Assistant professor Dr. Manal Nasih Ahmed, teaching at Karbala University, Faculty of medicine, obstetrics and gynecology branch, participated in the Iraqi medical conference held in London between the Iraqi Medical Association
And the United European and Irish Medical Association .
The conference continued for two days.
The opening ceremony of the conference was attended by an official Iraqi medical delegation representing the ministries of higher education and health, in addition to an Iraqi parliamentary delegation،
The conference was also attended by Dr. Mohammed Al-Hashimi, cultural attache at the Iraqi Embassy in London, and Dr. Ahmed Al-Jubouri, cultural adviser. Dr. Mohammed al-Sudani, consultant surgeon in England, opened the conference with a brief speech, welcoming the attendees from inside Iraq and from different countries of the world. Dr. Al-Sudani also praised the efforts of fellow doctors inside Iraq who work in the field of medical education at various medical colleges, including Karbala University Medicine .
The conference devoted its first session to discussing the nature of the medical education system in Iraq, and the difficulties and challenges facing it, enabling Iraqi medical associations abroad to contribute to the process of scientific development and building a future Iraqi medical generation capable of responding to the health challenges facing society in general.
As for this special session, Dr. Anis Nayel, representing the Ministry of Higher Education, Dr. Majid Jawad al-Khatib (Iraqi Medical Association), Dr. Amin Alwani, dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Baghdad, Dr. Raed Omar, dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Kufa, Dr. Ayman al-Saadi, who dealt with the topic of artificial intelligence in medicine and education, and Dr. Amer Al-Saffar from Cardiff University in the British province of Wales, spoke about the role of the Academy of British royal medical colleges in training young Iraqi doctors .
Then the participants of the conference came to discuss medical education and its details, curricula, and current and future developments, in the presence of Dr. David Jordan, representative of the World Organization for medical education, and the presence of Iraqi-American surgeon Professor Dr. Hazem al-Safi, surgeon Professor Munther Al-Douri, and professor Dr. Salman Al-Rawaf, representative of the World Health Organization, in addition to the participation of the deans of Iraqi medical colleges who attended the conference.
It was agreed to develop a working formula for cooperation between the relevant Iraqi ministries and Iraqi medical associations working abroad on the education of medical students in Iraq, especially in their initial studies, to ensure a scientific level commensurate with the great developments taking place in this field, and to achieve a qualitative leap in the nature of Iraqi health services.
Members of the Iraqi Medical Association in Britain and Europe have stressed the importance of establishing the Iraqi Medical Council, similar to the existing medical council in Britain, in order to protect the patient first, supervise the medical education curricula, and develop the capabilities of doctors through continuing education courses and special tests that increase the confidence of the people in their doctors and their health system.
Dr. Manal Nasih also spoke to the media and relations division: the conference committed all professors to the need to normalize quality standards and develop medical skills for students in Iraqi medical colleges, including Karbala medicine.
