Abu Dhabi, April 18, 2012- In order to improve the quality of school-based health services in public schools across the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, School Health Services, a subsidiary of Ambulatory Healthcare Services (a SEHA HealthSystem Facility), and Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) launched a leadership and management training course for school charge nurses.

SEHA is contracted by the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) to provide preventative and curative school based health services in all 268 public schools across the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

Mr. Rashid Saif Al Qubaisi, Ambulatory Healthcare Services Chief Executive Officer, commented "The School Health Services has recently introduced the School Health Charge Nurse Position, whereby each charge nurse will be responsible for 20-25 schools and will be responsible for assessing and upgrading the competency level of the school nurses. Additionally, charge nurses will supervise health initiatives by school nurses, and enhance health education and promotion activities at schools. As of now, 6 charge nurses from Abu Dhabi city, 6 from Al Ain, and 2 charge nurses from the western region have been appointed."

Commenting on the initiative, Dr. Mubarak Al-Darmaki, Health Section Manager, School Operations Sector, ADEC, said: "ADEC and SEHA foresee the need for charge nurses in order to unify all nursing practices and to raise the quality of services provided to pupils at school. Charge nurses will mentor and provide all the needed support for a group of nurses. This training will equip the charge nurses with the skills needed for the new role. Moreover, the charge nurses will work to encourage nurses to come forward and share their thoughts, experiences and ideas for advancing school health."

The course is divided into 3 modules: Understanding nursing management, key skills in nursing management, and quality management. The course aims to develop the charge nurses' knowledge and skills, enable them to utilize best practices in nursing management and apply this knowledge in school based health projects.

Through this course, charge nurses will learn to identify the differences between leadership and management, manage staff performance, implement key skills in nursing management, and learn methods to improve the quality of school based health services.

The program began on April 10, 2012 and will continue till June 19, 2012.  It will be conducted every Tuesday at the AHS Head office and will be delivered through a blend of lectures, discussions, case studies and projects. The topics will be presented by a group of expert professionals.

As part of the learning objectives of the course, charge nurses will be asked to prepare projects based on latest practices and literature.

The course will cover the following topics:

• Role of the charge nurse

• Theories of leadership and management

• Coaching and Mentoring

• Motivation

• Writing smart objectives

• Performance appraisal

• Performance management

• Critical thinking Decision making process and problem solving

• Communication

• Conflict management

• Emotional intelligence

• Change management

• Stress management

• Team building and management

• Quality Management

• Risk management

• Time management

• Safe delegation

• Code of ethics

• Effective healthcare auditing

• Incident reporting

For more information about school health and its services, please visit www.ahs.ae.

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About Ambulatory Healthcare Services - SEHA
Ambulatory Healthcare Services (AHS) is a HealthSystem Facility of the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA). It was formed to facilitate and furnish a unique combination of the diagnostic and treatment services of a hospital with the personalized care that a healthcare centre offers. At present, AHS as an organisation includes the following facilities and subsidiaries:

  • 22 Ambulatory Care Centers

  • 4 Disease Prevention & Screening Centers (DPSCs)

  • School Health Services (SHS) at 268 primary and secondary educational institutions

  • 3 Mobile Clinic Solutions

For more information, please visit our website: www.ahs.ae

About the SEHA HealthSystem and the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company PJSC (SEHA)
SEHA is health in Arabic.  The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company PJSC- whose marketing identity is SEHA - is an independent, public joint stock company created to develop the curative activities of the public healthcare system in Abu Dhabi. The company owns and operates all the public hospitals and clinics of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi which together make up the SEHA HealthSystem.  SEHA is committed to continuous improvement of customer care to recognized international standards and providing our customers and communities served world class healthcare.  SEHA has partnered with internationally recognized hospital managers to achieve these goals.  These include Johns Hopkins Medicine International, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, VAMED, Medical University of Vienna, Bumrungrad International and Fresenius Medical Care.  SEHA owns and operates 12 hospitals with 2,644 beds, 62 ambulatory care, family care and urgent care centers and 2 blood banks.  SEHA is one of the largest integrated healthcare providers in the Middle East with more than 17,000 doctors, nurses, ancillary care and administrative personnel in its employ.  Visit our website at www.seha.ae.

About Abu Dhabi Education Council:
Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) was established in accordance with law No. 24 of 2005, issued by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the UAE President, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi. The Chairman of ADEC is H.H. Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and the Vice-Chairman is H.H. Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Minister of Presidential Affairs. The Council seeks to develop education and educational institutions in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, implement innovative educational policies, plans and programs that aim to improve education, and support educational institutions and staff to achieve the objectives of national development in accordance with the highest international standards.

For more information about ADEC please call its headquarters at +971 (2) 6150 000 or visit our website:

http://www.adec.ac.ae

© Press Release 2012