DHCC and Cambridge University sign MoU

Chief executive officer of Dubai Healthcare City Marwan Abedin Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cambridge University Hospitals to provide paediatric emergency training courses to medical and healthcare professionals in the U.A.E.. The paediatric emergency training courses are the first of a series of courses with Cambridge University Hospitals planned for 2014.
Critical events in paediatrics are less frequent than those occurring with adults, which makes being ready to successfully manage these events more important. Healthcare providers will at some point be required to manage acutely ill or injured children, however very few of them have the opportunity to practice the necessary skills during medical training or practice.
According to the terms of the MoU, academics from one of the best academic healthcare organisations in the world will conduct two different paediatric courses at DHCC's Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor Medical Simulation Centre (KHMSC), the first comprehensive simulation training facility of its kind in the region located within the Mohammed bin Rashid Academic Medical Centre (MBR-AMC).
Marwan Abedin, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Healthcare City, commented, "While both theoretical and practical skills are important aspects of medical training, training for independent decision making, especially during emergencies, is as critical yet not as common. Moreover, it is rarely possible to train medical professionals on the management of the severely ill as not only are such patients scarce but naturally they are even more in need of an experienced physician. The training becomes even more difficult when the patient is a child." Dr. Keith McNeil, Chief Executive Officer, Cambridge University Hospitals, said, "We look forward to transferring paediatric care knowledge via clinical simulation. When medical professionals work with a simulation mannequin that responds to interventions in real-time, he or she acquires diagnostic skills and practices medical procedures before treating patients. A range of scenarios with varying complexity can be taught through simulation. After the training, medical staff are more confident and better trained, thus enhancing safety and quality of clinical services delivered to young people. This improves outcomes and will ultimately save young lives."
Source: WAM