Training

Engineer Mays Awad, Director General of the Hassib Sabbagh IT Center of Excellence, explained that the program aimed to provide the students of the Arab American University with twenty-first century skills, with a prominent focus on investing in artificial intelligence techniques to improve the quality of education by providing innovative digital interactive sessions and realistic practical tests, including direct assessment for achievement and progress of the trainee students as well as following up on them.

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Asia, AAUP Vice President, inaugurated the Program with a speech in which he welcomed the attendees, praising the efforts of the International Medical Education Trust (IMET), along with its interest and initiative to provide such crucial trainings that strive to improve the academic performance of the teaching staff at the Medical Faculties of the University. Prof. Dr. Asia highlighted that the University's supports and encourages these crucial trainings which fall within the University's development plans of its academic staff.       

The head of the department, Mr. Sudqi Mousa, stated that this workshop comes as part of activities organized by the department for its students with the aim of training them on important skills in their professional lives. He explained that mechanisms for verifying information are among the most important skills that a journalist must possess for several reasons, including that s/he should not be prey to misleading information in light of the massive content published on social media, which increases the difficulty of the verification process.