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Programme day one

Day one: Sunday, 27 October 2013
 
09:00
Opening remarks by Chairs:
Dr Osman El-Labban,
Family Medicine Consultant, Al-Zahra Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr Alfred Cianflocco,
Director, Primary Care Sports Medicine, Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship, Primary Care Team Physician, Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Clinic Sports Health, Orthopaedics and Rheumatology Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
 
SESSION 1: FAMILY MEDICINE AND ACADEMIC TOPICS
 
09:10
Future of primary care in the Middle East
 
09:35
Challenges of faculty development in family medicine
 
10:00
Family medicine websites: Challenges, goals and benefits
 
10:25
Q&A
 
10:45
COFFEE BREAK
 
SESSION 2: UPDATE ON PHARMACOLOGY IN FAMILY PRACTICE
 
11:15
Contraception: Recent advances
 
11:40
Evidence based antibiotic selection
 
12:05
Common drug-drug interactions
 
12:30
Q&A
 
12:45
LUNCH BREAK
 
SESSION 3: WOMEN'S HEALTH
 
14:15
Health care for women above 40
 
14:40
Investigation and management of polycystic ovary syndrome
 
15:05
Role of family physician in providing obstetric care
 
15:30
Q&A
 
15:45
COFFEE BREAK
 
SESSION 4: COMMON INVESTIGATIONS IN FAMILY PRACTICE
 
16:15
Breast imaging in the 21st century
 
16:40
Approach to the adult/paediatric patient with abnormal liver function tests
 
17:05
Q&A
 
17:15
CLOSE OF DAY ONE
 
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MedLab magzine
Arab Health Imaging and Diagostics magazine
Hospital Build magazine
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