Close
A three-day UCL GBSH Executive Education Programme hosted in Dubai.
Programme overview
The healthcare industry is undergoing a rapid digital transformation, driven by advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and digital health technologies. These innovations are reshaping patient care, hospital operations, and healthcare organisations' business models. However, navigating this transformation requires a deep understanding of digital health's strategic, technological, and ethical implications.
This three-day immersive course is designed to equip healthcare leaders, policymakers, and professionals with the knowledge and tools to leverage digital technologies effectively. Delivered by expert faculty from UCL Global Business School for Health, the programme provides a practical and interactive learning experience, combining real-world case studies, hands-on workshops, and strategic insights tailored to the Dubai and GCC healthcare markets.
Participants will explore how AI, robotics, and digital health solutions are being implemented in hospitals, clinics, and healthcare systems globally, specifically focusing on opportunities and challenges within the UAE and wider Middle East. By the end of the course, attendees will be equipped with actionable strategies to drive digital innovation in their own organisations.
Who should attend?
This programme is designed for healthcare professionals and decision-makers who want to understand and harness the power of digital transformation in their organisations. It is ideal for:
- Hospital Executives & Administrators – CEOs, CIOs, CMOs, COOs leading digital initiatives
- Healthcare Policymakers & Regulators – Government officials overseeing digital health policy
- Doctors & Clinical Leaders – Medical professionals integrating AI and robotics into practice
- Digital Health Entrepreneurs & Investors – Innovators and business leaders shaping the health tech landscape
- IT & AI Specialists in Healthcare – Tech professionals working on AI, big data, and automation solutions
- Healthcare Consultants & Academics – Researchers and advisors exploring digital transformation
What you will gain
- Strategic Understanding: Learn how digital transformation reshapes healthcare and what it means for your organisation.
- Practical Tools & Frameworks: Develop a digital health strategy tailored to your healthcare setting.
- Hands-on Experience: Engage in interactive workshops on AI, robotics, and digital health applications.
- Market Insights: Gain exclusive insights into Dubai’s health tech ecosystem, investment opportunities, and regulations.
- Global & Regional Best Practices: Learn from real-world case studies of successful digital health transformations.
- Certificate of Completion: Earn a UCL Global Business School for Health certificate to showcase your expertise.
Programme schedule
Day 1: Digital Health and Healthcare Transformation
- The foundations of digital healthcare, telemedicine, and interoperability
- Health information systems and data governance
- Workshop: Developing a digital health roadmap
Day 2: Robotics & Automation in Healthcare
- The role of robotics in surgery, diagnostics, and hospital automation
- AI-driven robotic systems and workforce transformation
- Workshop: Implementing robotics in a healthcare organisation
Day 3: AI & The Future of Healthcare
- AI applications in healthcare, predictive analytics, and personalised medicine
- Digital business models and policy implications
- Capstone Project: Creating an AI & digital health strategy for a healthcare provider
Learning approach
This course is designed to bridge the gap between theory and practice, ensuring participants walk away with a clear action plan for integrating digital technologies into their organisations.
On successful completion of our programme, you will gain access to our Executive Education alumni network. This exclusive group connects the GBSH Executive Education alumni to share insights, discuss industry trends and explore collaboration opportunities in healthcare.
Course leads
Professor Shafi Ahmed
Professor Ahmed is a world renowned, multi award winning surgeon, teacher, futurist, innovator and entrepreneur. He is a 3x TEDx speaker and is faculty at Singularity University. He has delivered over 250 keynotes in 30 countries.
After studying medicine at Kings College Hospital Medical School London, he completed his surgical training in London. Ahmed is currently a Laparoscopic Colorectal surgeon specialising in colorectal cancer at The Royal London and St Bartholomew’s Hospitals. His mission is to merge the world of medicine, global education, and virtual and augmented reality to democratise and scale surgical education to make it affordable and accessible to everyone using the power of connectivity to allow equitable surgical care.
Dr Chris Hardesty
Dr Hardesty has served in various healthcare leadership roles around the world, specialising in public-private partnership models to bring safe, effective, economically-viable medical innovations to populations in need.
He is currently the Head of Strategy at NEOM, a Saudi Arabia Vision 2030 Giga Project to design and operate a future-proofed health system. Concurrently, Dr. Hardesty is a Partner at Singapore-based Pureland Venture, supporting early-stage health, bio, and medtech developments. He served in KPMG’s Global Health Centre of Excellence for over a decade, and continues to advise leading academic and think tank organisations on health policy matters. Dr. Hardesty completed his doctoral studies in public health, as well as degrees in business, financing, and technology.