(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula
The World Innovation for Health (WISH), an initiative of Qatar Foundation (QF), organised a training programme designed to help Qatari nurses develop leadership competencies and to empower them with skills that will allow them to play a more dynamic role in Qatar's expanding healthcare system.
Held within Hamad Bin Khalifa Medical City and with the support of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), the four-day training programme was delivered by international and local experts in nursing, and formed part of the three-year global ‘Nursing Now' programme, which aim to promote healthcare.
Sultana Afdhal, CEO of WISH, and Dr Nicola Ryley, Chief Nursing Officer at HMC, co-chairs of the Qatar chapter of ‘Nursing Now', opened the training programme. Other key supporters, senior nursing representatives of the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC); Al-Ahli Hospital; University of Calgary in Qatar (UCQ), and Sidra Medicine, a member of QF also took part in the event.
Afdhal said, 'At our most recent summit last November, nursing was selected as one of the main research topics. The WISH report on nursing noted that there was a massive shortfall in qualified nurses and midwives around the world, that nurses felt undervalued within healthcare systems, and that nurses had a significant role to play at the vanguard of efforts to deliver universal health coverage globally.
'Once our summits end, we will work closely with partners both in Qatar and around the world to see where the learning from WISH can be implemented and where policy recommendations can be promoted. We are always keen to support Qatar's efforts to build capacity and demonstrate best practice in healthcare and appreciate the willingness of leaders within Qatar's healthcare system to work with us.
Dr Ryley explained how this initiative underpins national efforts to develop Qatari healthcare professionals and equip them with appropriate skills for leadership advancement.
'Our local nurse leaders are passionate about strengthening the national professional identity of nursing in Qatar, and have shown immense interest in developing their skills to contribute to raising nursing and midwifery standards of care, she said. 'This is a wonderful training program for the senior group of nurses and midwives, and our collective focus is now on being proactive and putting the learning into practice to benefit our patients.
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