November: Class activity - Smoking Cessation
A number of students from various colleges at Qatar University (QU) and two other universities have participated in the third Inter-Professional Education (IPE) activity on ‘Smoking Cessation’.
Organised by College of Pharmacy’s (CPH) IPE Committee, the goal of the activity was to provide QU, University of Calgary in Qatar (UCQ), and College of the North Atlantic-Qatar (CNA-Q) students the opportunity to develop and enhance their skills in communication, teamwork and problem-solving.
The activity featured an overview on IPE by CPH assistant dean Alla el-Awaisi and a presentation by CPH associate professor Dr Ahmed Awaisu on the role of healthcare professionals in smoking cessation to ensure a healthier society.
The activity also included a patient-case scenario where students interacted with a 65 year-old heavy smoker suffering from multiple diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The participants discussed the case from their professional perspective and made a collaborative management plan to help the patient stop smoking.
“This activity highlights our commitment to offer our students with a platform where they can interact and exchange knowledge with their peers from the healthcare profession,” said Dr el-Awaisi.
“This contributes to enrich their inter-professional experience as they engage in out-of-the-classroom activities, which ensures their readiness to start working in Qatar’s healthcare system,” the assistant dean added.
CPH Clinical Pharmacy and Practice Section head Dr Maguy el-Hajj said smoking is one of the primary causes of mortality and morbidity in Qatar and rest of the world.
She noted that smoking cessation can confer significant healthcare benefits including decreased risk of cardiac diseases and smoking-related cancers.
Adopting a multidisciplinary approach that includes different healthcare professionals can improve the effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions, according to her.
College of Health Sciences assistant professor Dr Karam Adawi echoed the statement of Dr el-Awaisi, saying this activity provided students hands-on experience in patient-focused care “where they collaborated with other healthcare professionals to solve a patient case.”
UCQ senior nursing instructor Dr Jessie Johnson said “as a facilitator, it was inspiring to see the potential scope for patient care when future healthcare professionals become truly collaborative, as seen during this IPE event involving students from almost every health care discipline.”
CNA-Q instructor of paramedicine Aileen Boyd said IPE events such as the smoking cessation exercise are a reminder that in healthcare, “we must use a team approach to ensure our patients receive the most appropriate and individualised care possible.”
Second year CPH student Iqrah Qurishi said: “We, the healthcare practitioners, are different puzzle pieces of the same jigsaw puzzle. Alone we do not have a proper aim; together we form a clear picture towards optimising the care provided to the patient.”
“Also, we learn together and inter-professionally to respect and achieve the best and the highest care for our patients,” Qurishi added
Organised by College of Pharmacy’s (CPH) IPE Committee, the goal of the activity was to provide QU, University of Calgary in Qatar (UCQ), and College of the North Atlantic-Qatar (CNA-Q) students the opportunity to develop and enhance their skills in communication, teamwork and problem-solving.
The activity featured an overview on IPE by CPH assistant dean Alla el-Awaisi and a presentation by CPH associate professor Dr Ahmed Awaisu on the role of healthcare professionals in smoking cessation to ensure a healthier society.
The activity also included a patient-case scenario where students interacted with a 65 year-old heavy smoker suffering from multiple diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The participants discussed the case from their professional perspective and made a collaborative management plan to help the patient stop smoking.
“This activity highlights our commitment to offer our students with a platform where they can interact and exchange knowledge with their peers from the healthcare profession,” said Dr el-Awaisi.
“This contributes to enrich their inter-professional experience as they engage in out-of-the-classroom activities, which ensures their readiness to start working in Qatar’s healthcare system,” the assistant dean added.
CPH Clinical Pharmacy and Practice Section head Dr Maguy el-Hajj said smoking is one of the primary causes of mortality and morbidity in Qatar and rest of the world.
She noted that smoking cessation can confer significant healthcare benefits including decreased risk of cardiac diseases and smoking-related cancers.
Adopting a multidisciplinary approach that includes different healthcare professionals can improve the effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions, according to her.
College of Health Sciences assistant professor Dr Karam Adawi echoed the statement of Dr el-Awaisi, saying this activity provided students hands-on experience in patient-focused care “where they collaborated with other healthcare professionals to solve a patient case.”
UCQ senior nursing instructor Dr Jessie Johnson said “as a facilitator, it was inspiring to see the potential scope for patient care when future healthcare professionals become truly collaborative, as seen during this IPE event involving students from almost every health care discipline.”
CNA-Q instructor of paramedicine Aileen Boyd said IPE events such as the smoking cessation exercise are a reminder that in healthcare, “we must use a team approach to ensure our patients receive the most appropriate and individualised care possible.”
Second year CPH student Iqrah Qurishi said: “We, the healthcare practitioners, are different puzzle pieces of the same jigsaw puzzle. Alone we do not have a proper aim; together we form a clear picture towards optimising the care provided to the patient.”
“Also, we learn together and inter-professionally to respect and achieve the best and the highest care for our patients,” Qurishi added