Workshops

Foundations of Simulation Education & Debriefing:
Fast Track edition

Date: 22 November 2025 
Time:  9 AM to 4 PM
Venue: New Maternity Hospital, Kuwait

Facilitators: Dr. Fatemah Qasem, MD MMEd, Dr.Yousef Almuhanna MD and Dr. Mariam Alshatti, MD

Program

09:00-09:15: Pre-brief with faculty team about the day 
09:15-09:45: Welcome and Introduction
09:45-10:30: Critical Elements of a Simulation Session: The Pre-brief
10:30-10:45: Practice pre- brief with partner.
10:45-12:00: Scenario Development Lecture
12:00-13:00: BREAK
13:00-14:30: Critical Elements of a Simulation Session-Creating a Debriefing Plan 
14:30-15:15: Trigger video 1
15:15-16:00: Trigger Video 2 
16:00-16:30: Wrap up and questions  

About the Facilitators:

Dr. Fatemah Qasem BMSc MD MMEd
Program Director - Kuwait Board of Anesthesia
Head of Anesthesia and intensive Care, Maternity Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait

Dr. Yousef Almuhanna
Consultant - General Surgery 
Fellowship in MIS Metabolic, and Advanced HPB Surgeries Fellowship in Health Education and Simulation Education

Dr. Maryam Alshatti 
McGill University ObGyn Graduate, University of Toronto MFM Fellowship

Fetal Ultrasound & Legal Aspects in Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Date: Saturday 22-11-2025
Duration: 4 hours (9:00 AM – 1:00 PM)
Format: Lectures + Hands-On Training (real patients)
Venue: New Maternity Hospital, Kuwait

Instructors:

Dr. Ghazi AlSarraj
Dr. Eman AlSayeh
Dr. Bashayer Saeed
Dr. Afrah Alrajhi
Dr. Hadeel AlEnzi
Dr. Bassem Mohammad

WORKSHOP: Fetal Interventions Workshop

Date: 25 November, 2025
Time: 8 am to 4:30 pm
Venue: New Maternity Hospital, Kuwait

Presenters:

Prof. Asma Khalil (United Kingdom)
Prof. Suresh Seshadri (India)
Dr. Gihad Chalouhi (France)
Dr. Mouza Salmani (Oman) 

Workshop Program

08:30 - 08:40: Welcome by the Organising Team
08:40 - 10:40: Theoretical overview on diagnostic and therapeutic fetal interventions
                         Prof. Asma Khalil & Prof. Suresh

10:40 - 11:00: Coffee Break
11:00 - 13:00: Hands-on Training (Stations, 30 min rotation each)
                         Faculty: Prof. Suresh, Prof. Asma, Dr. Gihad, Dr. Mouza

13:00 - 14:00: Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00: Continuation of Hands-on Training (Stations, 30 min rotation each)
                        Faculty: Prof. Suresh Seshadri, Prof. Asma Khalil, Dr. Gihad Chalouhi, Dr. Mouza Al Salmani

16:00 - 16:30: Closure, discussion, and Q&A

Hands-On Training Stations

  1. Amniocentesis (Amnio)
  2. Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS)
  3. Intrauterine Transfusion (IUT)
  4. Seldinger Technique
  5. Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) – Fetoscopic Laser
  6. Fetal Shunt Placement
  7. Radiofrequency / Interstitial Laser