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Day 3: Saturday 2 October 2021

Day 3: Saturday 2 October 2021 - Morning Sessions

Plenary Session 8

All Delegates

8am - 8.45am

Includes Q&A

 Infections and MDRO in Elderly

Speaker:
Dr. Emad Bashier Ibrahim Elmagboul
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, HMC (Qatar)

Moderator:
Dr. Shirmila Syamala

Transition 5 min

Virtual classroom session

8.50am - 9.50am

(Parallel session for delegates to choose)

Includes Q&A

Virtual classroom session 7

Virtual classroom session 8

Virtual classroom session 9
Impact Education in Geriatric Nursing

Speaker:

Ms. Safia Bibi Sayyed Gul Karim
Acting Director of Nursing Education, HMC

Moderator:
Ms. Refa Bakhit (RN)
HMC

Swallowing problems in Elderly

Speaker:
Mr. Dawood Al Saoud
Speech Therapy specialist
HMC

Moderator:
Ms. Lincy Mariam Thomas
 Geriatric Education and Training Opportunities

Speaker:
Dr. Shafi Khan
Deputy Chairman, Department of Geriatrics and Long-Term Care, HMC

Moderator:
Dr. Maryam Al-Obaidli
HMC

Transition 10 min

Plenary Session 9

All Delegates

10am - 11am

Includes Q&A

Perception of geriatrics as a specialty in GCC

Speakers:
Dr. Ibrahim Abdullah Mohammad Al-Hammadi
Doctor at Ministry of Health Kuwait
Team lead - National Strategic Plan for Older Adult in Kuwait
WHO focal point  for older adult health services in Kuwait 
Member of Shaikh Jaber Al-Ali Kuwait Society for Alzheimer’s

Moderator:
Dr. Firas Nameer Al Imami (HMC)

Transition 15 min

Plenary Session 10

All Delegates

11.15am - 12pm

Includes Q&A

Falls and Bone health

Speaker: 
Prof. Jesper Ryg
Head of Research of Geriatric Medicine, Odense University Hospital (Denmark)

Moderator:
Dr. Jorge Passarelli
Consultant in Ortho Geriatrics/Trauma Geriatrics
HMC
Lunch break from 12 to 12.45pm
Day 3: Saturday 2 October 2021 - Afternoon Sessions

Plenary Session 11

All Delegates

12.45pm - 1.50pm

Includes Q&A

Approach to coordinated care in Geriatrics

Baseline report

Speaker:
Dr. Ritu Sadana
Unit Head -Ageing and Health, 
Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health & Ageing WHO

(15 mins) 

A National Strategy Approach to Coordinated Care in Geriatrics

Speaker:
Dr. Hanadi Al Hamad
Qatar National Lead for Healthy Ageing
& local team
Qatar

(20 mins)

A regional perspective
Dr. Samar Elfeky
Regional Officer for Community-Based Initiatives and Healthy
(WHO EMRO)

(20 min)

Moderator:
Ms. Mariam Al-Mutawa
HMC

Transition 10 min

Virtual classroom session

2pm - 3pm

(Parallel session for delegates to choose)

Includes Q&A

Virtual classroom session 10

Virtual classroom session 11

Virtual classroom session 12

Frailty and Sarcopenia: Key considerations in Physical Rehabilitation
            
Speaker:
Ms. Janet Thomas, MSc, BSc (Hons), PgCert, MCSP
Lecturer in the Dietetics, Nutrition & Biological Sciences, Physiotherapy, Podiatry & Radiography Division
Queen Margaret University

Moderator: 
Dr. Ajiamsha Sharafudeen

Trends in polypharmacy and deprescribing 

Speaker: 
Dr. Ameena Al Yazeedi
Director Pharmacy, HMC

Moderator:
Mr. Ahmed Fouaad Abdelwahed Mohamed, HMC

Healthy ageing

Speakers: 
Dr. Shirmila  Syamala
Senior Consultant Geriatrics
Rumailah Hospital, HMC

Mr. Syed Mohamed Rashid Buhari
Physiotherapy Specialist, Enaya Specialized Care Center, HMC

Mr. Mohamed Shorman 
OT Specialist,
Enaya Specialized Care Center, HMC

Moderator:  
Ms. Lincy Mariam Thomas

Transition 15 min

Pleanary Session 12

(All participants in main room)

All Delegates

3.15pm - 4.15pm

Includes Q&A

Research Methodology and Opportunities for Research 

Speakers: 
Dr. Prathap Tharyan MD, MRCPsych
Professor of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College (Tamil Nadu, India)

Prof. Dr. Edwin van Teijlingen
Professor of Reproductive Health, Bournemouth University (UK)

Prof. Padam Simkhada
Associate Dean International and Professor of Global Health & Professor of Global Health, Department of Allied Health Professions, Sport and Exercise, The University of Huddersfield (UK)

Dr. Russell Kabir
Senior Lecturer in Research Methods, Anglia Ruskin University (UK)

Moderator:
Dr. Brijesh Sathian
Post-Doctoral Research Scientist, Geriatrics and Long-term Care Department, Rumailah Hospital, HMC

Closing Remarks by Chairperson and team 15 min

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