Kuwait SIHI Hub at WYN Academy - Social Innovation in Health Initiative

SIHI Kuwait at WYN Academy

The Kuwait Social Innovation in Health Hub was launched in October 2024. We are based at WYN Academy, an EdTech company providing comprehensive healthcare education and communication services. WYN Academy is a certified member of CPD-UK, and provides a comprehensive learning platform that goes beyond traditional approaches, offering unique services tailored to individuals’ needs. With a focus on empowering healthcare professionals across all sectors, we strive to enable them to achieve excellence in their profession. Our vision is to be the leading provider of personalised healthcare education, career guidance, and research support. We aim to contribute significantly to advancing healthcare education, ensuring professionals are equipped for career success.

OUR FOCUS

The Kuwait Social Innovation in Health Hub was launched in 2024. We strive to provide comprehensive educational solutions to cater for healthcare professionals (HCP) needs. Our goal is to facilitate the accessibility of HCPs in the region to accredited CPD through innovative learning strategies. We also aim to responsibly provide high-quality healthcare communication materials to empower novice and experienced HCPs, contributing towards the development of effective and sustained healthcare performance by all.

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OUR ACTIVITIES

DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS

The Paldent and WYN Academy partnership (starting in Sept 2024) has launched an exclusive, year-long educational initiative tailored specifically for dental interns from Gaza, Palestine. With weekly lectures, this program is designed to enhance the knowledge of recent dental graduates and students, covering updated topics presented by some of the most successful dentists in their fields in the Arabian Gulf Region. We appreciate the community’s enthusiasm and commitment to advancing dental education in Gaza.

Research Training and Skills Development

Between October and December 2025, WYN Academy delivered advanced research training activities in Kuwait in collaboration with the Kuwait Pharmaceutical Association. This included the Critical Appraisal for Pharmacists course in October 2025 and the launch of Professional Skills I (Presentation Skills & Scientific Communication) in December 2025. The activities aimed to strengthen pharmacists’ research literacy, scientific communication, and evidence-informed decision-making. Pharmacists and healthcare professionals participated from diverse practice settings. These initiatives contributed to SIHI hub goals by strengthening local research capacity and supporting the identification and development of context-relevant health innovations.

Medication Safety Capacity Building

On November 26, 2025, WYN Academy conducted a focused capacity-building workshop on the safe crushing and splitting of medications for patients with swallowing difficulties and those on nasogastric tubes. The activity engaged pharmacists and healthcare professionals in evidence-based discussions, practical scenarios, and clinical decision-making related to patient safety. Key challenges and system gaps were identified through participant interaction. This activity contributes to SIHI objectives by generating practice-based learning and supporting the development of future case studies on medication safety innovations.

Early Exposure to Healthcare and Social Innovation

In Q4 2025, WYN Academy initiated planning for a Winter Internship Program for High School Students (Winter 2025/2026), building on the success of the Summer Internship Program delivered earlier in 2025. The planned initiative aims to partner with schools to provide structured exposure to healthcare careers while integrating social innovation in health concepts. The program will combine hands-on learning experiences with SIHI-aligned activities, enabling students to identify community health challenges, co-design feasible solutions, and present innovation-focused project outcomes. This activity supports SIHI hub goals by strengthening early innovation awareness and future health workforce pathways.

Our Events

Youth Medical Forum 2024

The Youth Medical Forum took place in April 2024, with the aim of empowering high school students in Kuwait to make an informed decision when choosing a healthcare profession as a degree once in college. This event was designed to be “from youth, to youth”, with university students volunteering their time to train younger students on real-life healthcare scenarios. It was a beautiful community service that brought together both the public and private healthcare sectors in Kuwait. This social initiative was designed as an attempt to increase awareness amongst youth on what it entails to go into the medical/ dental/ pharmacy/ allied health faculties, with the main aim of decreasing student withdrawals from healthcare colleges at a later stage.

Summer Camp 2024 - Social Innovation in Health

The Summer Camp’s mission ran to empower and prepare early-career healthcare professionals and healthcare university students to become future leaders in the healthcare field. The programme focuses on developing leadership skills, fostering innovation, and equipping participants with the knowledge and experience needed to take on leadership roles and make a significant impact in the evolving healthcare world. This programme is designed specifically for Healthcare University students and Early Career Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) in the Middle East and North Africa Region, to empower and nurture the next generation of HCPs in this region, with a focus on incorporating interdisciplinary learning into the program’s curriculum, such as engineering and business, to promote a holistic approach to problem-solving and innovation.

Jordanian Pharmacy Licensure Pathway (JPLP) – Competency Assessment

In May 2025, WYN Academy implemented the Jordanian Pharmacy Licensure Pathway (JPLP) simulation-based competency assessment in Amman, identifying 25 high-potential pharmacists for enrolment in a Canadian training programme. This initiative marks a significant step in bridging local talent with international opportunities, using Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) to evaluate key competencies such as patient counselling, medication therapy management, and interprofessional collaboration. For many participants, this was the first exposure to international standards of pharmacy practice. By aligning with international competency frameworks, the JPLP not only empowers individual professionals but also strengthens Jordan’s role in the global pharmacy workforce.

Launch of the SIHI Kuwait Hub

On 16 April 2025, WYN Academy hosted the launch of the SIHI Kuwait Hub at the Sanctuary Business Club, bringing together healthcare professionals and innovators. The event highlighted WYN Academy’s commitment to advancing healthcare education through accredited training, research support, and community programmes.

A key moment was a video message from Dr. Meredith del Pilar Labarda (SIHI Secretariat), marking the hub’s official launch. The evening also showcased impactful initiatives like the Youth Medical Forum and explored future collaboration opportunities to drive innovation in health.

ABOUT US

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Dr. Dalal Al-Taweel, Ph.D., is an academic pharmacist with 15 years of experience in pharmacy education, pharmaceutical care and the rational use of medicines. She has held the position of Vice dean of Academic and Student affairs from 2019-2023 where she co-led the transformation of the pharmacy program at the faculty to a PharmD program. She gained her MPharm degree from Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland and her MSc in Clinical Pharmacy as well as a PhD (Pharmaceutical care) from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Dr Al-Taweel was granted the International Federation of pharmacy’s (FIP) Rising star award in 2022 for her role in enhancing pharmacy education in Kuwait. She has authored several peer-reviewed articles on quality improvement and performance reporting in health care as well as in pharmacy education, and has co-authored a chapter in the Encyclopedia of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy on a Step-wise approach to competency-based pharmacy education.

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Dr. Monerah Alsoraj is an assistant professor at Kuwait University’s College of Pharmacy, where she specializes in cancer-targeted drug delivery and refining pharmaceutical dosage formulations. She is passionate about pharmacy education and healthcare training initiatives and has charted an illustrious academic path. Her educational journey encompasses a B.Pharm. in Pharmacy from Kuwait University, followed by an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. from Cardiff University, UK, showcasing her commitment to advancing her expertise. Beyond academia, Dr. Alsoraj’s contributions extend to the realm of research, where she has authored several peer-reviewed articles. With more than 10 years of experience as the head of the Office of Consultation, Studies, and Training at Kuwait University’s College of Pharmacy, she has played a key role in developing training programs for pharmacy students and practicing pharmacists, actively shaping the professional growth of future healthcare practitioners.

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Dr. Asmaa Al-Haqan is a clinical lecturer at Kuwait University’s College of Pharmacy, specializing in competency development and innovative teaching methods. She earned her BPharm from Kuwait University in 2004 and later pursued an MSc in Clinical Pharmacy (2013) and a PhD in Pharmacy Education (2020) from University College London (UCL). Additionally, she holds an MSc in Diabetes Care and Education (2015) from Dundee University. Dr. Al-Haqan is the General Secretary of the Kuwait Association for Continuing Professional Development for Pharmacists, which she co-founded in 2019, and serves as the Global Lead in the FIP Workforce Development Hub for “DG2: Early Career Training Strategy.” Her leadership and expertise in pharmacy education contribute significantly to the professional growth of pharmacists both locally and globally.

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Dr. Hadeel Bayoumi is an accomplished pharmacist with a strong academic background and extensive experience in pharmacy education and research. She earned her bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Jordan University of Science and Technology, where she ranked 12th among 203 students in 2003. Recognizing her academic excellence, the Saudi Ministry of Higher Education awarded her two scholarships to pursue both her Master’s and PhD degrees at King Abdulaziz University. Both her Master’s degree in Pharmacology (2012) and PhD in Biochemistry (2021) focused on cancer drug research, utilizing advanced technologies like nanotechnology. With a passion for teaching, Dr. Hadeel served as a lecturer at King Khalid University in Abha, Saudi Arabia for two years, mentoring students and employing innovative teaching techniques such as problem-based learning. Additionally, she possesses over seven years of experience in laboratory tissue culture experiments and has conducted clinical trials in hospitals during her time as a Clinical Research Pharmacist in the clinical trial unit (2009-2011) at King Fahd Medical Research Centre in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Hadeel’s dedication to professional development and contributions to pharmacy education have earned her respect within the field.