Program Schedule

4, November 2018

Conference Program

Time: 09:00 am – 10:30 am 

  • Welcome Address 
  • Thematic Keynote Prof. Dr. Paul Barach
    Chairman,Int. Advisory Board, Riphah Institute of Healthcare Improvement & Safety, Professor, Wayne State University & Senior Advisor, Jefferson College of Population Health
  • “Lahore Patient Safety  Declaration”

Time : 10:30 am – 11:00 am

Time : 11:00 am – 12:15 pm

Speaker 1: Prof. Dr. Seval Akgün – Professor of Public Health and Medicine & Chief Quality Officer, Başkent University Hospitals Network, Turkey

Topic: “Hospital Accreditation and Patient Safety in Turkey – Challenges & Opportunities”


Speaker 2: Dr. Nor’Aishah Abu Bakar – Head of Patient Safety Unit, Ministry of Health Malaysia

Topic: “Overcoming Resistance to Report Patient Safety Incident With Simplicity, Empowerment, and Leadership”


Speaker 3: Prof. Dr. Mondher Letaief – Regional Advisor National Health Safety, World Health Organization (WHO)

Topic: “Patient Safety Friendly Hospital Initiative “

Time: 12:15 pm – 01:30 pm

Parallel Session 01 

Topic : “Integration of Patient Safety in Undergraduate Curriculum”

Parallel Session 02

Topic: “Medication Safety”

Parallel Session 03

Topic: “Healthcare Quality Standards &  Accreditation”

Time : 01:30 pm – 02:15 pm

Time : 02:15 pm – 03:45 pm

Topic: “Patient Safety – Why, When, How”

Time : 03:45 pm – 04:15 pm

  • An announcement of Winner of the Poster Competition
  • The way forward Prof. Dr. Paul Barach – Chairman, Intl. Advisory Board, Riphah Institute of Healthcare Improvement & Safety, Professor, Wayne State University & Senior Advisor, Jefferson College of Population Health