The 9th Qatar Pediatric Emergency Medicine (QPEM) International Conference

Date: January 17, 2025 - January 19, 2025

Overview

The Qatar Pediatric Emergency Medicine (QPEM) Annual Conference is proud to celebrate its 9th Anniversary. Its goal is to provide high quality, evidence-based updates for healthcare practitioners involved in the urgent and emergent care of children.

At the end of the conference, our multidisciplinary participants will have expanded knowledge on a variety of key topics; be able to recognize and manage common yet potentially serious conditions; be able to discuss research in pediatric emergency medicine; and be able to incorporate quality and patient safety goals into practice.

Conference Objectives

  • Recognize serious illness and injury in children presenting to the ED
  • Discuss the best evidence in the management of critically ill neonates and children
  • Manage a variety of medical, surgical, traumatic, behavioral, and technology-assisted presentations in children
  • Review the best articles in PEM for the last year
  • Analyze cases using best evidence to critically plan management
  • Evaluate clinical pathways in use in pediatric EDs
  • Incorporate quality and patient safety goals into daily practice
  • Evaluate academic practice in PEM
  • Review the interventions needed for a variety of toxicological ingestions
  • List the red flags and detail a systems approach when managing trauma

Reward Credits CPD: 20 CME – Pending renewal approval

Target Audience

  • Physicians
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Nurses
  • Pharmacists
  • Allied Health
  • EMTs & Trainees

Scientific Committee

  • Prof. Khalid Al Ansari - Physician / Chair
  • Dr. Nasser Haider (PEC)    Physician – Co. Chair
  • Dr. Syed Huda - Physician. Chair
  • Ms. Leena Amine - Pharmacist - member
  • Ms. Laura Reid - Respiratory Therapist - member
  • Prof. Guillaume H. Alinier - Prof Guillaume Alinier, Director of Research -  EMS – HMC member
  • Ms. Nora Sendad (PEC) - Director of Nursing - member
  • Mr. Maher M Salem - Pharmacist - member
  • Ms. Beverly Jo - Clinical Nurse Facilitator - member
  • Mr. Frankie Familaran - Nurse Educator - member
  • Dr. Muhammad Islam - Physician - member
  • Dr. Yazeed Eldos - Physician – membe
  • Dr. Nadeem Jilani - Physician - member
  • Dr. Sohail Ghani - Physician - member
  • Dr. Omair Syed - Physician – member