MEMBERS OF MOCK FIRE OVER 60 INDIAN DRILLS AT TAKE PART IN FORUM ASHGHAL ASTER BLOOD PLEDGE TO TOWERS, DONATION DONATE MOVENPICK DRIVE IN ORGANS AL RAYYAN PAGE 14 | DATELINE DOHA PAGE 15 | METRO MUSINGS PAGE 15 | METRO MUSINGS Weather Today PRAYER TIMING Fajr: 4:59 am Dhuhr: 11:42 am DUSTY & CLOUDY Asr: 2:43 pm Maghrib: 5:03 pm Sunrise 6:21 am Isha: 6:33 pm Sunset 5:03 pm High 20ºC Low 16ºC Wind 40 kts Visibility moderate Pressure 1013 mb Rel. humidity 40% Friday, January 11, 2013 RECOGNITION OF EXCELLENCE Deputy PM inaugurates HMC patient workshop on Darfur peace care initiative QNA DOHA gets a boost DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Director of Medical Affairs HE Ahmed bin DOHA Education and program Abdullah al Mahmoud on leader Dr Abdullatif al Khal Thursday opened a four-day PATIENT care improve- expressed his appreciation workshop on Darfur peace in ment activities led by health- for the support given to the Doha. care teams at Hamad programme by senior corpo- The workshop is being Medical Corporation (HMC) rate leaders, hospital med- organised by the Mediation have received a boost with ical directors, chairpersons Support Team of the United the Clinical Care and heads of clinical depart- Nations-African Union Improvement Training ments. “Quality is a never- Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Programme (CCITP), which ending journey and we are for Sudan’s Justice and ca help HMC clinicians to grateful for the corporation- Equality Movement (JEM). execute clinical care wide support to our efforts to The delegation of the Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage HE Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz al Kuwari presents an award to Qatari artiste Hassan improvement projects. promote the involvement of Sudanese group, which is cur- Rashid at the opening of the Arab Theater Festival at Qatar National Theatre, in Doha, on Thursday. (HANSON K JOSEPH) In recognition of the excel- HMC clinicians in continu- rently engaged in peace talks lent work of 28 healthcare ous quality improvement. with the Sudanese govern- teams at the HMC under the The programme is now in its ment, is headed by its deputy programme, the CCITP won third cycle and aspires to Arko Suleiman Dahia. Acting the newly-introduced become bigger and better.” Head of UNAMID Aichatou Managing Director’s Award Programme mentors Mindaoudou Souleymane under HMC’s Stars of include experts from HMC’s attended the workshop. Fourth global meet on Excellence staff awards and Medical Administration and recognition programme. Medical Education The workshop aims HMC Managing Director Departments and quality to build the capaci- Dr Hanan al Kuwari said the ty of JEM delega- award was introduced to tion and explain the rhetoric to begin today recognise “exceptional Under the pro- provisions of the teams and projects that gramme, staff Doha Document for JOSEPH VARGHESE define innovation and com- are taught Peace in Darfur. DOHA mitment to the highest stan- practical tools dards of patient care and to use in quality The deputy prime minister THE Fourth International service delivery.” improvement underlined the significance of Conference on Argumentation, “The CCITP has had wide- initiatives. the workshop in which the Rhetoric, Debate and the Pedagogy spread impact across the UN and African Union of Empowerment, which will open at organisation. It is a project- improvement experts from experts are participating, the Qatar National Convention based approach to teaching Partners HealthCare of the especially as it precedes the Center (QNCC) on Friday will pro- clinical quality improve- Harvard system in Boston. start of negotiations between vide a platform for the Western dele- ment and emphasises skills Dr Shakil Ahmed, assis- the Sudanese government and gates to learn from their Arab coun- development in addition to tant medical director at JEM. The negotiations are set terparts the art of effective commu- project achievement. Under HMC and one of the lead to take place in Doha over the nication with Arabs audience. the programme, clinicians mentors, noted that the pro- coming few days in order to Addressing a press meet on (From left) Alfred Charles Snider of the World Debate Institute, Bojana Skrt Proet are taught practical tools to gramme supported the reach a peace agreement. Thursday, Alfred Charles Snider of Contra of the Institute for Culnre of Dialogue and David Cratis Williams of Florida use in quality improvement requirements of the The workshop aims to build the World Debate Institute said Atlantic University at a press conference, in Doha, on Thursday. (QT PHOTO) initiatives, along with train- Accreditation Council for the capacity of JEM delega- that the Western world needed to ing in leadership, communi- Graduate Medical Education tion and explain the provi- communicate effectively with the ing and benefits large number of This is the first time the conference cation and research,” International LLC (ACGME- sions of the Doha Document Arab world in order to shed misgiv- people in schools, universities and is being held both in English and Kuwari said. I), an international body for Peace in Darfur, which ings about each other and government offices. She said “I am Arabic. According to the About 90 clinicians from which assesses and advances received the support of the QatarDebate Center being an active sure that Arab teachers and scholars QatarDebate officials, around 40 14 departments have been the quality of resident physi- Darfur people as well as the leader in communication could are involved in the process of spread- countries are participating in the trained under the pro- cians’ education through international community and help Western delegates achieve ing the message which will help to conference with a significant number gramme, which was imple- accreditation. regional and international that skill. reach out to millions in the Arab of the participants from the Arab mented in 2012. The CCITP He said the clinicians organisations. A round of Snider said, “The world needs dia- world. This event, held in Arabic and world. The conference organised by aims through an environ- learned soft skills of nego- talks took place in Doha from logue between civilisations and this English will be a catalyst to spread QatarDebate Center aims to open the ment of continuous learning tiation and communica- October 17 to 22 between del- can be best achieved through debate. this message loud and clear.” way for in-depth discussions, to foster HMC physicians tion with their colleagues egations from the Sudanese An effective, constructive dialogue Associate Professor of debates, and the sharing of ideas that who are well-versed in and in order to move the proj- government and JEM. The between the West and the Arab Communication at Florida Atlantic will enable more enlightened dis- passionate about quality ects forward. two parties signed a docu- world would facilitate better under- University David Cratis Williams course in the 21st Century. It also improvement. The pro- “They also learned that, to ment spelling out their com- standing of each other and help do said “There is a strong tradition of provides a unique opportunity to gramme is designed to give successfully carry out clini- mitment to the peace process, away with misgivings on both the rhetoric in the Arab World but it is include the rapid scholarly and aca- physicians hands-on experi- cal process improvements, immediate cessation of all sides. The Arab voice must be heard not much known outside. The con- demic advancement of the Arab ence in using the tools of it is essential to work as a hostilities, and the return to and it can happen only when one ference will serve as a platform to world pioneered by QatarDebate and quality improvement multidisciplinary team, negotiations in order to understands their language.” spread it across the world. The con- the Qatar Foundation. through six days of theoreti- which comprises nurses, achieve a comprehensive set- Another participant Bojana Skrt ference will pave way for construc- The three-day conference will have cal and practical sessions, as pharmacists, physiothera- tlement based on the Doha Proet Contra from Institute for tive and peaceful interaction three themes of Argumentation and well as intensive small- pists and other clinical dis- Agreement. Culnre of Dialogue, Slovenia, said between the societies and bring Rhetoric, Debate and Critical think- group coaching. ciplines,” he said. that debate promotes critical think- about positive changes in future.” ing/Pedagogy for discussion. Over 5,000 images from Magnum on display at Katara JOMANA ABU-FARAH The one-of-its-kind exhibi- eras to tell stories,” Hurn said. bridging the gap between dif- photographers to develop an DOHA tion features a selection of “Images are a powerful and ferent cultures. This is a great educated audience to appre- over 5,000 interactive large- universal form of communica- way to kick start 2013. We are ciate photography as a form THE first exhibition and asso- scale projection images from tion. They cross all language delighted to collaborate with of art,” he said. ciated workshops by Magnum 81 different photographers. and cultural barriers and reach Magnum Photos to bring this Magnum Photos, estab- Photographers opened at The images offer an evolv- people everywhere. We are exhibition to Doha.” lished in 1947, is a photo- Katara, the Cultural Village, in ing account of Magnum over excited about this partnership Curator at Katara Sa’id graphic cooperative of diver- Doha, on Thursday. six decades activities with Qatar because we will see Costa said the partnership was sity by its photographer- The exhibition named through key works bridging young photographers from an important step towards members. Through its four ‘Magnum 65’ will run until the gap between photojour- here and get a sense of their placing Qatar on the global editorial offices in New York, February 12 at Building 13, nalism and art.