Meets 3 - Arabian Peninsula radiology: challenges and advances in regulations, education, and practice

Learning Objectives
1. To learn about the overall health affairs' changes planned in Saudi Arabia for vision 2030 and their impact on healthcare policymakers, providers, investors, and the general population.
2. To understand the health policies and practices' reforms in Saudi Arabia in 2020 and Saudi Arabia's new era of international openness in collaboration with international counterparts.
3. To appreciate the corrective measures in medicine in Saudi Arabia and the empowerment of youth, women, and qualified personnel in leadership, emphasising health awareness and education, active lifestyle, and preventive measures.
4. To become familiar with Saudi Arabia's private sector enablement, international investors facilitation, and public-private-partnership (PPP) programmes, transferring medical operations from government-based to private-based, starting with radiological services, teleradiology, and artificial intelligence.

Learning Objectives
1. To provide an introduction about the evolution of the radiology education in Oman, lead both by the society and the members who are also trainers in the Omani post-graduate education board.
2. To discuss the role of the Omani Radiology society in setting regulations and imaging guidelines as well as spreading the awareness on radiation protection and safe practice in collaborations with international bodies.
3. To describe the international collaborations and emphasis on the role of the society in education and up-to-date conferences.
4. To touch on the challenges and opportunities that the society is facing both locally and internationally.

Learning Objectives
1. To introduce the evolution of the radiology sector in the United Arab Emirates.
2. To discuss the implementation of radiology science in undergraduate and post-graduate medical education.
3. To review the current residency programmes and the challenges being faced to attract medical students into the field.
4. To become familiar with the educational activities being organised for radiologists in the United Arab Emirates.