Dr. Abdulghani has established the centralized assessment system in the college. Prior to joining Medical Education Department, he has organized and conducted many faculty development workshops, in different medical colleges. He is a member of the Examination Committee for Post- graduate Family Medicine Program since its beginning in 1997, at Saudi Commission for Health Specialties. He is a consultant for many newly established medical colleges, and an external examiner for different medical colleges, for undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Dr. Abdulghani's consultations and workshops have focused on clinical teaching and learning, feedback skills and different types of assessment. He has published many articles in medical education as well as in family medicine. His current research interests include the development and improvement of an assessment system that produces innovative, more valid, and reliable test materials.

He is also; the current President of the Saudi Society for medical Jurisprudence and the editor in chief of Journal of Applied Sciences at Al-Imam University as well as the Medical Teacher Saudi Supplement. Prof. Bin Abdulrahman is a Chair Professor in Medical Education. In 2006 he was appointed to lead the national strategic planning project for health professions education in Saudi Arabia. His areas of interests include Planning and Development of Medical Education and Continuing Medical Education Programs, Strategic Planning & Leadership Development and Management of Chronic Illness in family practice setting. Prof Khalid has published more than 70 papers in family medicine and medical education, both in local and international journals. He presented more than 300 presentations in local and international meetings. Prof. Bin Abdulrahman is a member of different prestigious medical education organizations and a recipient of numerous prestigious awards including the Great Mind of the 21st Century Award from the American Biographical Institute.

Previously, (from May 2004 to 30th April 2010) he was a Medical Director in National Medical Care Company and Chief of Medical Staff in Riyadh Care Hospital at the same time. He was then enthusiastically involved in managing all areas of the administration and medical aspects which includes overseeing, planning, upgrading the hospital services, in addition to recruiting, interviewing and selecting medical staff. During his term as a Medical Director and being a Consultant Surgeon in King Fahad Hospital, Al Madina Al-Munawarah from 1992 to 1996, he was then carried out and established the By-Laws, Policy and Procedures of the Clinical Departments and started the operations of significant Committees which made the hospital run smoothly and obtained a high level of medical care delivery services.

During his Deanship from 1987 until 1992, Prof. Al Saigh was fully responsible in overseeing all administration functions and operations. On the same occasion, he was also a Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs chairing many academic and educational committees and other important committees in this institution.

Feb. 2009 – Present
Chairman of Saudi Scientific Society of Internal Medicine, KSA

Jan. 2007- Present
Board member of Gulf Federation for Cancer Control.

Jan. 1st 2007 – Present
Regional Editor for the Gulf Journal of Oncology (GJO).

July 2010 – Present
Editor In Chief of Saudi Society of Internal Medicine (SSIM) 17th March 2010 Present Colorectal Cancer Chair Supervisor

10th May 1998 – present
Board Director National Cancer Registry, KAUH National Cancer Registry.

Academic appointment: Assistant Professor (2004-2009) and Associate Professor, (2009-date), Pediatrics, COM, KSAU-HS, Riyadh. He held the administrative position of Associate Dean, Academic & Student Affairs, (2006-2010) and currently holds the position of Dean, College of Medicine, KSAU-HS and President, the Association for Medical Education in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (AMEEMR)

Dr Al Alwan is involved in various committees at the COM-R and actively involved in research and publications. )

• F.R.C.S. in Ophthalmology, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, U.K., April 1986.
• F.K.S.U. in Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, September 1989.

F.A.C.S. American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, USA, July 1995.

In 1995, after he completed an MBBS in Medicine and General Surgery, at King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, he successfully continued his education abroad, gaining a PhD in Neurosciences at Aberdeen University in 2001. This was quickly followed by a postgraduate Diploma in Medical Education, in 2002.

Upon his return to Saudi Arabia, in 2003, Dr, Hayani held the post of Chairman of the Department of Anatomy at the Faculty of Medicine, King Abdul- Aziz University, thereafter being promoted to Vice Dean. . His contribution to University has been noted as outstanding dedication; credited by his highly esteemed reputation from both fellow faculty members and students. Likewise, his commitment to promote the status of the University, using his knowledge, experience and research activities in the International medical field has been unrelenting; in particular his efforts to develop curriculum standards to better meet International standards as well as to promote leading changes.

As a result a demand for his expertise and knowledge has led to his appointment in various committees including: Deputy Director of the Teaching and Learning Center, and Consultant for Academic Affairs in the Saudi Institute of Health Service, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Director of the Scientific Research Funds (Chair) for Alzheimer's disease in King Abdul-Aziz University, Vice Dean for Quality and Development, in the Faculty of Medicine and Director of the Community Program, Health Promotion Society, and Jeddah-Saudi Arabia.

His international reputation has similarly flourished, credited by the 2007 award of 'The Outstanding Scientist of the 21st Century in the field of Neuroscience' by the International Biographical Centre Teacher of the Year - 2007 award, from King Abdul-Aziz University. In the same year, he was named '

As an author, Dr, Hayani has published more than 39 papers and articles in professional medical journals, the most significant of these publications being 'The endogenous anandamide activates vanilloid receptors in the rat hippocampus' - 2001, and 'An endogenous capsaicin-like substance with high potency at recombinant and native vanilloid VR1 receptors' - 2002. This discovery was a fruit of a continuous research on the effects of cannabinoids and vanilloids on synaptic transmission in the region of hippocampus. This has led his work to be hugely appreciated by scientists working in the field of cannabinoids and vanilloids; being regularly cited by scientific papers in this respective field. Other achievements include the discovery of the first physiological role for vanilloid receptors in the central nervous system.

Dr Al Hayani's accomplishments reflect his scope of interests in the areas of Neurosciences, medical education, for which he has successfully been awarded significant research grants from 2004 to 2011 respectively.

Dr. Bassam Al-Hemsi is a MD with a MBA & Medical Informatics certification: he has over 24 years of experience in Medicine, 12 years' experience in Medical Informatics, & 8 years' experience in Educational Informatics,

He is the Mastermind behind establishing the 1st online medical curriculum in the Middle East. He is a transplant surgeon that has worked in 5 major different sectors of health care providers within the country of Saudi Arabia, exposed to other international Health Systems in UK, & USA.(FRCS Edinburgh, UK, & Transplant Fellowship: UVA,USA) Certified in Medical Informatics (Portland, OHSU,USA), and Business & Administration (MBA: University of Leicester, U.K.);

He had worked in leading organizations in Saudi Arabia. His last governmental position was the establishing and Associate Dean of the College of Medicine of KSAU for Health Sciences. He is the creator of the 1st medical Informatics department in the country of SA, and the owner of Innovative Technology Consultation group, and Software Engineering Company, and the C.E.O of Bassam Medical Center.

Experienced & Certified in bridging the gaps between

• Health-care provision &
• Information Technology for health care / Medical Education &
• Business & Administration

Specialties
Educational Informatics (Online Curriculum Design & Delivery, Student Information Systems, e-learning & e–University, Informatics based PBL)
Medical Informatics(Software Design,& Implementation of HIS, LIS, PACS, Distant Transcription,...)

Business Process management, Project management, Change Management
Information Technology Management
Strategic Planning
Liver/Kidney Transplant Surgery
Laparoscopic Surgery

ACADEMIC PROGRESS

1976 – 1982 Undergraduate Medical Student at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah.
1982 – 1983 Internship at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah.
1983 – 1984 Demonstrator at the college of Medicine, King Saud University, Abha.
1984 – 1989 Surgical Residency Program at the University of Ottawa, Canada.
1990 – 1995 Assistant Professor of surgery, King Saud University, Abha.
1995 – 2000 Associate Professor of Surgery, King Saud Univerity, Abha.
2000 – 2008 Professor of Surgery, King Khalid University, Abha.
2008 – to date Profseeor of Surgery, King Saud University, Riyadh.

Dr. Abdulghani has established the centralized assessment system in the college. Prior to joining Medical Education Department, he has organized and conducted many faculty development workshops, in different medical colleges. He is a member of the Examination Committee for Post- graduate Family Medicine Program since its beginning in 1997, at Saudi Commission for Health Specialties. He is a consultant for many newly established medical colleges, and an external examiner for different medical colleges, for undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Dr. Abdulghani's consultations and workshops have focused on clinical teaching and learning, feedback skills and different types of assessment. He has published many articles in medical education as well as in family medicine. His current research interests include the development and improvement of an assessment system that produces innovative, more valid, and reliable test materials.

He has done his MBBS from Sindh Medical College, Pakistan and his MA in Education from University of Leeds, UK with an Overall Merit. He has worked as a Medical Educationist in Aga Khan University before joining KSAU-HS. He received the Faculty Development Award in Aga Khan University.  

 

Dr Arshad has been extensively involved in the design and facilitation of educational workshops for faculty, residents, and students on Problem Based Learning, clinical teaching, e-learning, professionalism, assessment and evaluation. Currently, he coordinates the curriculum task force and the faculty enhancement unit at KSAU-HS. He also coordinates Learning and Cognition, Faculty and Program Evaluation, and Faculty Enhancement blocks in the Masters in Medical Education. He has been involved in the development and supervision of e-Learning resources including a Course Management System and a Repository of Learning Objects. He has publications and numerous international presentations on Innovations in Teaching and Learning to his credit. Interactive Lectures, Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Decision Making are his areas of research interest.

Dr. Abdulghani has established the centralized assessment system in the college. Prior to joining Medical Education Department, he has organized and conducted many faculty development workshops, in different medical colleges. He is a member of the Examination Committee for Post- graduate Family Medicine Program since its beginning in 1997, at Saudi Commission for Health Specialties. He is a consultant for many newly established medical colleges, and an external examiner for different medical colleges, for undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Dr. Abdulghani's consultations and workshops have focused on clinical teaching and learning, feedback skills and different types of assessment. He has published many articles in medical education as well as in family medicine. His current research interests include the development and improvement of an assessment system that produces innovative, more valid, and reliable test materials.

Department of Anesthesia and ICU College of Medicine & KAU hospital Chairman, Saudi Society of Medical Education-western office Member, executive board, Saudi Society of Medical Education Chairman, examination committee, SCHS Scientific Board of Anesthesia & Critical care Member, SCHS Scientific Board of Anesthesia & Critical care, KSA Deputy chair, Examination committee, Scientific Board of Anesthesia & Critical care, Arab Board Member, Scientific Board of Anesthesia & Critical care, Arab Board Member, SCHS examinations Supervision Committee Member, Medical College Initiation & Supervision Committee Hael University

He has contributed substantially to the development of Medical Education in Saudi Arabia. He is a renowned researcher and has published extensively in national and international journals. He was adviser to the Saudi Commission of health specialties 1998- 2009. He had run various workshops for the Saudi Commission for health Specialties and for the medical school of King Saud University when he acted as the Associate Director of Faculty Development Program.

Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Cell and Molecular biology. He has been using animation in PowerPoint as an aid to teaching for five years.

She completed her Family Medicine Residency training program at the Aga Khan University Hospital Pakistan in 1998. She is a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners UK (MRCGP International UK) and a member of College of Physician and Surgeons Pakistan. Dr Farhana also worked as a Family Medicine specialist for 8 years at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. Dr Farhana holds a PG certificate in Medical education from University of Dundee UK.

Dr. Nehal has worked as a staff member in the Pathology and Medical Education Departments of the Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University since the establishment of the later department in 2001 before moving to King Saud University in September 2011. She has been assigned during this duration as the Coordinator of the JMHPE and the Diploma of Health Professions Education (DHPE) till 2009 when she was commissioned as a member of the technical office of the National Authority of Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education in Cairo and was assigned since then as a faculty for the Curriculum Development and Community-based, Community Oriented Education Units in the JMHPE, DHPE and the Joint Diploma in Health Professions Education (JDHPE).

Her experience in quality assurance and accreditation of Health Professions Education includes being assigned as an EMRO/WHO T. advisor for the establishment of national quality assurance system for medical schools in Libya in 2007, holding many national and regional workshops in the area of self-study planning, conduction, editing and validation in addition to being a management team member of the WHO Accreditation Project in Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean Region. In the year 2009, she has been assigned as a task force member for the project for development of "Tools for the Accreditation Process in the Eastern Mediterranean Region According to the WFME Global Standards" developed as an assignment by EMRO/WHO by the WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Development in Medical Education and Health Services (CRD), Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University. She has also helped a number of state and private Schools of Medicine in Egypt and Libya, as technical consultant, to conduct and report their self-studies. In Addition, Dr. Nehal has held and contributed as a speaker in many national and international workshops in Egypt, Arab World Countries, India and Canada covering various fields of Medical Education including Curriculum Development, Outcome-based Education, Student Assessment and Objective Structured Clinical Exams (OSCE).

He is the fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners (FRCGP) since 1989 and the fellow of the Faculty of Public Health (FFPH) since 2003.

He has been awarded in June, 2003 the Professorialship in health systems and quality (Adjunct Professor) from Oklahoma University, USA. Lately, he got the fellowship in medicine in 2007 (FRCP)
Scientific Career
He is the Director General, Executive Board, Health Ministers' Council for the Cooperation Council States, Family and Community Medicine Consultant, in addition to other job responsibilities including overall development and implementation of PHC programmes, conduction and coordination of field studies and research in PHC.
The last job held was Director General of Health Centers, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Publications and Research
He was the author and co-author of many books and manuals which were over (40), he published more than 70 research and scientific articles in various international scientific journals which contributed in depicting health policies and work protocols in family medicine, PHC and health services quality.
Awards

1. WHO award in tobacco control, and the honorary medal for this award for 3 times, the last of which was in 2009.
2. Distinction Award in the international organization (who is who) for professionals.
3. An appreciation certificate from the international Center in Cambridge, UK for distinguished people in the 20th century.
4. The best 100 international persons among health professionals for the year 2007.
5. The Best Family Doctor for the year 2007 from Middle East Family Physician Journal.
6. Outstanding Arab Personality in the field of health, for the year 2010.
7. Professorialship from Imperial College, London.
8. International Arch of Europe Award in Quality, Golden Category, 2010.
9. International Star for Leadership in Quality Award (Platinum Category) received for outstanding business achievements, for perseverance and leadership in excellence, and quality in accordance with the QC 100 Criteria in the "15th International Star for Leadership in Quality B.I.D. – QC 100 Paris 2011 Convention" on 11th of April, 2011 at Paris.
10. The Majestic Five Continents Award for Quality & Excellence from the President of Association Otherways Management & Consulting at Pairs – France on 18th July 2011.
11. European Award for Best Practices 2011 (Gold Category) received from the Executive Director of ESQR (European Society for Quality Research) at Brussels – Belgium on 4th December, 2011.

Other Information

General Supervisor and editor of Sehat Al-Khaleej magazine and reviewer of many scientific journals including Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, Saudi Medical Journal, Annals of Saudi Medicine, in addition to participation in many scientific conferences and seminars, regional, international, and local. He is a short term consultant to World Health Organization.

He plays a major role in the establishment of the College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. His interest is in Problem-Based Learning and Community-Based Education.

Previously, she has worked at the Department of Medical Education, College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan and the Department for Educational Development, Aga Khan University(AKU), Pakistan for a number of years, where she was involved in curriculum development, faculty development and assessment. She is the Director of 'Curriculum Design and Management Course' in the Masters in Health Professions Education Program of Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan and the Director of the Advanced Level Course on Assessment at AKU. She has completed coursework for PhD in Medical education and is currently working on her thesis. Her teaching and research interests include assessment, curriculum development, faculty development, evaluation and mentoring."

• Fellow and Regional Advisor Royal College of General Practitioners, UK for Middle East and South Asia.
• Seven (7) Outstanding Consecutive Speaker Awards at Aga Khan University and also Best Teacher Award.
• Received 'Presidents Medal' from Royal College of General Practitioners, UK in 2008. First International Personality to receive this award.
• Award of Distinction from Aga Khan University for Outstanding Contribution to the University and Family Medicine Development Internationally - 2010.
• Guest Speaker at several National and International Conferences.
• Examiner Saudi and Arab Boards in Family Medicine, MRCGP International, Oman and South Asia, FCPS, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan and MD Family Medicine, Sri Lanka.
• Published several papers in National and International Journals related to Family Medicine topics.

Rania has contributed substantially to the development of medical education in the Saudi Arabia, and involved and leaded many national projects in medical education. She has successfully been awarded significant research grant at 2010. 
Her major interest is in Competence-Based Education, Assessment, E-Learning and staff Development.