Novel Health Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice Program: Strategy and Implementation

Mohammed Alnaami is currently a professor of surgery and medical education at King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He works as a consultant general and bariatric surgeon, and a board member of the Saudi Society of Medical Education (SSME). A  graduate fellow in interprofessional education leadership certified by Manipal University and the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER). Mohammed is interested in teaching and training undergraduate and postgraduate health professional students, residents, and fellows. He is heavily involved in health professional education development activities. Mohammed has published more than forty articles and three books in surgery and medical education research.

Dalal Alqahtani is an assistant professor in oral pathology in the department of oral medicine and  diagnostic sciences at the college of dentistry, King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Besides teaching oral pathology to undergraduate and postgraduate students, she practices oral pathology, and she is the Head of the Oral Histopathology Laboratory at a dental university hospital. She is involved in the curriculum reform project of the undergraduate dental curriculum at KSU, as she is directing the project. She has received awards and grants in education, giving lectures and workshops in medical education, and published several papers.

Eiad Alfaris is a professor of family medicine and medical education. He has been a family medicine consultant and member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (London) since 1989. He is the supervisor of the King Saud University (KSU) chair for medical education and development. He had completed a Master's degree in Medical Education (MMed) from the University of Dundee, UK. He has contributed substantially to the development of medical education in Saudi Arabia and has published around sixty-five articles in national and international journals. His main research areas are health professionals' students' well-being, psychiatric disorders in family medicine, learning environment, and epidemiological studies on different health issues. He has run various workshops for the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, KSU health schools, and national and international symposia.

Hamzah Abdulghani is a medical education and family medicine professor, and the head of the assessment & evaluation centre, college of medicine, KSU. He has organized and conducted many faculty development workshops in medical colleges at the national and international levels. He is an invited speaker for many national and international conferences and scientific gatherings, consultations, and workshops focused on clinical teaching and learning, feedback skills, and different types of assessment. He is in the editorial boards of manypeer-reviewed journals. He has published extensively in reputable peer-reviewed journals in medical education and family medicine.

Ciraj Ali  Mohammed is currently a professor and head of medical education at the college of medicine and health sciences, National University, Oman. He is a fellow and global faculty of the Foundation for the Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) Institute, Philadelphia, USA. He is a fulbright visiting scholar at the department of molecular biology and Infectious diseases. A recipient of the international fellowship in medical education (IFME), Florida International University, Miami, USA. He has authored articles and chapters in medical education and microbiology and served on the editorial board of many journals. Ciraj is the director of the MAHE-FAIMER fellowship program that focuses on leadership in interprofessional education organized in collaboration with FAIMER. He iscurrently the secretary of the Academy of Health Professions Educators, India. Chair of the Indian interprofessional education network (IndiPEN), and a member of the global confederation for interprofessional education and collaborative practice. Ciraj also serves on the Network's Advisory Board – Towards Unity for Health.