WCM-Q Offers Opportunities For Continuing Medical Education
Date
11/13/2022 4:13:58 AM
(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula
Doha: The Division of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) hosted a series of webinars for healthcare professionals.
With the worldwide prevalence of dementia, a common pathological consequence of neurodegenerative diseases, expected to significantly rise over the coming years, WCM-Q launched a webinar series titled 'Protein Misfolding Diseases and Neurodegeneration: From Experimental Approach to Clinical Therapy' to keep healthcare professionals up to date with relevant advancements in the field. The course was directed by Dr. Ali Chaari, visiting assistant professor of biology at WCM-Q.
As part of the series, a session titled, 'The Molecular Basis of Neurodegenerative Diseases: From Bench to Bedside' was presented by Professor Tiago Outeiro, director of the Department of Experimental Neurodegeneration and head of the lab Experimental Neurodegeneration, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany. An additional session from the series titled, 'Disease Modification in Parkinson Disease: An Update' was led by Dr. Angelo Antonini, professor of neurology and director of the Parkinson and Movement Disorders Unit and Study Center for Neurodegenerative Disease, University of Padua, Italy.
CPD's Biostatistics webinar series continued with a virtual workshop titled, 'Applied Biostatistics Using STATA.' Presented by Dr. Ziyad R. Mahfoud, professor of research in population health sciences at WCM-Q, the webinar outlined the application of the univariable and multivariable statistical method for numeric and categorical outcomes using STATA, a statistical software. Dr. Mahfoud held an additional workshop under the heading 'Understanding Survival Analysis' to help healthcare professionals accurately interpret descriptive and inferential statistics related to time-to-event data.
As part of the 'Intersection of Law and Medicine Series,' a webinar titled, 'Ethical and Legal Considerations of Assisted Reproductive Technologies' was directed by Dr. Thurayya Arayssi, vice dean for academic and curricular affairs at WCM-Q, and Dr. Barry Solaiman, assistant dean of students and assistant professor of law, Hamad Bin Khalifa University.
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