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Designed for experienced professionals ready to refine their leadership and strategic skills, WHX Masterclasses bring you closer to the world’s foremost experts in healthcare. These one-day, high-intensity sessions give you insight, discussion, and collaboration to be equipped practical strategies that elevate clinical and organisational excellence.

Masterclasses are included with the Platinum Ticket. Seats are limited to 50 and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Surgical Leadership Masterclass

Leading with precision - Surgical leadership in action

Surgical Leadership Bootcamps

📅 9 February 2026
🕒 5 hours
👥 Capacity: 50

The Surgical Leadership Masterclass* equips current and aspiring surgical leaders with essential non-technical skills to lead high-performing teams. Through interactive scenarios, expert-led discussions, and peer feedback, participants strengthen their leadership, communication, and teamwork to drive safer, high-quality surgical care.

Facilitators

Key takeways

  • Sharpen leadership in practice: Gain evidence-based strategies to lead surgical teams more effectively, with a focus on communication, team dynamics, and situational awareness in high-pressure environments
  • Hands-on, scenario-based learning: Experience realistic surgical simulations designed to challenge and strengthen your leadership approach in real time
  • Self-reflection & skill building: Critically assess your leadership style and leave with practical tools to elevate team performance and patient outcomes.

Target audience

Surgeons currently in leadership positions and those aspiring to obtain these roles incl:

>  Head of Surgery Surgical/ Unit Lead

>  Specialist/Consultant Surgeon

>  Clinical Director of Surgery

>  Surgical Department Manager

>  Final-Year Surgical Resident, Surgical Fellow

>  Surgical Registrar and Senior Registrar

*This Masterclass will be complimentary for Clinical Excellence and Surgical Innovation delegates on a first come, first served.

Hospital Flow Masterclass

Hospital Flow Masterclass

📅 12 February 2026
🕒 3 hours
👥 Capacity: 50

The Hospital Flow Masterclass enhances clinical and operational leaders’ understanding of hospital flow as a system-wide property. Through didactic sessions, case studies, and small group exercises, participants will apply critical analytic thinking to systems diagnosis and development of fundamental changes to transform patient flow, patient safety, patient experience, and workforce experience.

Facilitators

Key takeways

  • Systems understanding of patient flow as a crucial measure of the hospital’s resilience and reliability
  • Application of practical methods and tools to identify underlying barriers to optimal patient flow and to develop fundamental changes to address them
  • Experiential learning through case studies of flow successes and challenges

Target audience

>  Clinical Leaders

>   Operational Leaders

>   Quality & Safety Leaders

>   Hospital Administrators

*Complementary for Quality Management & Patient Safety Delegates (First come, first served)

WHX Dubai 2026

Why Attend?

  • <p><strong>Accelerated learning</strong></p>

    Accelerated learning

    Gain practical, high-impact skills in just one day from leading experts and institutions.

  • <p><strong>Real-world application</strong></p>

    Real-world application

    Explore proven frameworks and tools you can apply immediately in your role.

  • <p><strong>Elite networking</strong></p>

    Elite networking

    Connect with industry leaders, peers, and faculty in a high-value setting.

  • <p><strong>Certificate of attendance</strong></p>

    Certificate of attendance

    Earn official recognition for your commitment to leadership excellence.

Sponsorship opportunities

Who should sponsor?

  • Medtech Companies (Surgical Devices)

  • Health Technology & AI Firms

  • Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences Companies

  • Consulting & Advisory Firms

  • Investment & VC Firms in Healthcare

  • Academic Institutions & Training Providers