multidisciplinary collaboration in supporting the patient throughout the resuscitation, and recovery journey.
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Mr. Emad Mraweh Mohammed Mustafa
AED-Nursing and Midwifery, HGH |
| 09.30am-09.40am |
Flag Parade |
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| 09.40 am-10.15am |
Break |
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| 10.15am-10.20am |
Booth Tour and Networking |
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| 10.20am-10.30am |
Awarding and Recognition |
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PLENARY 2 | 10.30AM -12.10PM
Excellence in Action |
10.30am-10.40am
(10 mins) |
NEDTalks: Leadership
Session Title:
The Credible Hack
Session Objective:
- Challenge the assumption that leadership, power and credibility are defined by titles or positions.
- Recognize how competence becomes credibility when knowledge and credentials are translated into meaningful action.
- Reflect on their willingness to own their capability and use their influence, even when they are not formally “in charge.”
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Dr. Dina Schnurman
Chief Nursing Officer
Sidra Medicine |
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Arab Nursing and Midwifery Excellence in Leadership |
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10.40am-10.55am
(15 mins) |
Session Title:
The Green Room Effect: A Nurse-Led Journey from Linen Conservation to System-Wide Sustainability
Session Objective:
- Identify opportunities to reduce avoidable linen use while maintaining patient safety and quality of care.
- Describe how nursing leadership, frontline engagement, and Plan–Do–Study–Act cycles supported linen conservation across HMC.
Apply lessons from the initiative to plan a resource conservation project with measurable cost and sustainability outcomes |
Mr. Thabit Melhem
Executive Director of Nursing & Midwifery-HMC |
10.55am-11.10am
(15 mins) |
Session Title:
Bridging the Strategic Gap: A Comparative Maturity Model of Nursing Political Leadership and Policy Participation in the Arab Gulf
Session Objective:
- Describe the six-level maturity model for assessing nursing political leadership and policy participation.
- Compare barriers and enablers of nursing representation in governance across Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Yemen.
- Identify strategies to strengthen nurses’ policy competencies, governance representation, and participation in health-system decision-making.
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Dr. Majid Al Maqbali
RN, PhD Leadership and Decision-Making Consultant & Executive Coaching Expert
Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman |
| 11.10am-11.20am |
Panel Discussion (10 mins) |
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11.20am-11.30am
(10 mins) |
NEDTalks: Clinical Practice
Session Title:
#GenZNursexMidwife: Becoming the Clinician I Want to Be
Session Objective:
- Explore how a Gen Z nurse or midwife intentionally prepares for the realities, responsibilities, and expectations of clinical practice.
- Identify personal habits and strategies that strengthen clinical competence, confidence, resilience, and professional growth.
- Reflect on how taking ownership of one's learning and development can help transform a novice practitioner into an exceptional clinician.
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Ms. Sheikha Muzafar
Midwifery Student
University of Doha Sciences and Technology |
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Arab Nursing and Midwifery Excellence in Clinical Practice |
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11.30am-11.45am
(15 mins) |
Session Title:
From Direct Observation to Digital Care: Evolution and Outcomes of a Nursing-Led V-DOTS Program in Qatar
Session Objective:
- Describe the evolution and implementation of the nurse-led Video-Assisted Directly Observed Therapy (V-DOTS) program for tuberculosis treatment monitoring in Qatar.
- Evaluate the program’s reported medication compliance outcomes, including the transition from recorded-video to live-video monitoring and performance against the 95% compliance target.
- Discuss strategies to strengthen patient-centered tuberculosis care through digital monitoring, nursing-led treatment supervision, and continuous quality improvement.
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Ms. Cherry Ma Mayen Abustan
Registered Nurse-CDC-HMC |
11.45am-12.00pm
(15 mins) |
Session Title:
Transforming Patient Safety at the Bedside: Optimizing Bedside Invasive Procedure Time-Outs to Achieve Zero “Never Events”
Session Objective:
- Redesign bedside invasive procedures by standardizing time-out procedures in a safer and more compassionate way.
- Prevent “never-events” (i.e., wrong-patient, wrong-site, and wrong-procedure) by embedding high-reliability organization (HRO) principles into routine bedside procedural practice.
- Identify, evaluate, and adopt evidence-based best practices that can be effectively implemented to improve patient safety.
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Mr. Kenneth Jun Logrono
Head Nurse-HGH-HMC |
| 12.00am-12.10am |
Panel Discussion (10 mins) |
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| 12.10pm-12.50pm |
Break & Networking |
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| 12.50pm-01.00pm |
Poem Recitation |
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PLENARY 3 | 01.00PM -03.00PM
Building a Future-Ready Profession |
01.00pm-01.40pm
(40 mins) |
Session Title:
Building a Stronger Nursing and Midwifery Workforce: From National Strategy to Sustainable Impact
Session Objectives:
- Discuss how national nursing and midwifery strategies can strengthen workforce capacity, professional development, leadership, and readiness to meet evolving health system needs.
- Discuss effective approaches to workforce planning, education, career development, retention, and professional empowerment that contribute to a resilient and future-ready nursing and midwifery workforce.
- Identify key enablers for translating national workforce strategies into measurable and sustainable impact, including policy support, leadership commitment, collaboration, innovation, and outcome-driven implementation
Question & Answer- Mentimeter (15 mins) |
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Sumaya Mohamed AlBlooshi
BSN, MSN, PhD, FAAN
President of Emirates Nursing Association
Director of Nursing, Emirates Health Services
Head of National Committee for nursing and Midwifery |
01.40pm-01.50 pm
(10 mins) |
NEDTalks: Education
Session Title:
AI Intelligence vs. AI Dependence: Are We Still Learning to Think?
Session Objective:
- Differentiate between using AI to enhance learning and becoming overly dependent on AI-generated information.
- Recognize the importance of critical thinking, clinical reasoning and professional judgment when using AI in nursing and midwifery education.
- Reflect on responsible ways to use AI as a learning partner without compromising independent thinking.
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Dr. Rami Aldwikat
Qatar University |
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Arab Nursing and Midwifery Excellence in Education |
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01.50pm-02.05
15 mins |
Session Title:
“Scan It Right, Culture It Right”: Building Blood Culture Competency Through QR-Enabled Learning and Hands-On Training for Cleaner Blood Cultures
Session Objective:
- Describe how QR-enabled point-of-care learning and hands-on workshops strengthen Blood culture collection competency.
- •Explain the Plan-Do-Study-Act based implementation of a blended Nursing Education strategy across multiple inpatient medical units.
- Identify outcomes and evidence informed approaches for sustaining reductions in Blood culture contamination rates over time
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Ms. Asha Anna Alex
Acting Nurse Educator-MCRC-HGH-HMC |
02.05pm-02.20pm
(15 mins) |
Session Title:
From Lithotomy to Choice: Empowering Midwives to Support Diverse Birth Positions Through Hands-On Training
Session Objective:
- Describe the role of evidence-based, woman-centered midwifery care in promoting maternal mobility and informed choice of labor and birth positions.
- Discuss the contribution of hands-on simulation-based training to midwives’ knowledge, confidence, and readiness to support diverse birth positions.
- Identify strategies to overcome barriers to implementing alternative birth positions through multidisciplinary collaboration, patient education, and ongoing clinical training.
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Ms. Rahma Guizeni
Nurse Educator-AWH-HMC |
| 02.20pm -02.30pm |
Panel Discussion (10 mins) |
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02.30pm-03.00pm
(30 mins) |
Session Title:
Harnessing Technology for a Smarter Healthcare Future in Oman
Session Objective:
- Explore Oman’s digital health transformation and evolving technology landscape.
- Examine how technology can improve healthcare quality, efficiency, and patient experience.
- Identify key strategies to accelerate digitalization and technology adoption in healthcare.
- Discuss the future of digitally enabled healthcare and the role of nurses and midwives in driving transformation.
Question & Answer (10 Mins) |
Keynote Speaker
Ms. Muna Zahir Abdullah Al Shaqsi
Director of Nursing | Royal Hospital
Sultanate of Oman |
PLENARY 4 | 03.00pm-04.30pm
From Evidence to Transformation |
03.00pm-03.30pm
(30 mins) |
Panel discussion of Keynote Speakers
Session Title:
Transforming the Future of Healthcare, Leaders’ Insights
Session Objective:
- Discuss emerging forces shaping the future of healthcare, from policy and innovation to technology and population health.
- Discuss how cross-sector leadership and collaboration can translate ideas and evidence into meaningful health system change.
- Discuss the evolving role and strategic influence of nurses and midwives in shaping healthcare decisions, innovation, and transformation.
- Identify actionable priorities for building healthier, smarter, and more sustainable health systems across Qatar and the region
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Moderator & Panelist:
Ms. Mariam Al-Mutawa
Chief Nursing Officer
Corporate Nursing & Midwifery Department, HMC
Panelists:
Dr. Rayana Bou Haka
World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in the State of Qatar
Her Excellency Prof. Rowaida AlMaaitah
Vice president of the of the board of the National Health Care Accreditation Council, member of the higher Council of the National Centre for Curriculum Development, Advisor for HRH Princess Muna EL Hussein for Health and Social Development, member of the Jordanian nursing Council, and Professor at the college of Nursing/ Jordan University of Science and Technology.
Dr. Sumaya Mohamed AlBlooshi
BSN, MSN, PhD, FAAN
President of Emirates Nursing Association
Director of Nursing, Emirates Health Services
Head of National Committee for nursing and Midwifery
Ms. Muna Zahir Abdullah Al Shaqsi
Director of Nursing | Royal Hospital
Sultanate of Oman |
03.30pm -03.40pm
(10 mins) |
NEDTalks: Research & Innovation
Session Title:
Small Change. Big Difference: You Don’t Have to Fix Everything to Improve Something.
Session Objective:
- Recognize everyday clinical problems and frustrations as opportunities for quality improvement.
- Explore how small, purposeful changes can be tested, measured, and refined to create meaningful improvements in patient care.
- Reflect on their own ability to take ownership of a problem and initiate improvement within their sphere of influence.
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Mr. Glenn Ramon T. Ocampo
Head of Quality Improvement / Quality and Patient Safety Department
Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital (HMGH) |
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Arab Nursing and Midwifery Excellence in Research |
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03.40pm-03.55pm
(15 mins) |
Session Title:
Effects of Early Oral Diet After Cardiac Surgery: An Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial
Session Objective:
- Critically appraise the evidence for early oral feeding and identify the gap in cardiac surgery that this trial addresses.
- Discuss how the randomized controlled trial design, including randomization after extubation and an open-label approach, was applied in a busy cardiac ICU setting.
- Identify nurse-led strategies to safely bring early oral feeding into their own surgery/procedure units.
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Ms. Siddiha Poovelil Shahulhameed
Clinical Nurse Specialist- Heart Hospital HMC |
03.55pm-04.10pm
(15 mins) |
Session Title:
Empowering Nurses Through Sleep Knowledge: Addressing Myths and Strengthening Evidence-Based Sleep Care in Mental Health Services
Session Objective:
- Identify common sleep-related myths and their potential implications for mental health nursing practice.
- Discuss evidence from Qatar regarding nurses' sleep knowledge, attitudes, and sleep management practices.
- Recognize evidence-based approaches to sleep assessment, non-pharmacological interventions, and appropriate medication management.
- Explore strategies to strengthen nurses' competencies and promote sustainable, recovery-oriented sleep care within mental health services.
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Mr. Ananth Nazarene
Charge Nurse- MHS-HMC |
| 04.10pm-04.20pm |
Panel Discussion (10 mins) |
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| 04.20pm-04.30pm |
Interactive Activity (10 mins) |
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Awarding and Recognition
Closing Remarks
04.30pm-05.00pm |
