Bringing together senior academic leaders, policymakers and health educators from across the country, the workshop focuses on improving how medical and health professions education is governed, planned and delivered–at a time when Syria’s health system continues to recover from years of strain, workforce shortages and the migration of skilled professionals.

Opening the workshop, H.E. Dr. Musab Al–Ali, Minister of Health, underscored the direct link between the quality of medical education and the quality-of-care people receive. He stressed that rebuilding the health system depends not only on restoring services, but on investing in the people who deliver them–and the institutions responsible for their training.

“The healthcare sector has faced difficult circumstances in recent years, creating clear challenges for the educational institutions responsible for training medical and healthcare professionals,” said Dr. Al–Ali. “Today, we face a reality that demands sincere commitment and coordinated, collective action from all of us to strengthen leadership and governance within healthcare education structures, because the future of healthcare is inextricably linked to the quality of medical education.”

Dr. Al–Ali noted that the workshop is designed as a practical step forward, combining policy–oriented discussions with applied tools to support decision–making, quality standards and institutional leadership–tailored to Syria’s current realities.