31 March 2021 – On 16 March 2021, the WHO country office in Oman invited representatives Dr Badar Al-Alawi and Ms Mona Al-Battashi from the Oman Medical Specialty Board to discuss inititiation of a collaborative project related to online courses that had been agreed between WHO and the Board in February 2021.
The discussion, led by Dr Lamia Mahmoud and Dr Kamila Al-Alawi from the WHO country office, focused on the various stages of course design, how to elicit engagement of relevant national and international experts and who from WHO and the Oman Medical Specialty Board should be involved in the development of courses.
The Oman Medical Specialty Boards specified that courses should cover 4 categories of participants – Board trainees, trainers and faculty and health care workers. The WHO country office expressed full support for the project that would not only benefit Oman but the Region as a whole.
