Upcoming Conferences, Webinars & Workshops
🗓️ The next Guidelines International Network (GIN) Annual Conference – Guidelines for All: Bridging Tradition, Technology and High-Value Care – will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 15th-18th September 2026, https://g-i-n.net/gin2026-conference-call-for-abstracts
Society of Critical Care Medicine's (SCCM) 2026 Critical Care Congress- Saturday, March 21, 2026 McCormick Place® West Building Chicago, Illinois https://sccm.org/annual-congress
Information on upcoming webinars, workshops, and educational activities will be published in this section once finalized.
Please check back regularly for new learning opportunities in critical care education and guideline development.
Completed Course
Adult Critical Care Course: Clinical Practice Guideline Development
📅 Date: 17 November 2025📍 Venue: Simulation and Skills Development Center, Princess Nourah University
Speakers
Prof. Waleed Alhazzani, Dr. Fayez Alshamsi, Dr. Marwa Amer
Course Overview
This intensive Adult Critical Care course focused on Clinical Practice Guideline Development, equipping participants with essential frameworks to critically appraise evidence, translate research into practice, and contribute to high-quality guideline development in critical care medicine.
Designed for clinicians, educators, and researchers, the course emphasized real-world application, multidisciplinary collaboration, and international best practices.
Key Learning Outcomes
✔ Principles of evidence-based guideline development
✔ Systematic literature appraisal and grading of evidence
✔ Translating guidelines into bedside critical care practice
✔ Strengthening national and regional contributions to global guidelines
Why This Course Matters
Clinical practice guidelines shape patient outcomes, policy decisions, and quality of care. This course supports the Saudi Critical Care community’s mission to lead, contribute, and influence international critical care standards through rigorous methodology and expert collaboration.
Acute Care Surgery Conference 2025
Trauma, Critical Care, Emergency General Surgery, and Beyond
📅 Date: 5–6 December 2025📍 Venue: Four Points by Sheraton, Jeddah Corniche, Saudi Arabia
Speaker
Dr. Marwa Amer
Overview
The Acute Care Surgery Conference 2025 is a multidisciplinary educational event focused on the management of time-critical surgical and critical care conditions, bringing together experts in trauma, critical care, emergency general surgery, and acute care systems.The presentation emphasizes evidence-based practice, national clinical practice guidelines, and real-world implementation, supporting clinicians in delivering safe, timely, and standardized acute care across diverse healthcare settings in Saudi Arabia.
Key Learning Outcomes
✓ Apply Saudi national clinical practice guidelines to prevent trauma-associated VTE safely and effectively
✓ Use the Timing–Type–Titer–Testing (4-T) framework to guide anticoagulation decisions in acute care
✓ Implement injury-specific, imaging-guided approaches for TBI, spinal cord injury, and solid organ trauma
✓ Reduce practice variability through standardized, guideline-driven clinical pathways
✓ Translate evidence into bedside practice using implementation science and multidisciplinary collaboration
13th Saudi Critical Care Society Conference 2022
Date: 3-4 October 2022
📍 Venue: Hilton, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Speaker
Dr. Hassan M. Alshaqaq
Overview
The following abstracts were reviewed and selected based on their scientific merit, methodological rigor, and relevance to contemporary critical care practice:
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Prophylactic Inferior Vena Cava Filters for Venous Thromboembolism in Adults With Trauma: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
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Timing of Pharmacologic Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury:A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
