Mission
The Healthcare Professional Development Center at the American University of Beirut is committed to delivering exceptional and cutting-edge continuing professional education tailored to the needs of physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals across Lebanon and the broader region. Our mission is to enhance the safety and quality of patient care locally and regionally by providing CME, CNE, and CPE activities, programs, and courses that enrich healthcare professionals' knowledge, skills, and competencies, leading to better patient outcomes.
Vision
We aim to remain the leading local and evolve into a regional hub for innovative, evidence-based, North American accredited continuing professional development and educational activities. We aim to serve all healthcare professionals and their institutions, including patient advocacy groups and healthcare systems, through in-person programs, online platforms, and personalized education.
Goals
- To present new knowledge and its application to various levels of healthcare and disease prevention.
- To provide educational activities targeted to specific physician/ team audiences within the Medical Center to keep their knowledge and skills at the highest possible levels commensurate with the standards of excellence at AUBMC based on the needs of audiences of healthcare providers.
- To increase the HPDC capabilities to understand and measure the needs of its diverse physician and nurse audiences through increased research in educational needs and ultimate outcomes.
- To partner with other distinguished organizations and institutions, under the clinical and scientific guidance of the AUBMC faculty, to offer educational activities to regional, national, and international medical communities that expand the reach and contribution of the AUBMC clinical and scientific faculty.
- To develop and evaluate new educational tools employing emerging technologies to bring biomedical knowledge and delivery of healthcare to physicians and nurses worldwide.
- To meet or exceed the essential areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the guidelines of the American Medical Association's Physician Recognition Award (AMA/PRA).