Add to Calendar METC Grand Rounds Series 10/21/2026 4:00:00 PM 10/21/2026 5:00:00 PM Asia/Riyadh For More Details: https://wcmq.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?EID=4762 Description: Rapid advances in artificial intelligence, augmented reality, virtual reality, and other technologies are reshaping healthcare and medical education. This Grand Rounds series explores emerging technologies and their educational applications, while examining their intersection with humanism and empathy in shaping future physicians. Online false MM/DD/YYYY


Date & Location
Occurs every 2 weeks on Wednesday starting on 10/21/2026 at 4:00 PM
Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Online

Overview
Rapid advances in artificial intelligence, augmented reality, virtual reality, and other technologies are reshaping healthcare and medical education. This Grand Rounds series explores emerging technologies and their educational applications, while examining their intersection with humanism and empathy in shaping future physicians.

Target Audience
Specialties - Allied Health Professionals, Dentists, Educators, Nurses, Pharmacists, Physicians, Researchers, Students

Overall Learning Objective
  1. Explain the role of empathy in healthcare and evaluate how technological advances may influence empathy, communication, and the physician–patient relationship.
  2. Evaluate how emerging technologies can be integrated into healthcare while preserving humanistic principles, ethical practice, and patient-centered care.
  3. Demonstrate an enhanced understanding of AI principles and their applications in medical education.
  4. Appraise the role of humanism in technology-driven healthcare.

Registration

Registration

No Registration Fee

Registration Warning

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Accreditation

DHP 

This activity is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Category 1) as defined by the Ministry of Public Health's Department of Healthcare Professions-Accreditation Section and is approved for a maximum of 1 hour.

The scientific planning committee has reviewed all disclosed financial relationships of speakers, moderators, facilitators and/or authors in advance of this CPD activity and has implemented procedures to manage any potential or real conflicts of interest.


ACCME

The Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.


Disclosure of Relationships/Content Validity

It is the policy of Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar to adhere to the Department of Healthcare Professions (DHP) and Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Criteria, Policies, and Standards for Commercial Support and content validation in order to ensure fair balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its sponsored programs. All faculty participating in sponsored programs are expected to disclose relevant financial relationships pertaining to their contribution to the activity, and any discussions of off-label or investigational uses of approved commercial products or devices, or of any products or devices not yet approved in the United States and elsewhere. WCM-Q CE/CPD activities are intended to be evidence-based and free of commercial bias. 

Scientific Planning Committee: Thurayya Arayssi, MD, Anna Halama, PhD, Ali Hallal, MD, Aicha Hind Rifai, MD, Moune Jabre, MD, Mange Manyama, MD, PhD, Robert ojiambo, PhD, Kadhija Ziana Vamanjoor, BDS, MFDS, RCS, Mark D Santos, RN, BSN, CNS, Leena Amine, PharmD, Soha Osman, OT, Deema Al-Sheikhly, MRes, MEHP, Mohamed Ali Hammami, MBA, Frantzeska Gkioka, MBA. 

Have no relevant financial/non-financial relationships with any for-profit/not-for-profit organizations to disclose
Will not be discussing unlabeled/unapproved use of drugs or products

Jamie M. Gray, MLS, has disclosed the following relationships: Stocks or Stock Options, excluding diversified mutual funds - Proctor & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and Intuitive Surgical Inc, Crisper Therapeutics, Dexcom.

 All of the relevant financial/non-financial relationships with any for-profit/not-for-profit organizations have been mitigated; WILL NOT BE DISCUSSING any unlabelled/unapproved use of drugs or products.

Course Directors: Thurayya Arayssi, MD, Anna Halama, PhD
Have no relevant financial/non-financial relationships with any for-profit/not-for-profit organizations to disclose
Will not be discussing unlabeled/unapproved use of drugs or products.

Independent Content Reviewer (ICR): Anna Halama, PhD, Has no relevant financial/non-financial relationships with any for-profit/not-for-profit organizations to disclose
Will not be discussing unlabeled/unapproved use of drugs or products.

Course faculty: Dr. Jean Decety has no relevant financial/non-financial relationships with any for-profit/not-for-profit organizations to disclose. Will not be discussing unlabeled/unapproved use of drugs or products.

Dr. Raja-Elie Abdulnour has disclosed the following relationships: Employment at Massachusetts Medical Society and Consulting Fee at Lumeris.

 All of the relevant financial/non-financial relationships with any for-profit/not-for-profit organizations have been mitigated; WILL NOT BE DISCUSSING any unlabelled/unapproved use of drugs or products.

Administrative Contact: Tamara Al-kateb, BBA, Hana Hameed, Have no relevant financial/non-financial relationships with any for-profit/not-for-profit organizations to disclose
Will not be discussing unlabeled/unapproved use of drugs or products