Dubai Health Authority(DHA) conducts 393 training courses during first half of 2013

More than 11,000 employees take part in these programs.

United Arab Emirates, Dubai, September 1, 2013: The Dubai Health Authority's(DHAs) medical education department organised 393 training programs during the first half of 2013 and more than 11,000 employees benefitted from these programs, said a top DHA official.

Dr Khalil Ibrahim, director of medical education at the DHA said: “ The training courses include workshops and conferences in the field of medicine, administration and information technology. It took 1696 hours of training to complete these courses, all of which are accredited and add value to the job skills of DHA employees.”

Ibrahim said that compared to the same period in 2012,there has been an increase of  54 per cent in the number of courses conducted,  55 per cent in the number of training hours and 74 per cent increase in the number of participants.

He provided a break-up of the type of programs and said that 2949 employees took part in the life-saver course which provides Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training and teaches participants other life-saving skills in times of emergency.

Ibrahim said that the training center is the largest one in the UAE and second biggest in the MENA to provide this course.

The department  also organized 90 administrative training session- this is a 45 per cent increase in the number of administrative courses as compared to last year, a 40 per cent increase in the number of attendees and an additional 570 hours of administrative training.

In terms of medical courses, Ibrahim said that the Authority organized 76 workshops and courses that were attended by 5276 employees- this amounts to an increase of 443 per cent increase in the number of training programs, 169 per cent increase in the number of trainees and 237 per cent increase in the number of accredited hours of training.

In the field of technical training was organized 31 training courses attended by 436 trainees .

Ibrahim said: “ The medical field is ever-evolving and while training is important to keep abreast with the latest developments in your field of work, for the medical sector, training is particularly essential given the constant developments and break-through in this field. At the DHA, we provide significant emphasis in the area of training- both medical and non-medical and in future it is our endeavor to continue providing meaningful training courses.”