Innovation and Metaverse in Healthcare


Program Dates:

  • Cycle 1: 9 - 27 July 2023
  • Cycle 2: 30 July – 17 August 2023

Time: 1 - 4 P.M
Fees: 4000 SAR
Location: Alfaisal University Campus


مع استمرار قطاع الرعاية الصحية في مواجهة تحديات جديدة كل يوم، أصبحت الحاجة إلى الابتكار والتميز في هذا القطاع حاجة ملّحة وضرورية للغاية. يساعد هذا البرنامج الطلاب على التعرف على مختلف الوسائل التي تساهم في تطبيق التطورات التقنية الراهنة والاستفادة منها في التحول الرقمي في القطاع الصحي.


Program Description
The Innovation and Metaverse in Healthcare is a three-week summer program that offers extensive training for high school students interested in leading the paradigm shift of the Saudi healthcare system to meet vision 2030. This program outlines healthcare-specific issues and places health technology in the larger healthcare systems context to transform the patient-physician relationship using telemedicine, data analytics, artificial intelligence, simulation, virtual reality, and the metaverse. The course will consist of the following modules


  • Identify real-world health problems that can be addressed using data analytics, artificial intelligence, simulation, telemedicine, and the metaverse
  • Explore the role of telemedicine, data analytics, artificial intelligence, simulation, virtual reality, and the metaverse in care delivery and research
  • Explore the business aspect of telemedicine, data analytics, artificial intelligence, simulation, virtual reality, and the metaverse in healthcare

Program Outline

Students will experience the unique opportunity to explore the future of healthcare through introducing them to a variety of interactive skills exploration and training, along with exposing them to case studies of variety of problems and how to approach an innovative solution using current technologies. Students will be immersed in several emerging areas that are relevant to the future healthcare practice:


Week 1: Innovation in healthcare

  • Foundations of innovation in healthcare
  • Healthcare Innovation and Design Thinking
  • Innovations in healthcare delivery
  • Leadership & Ethics in Digital Health
  • Security & Privacy in Healthcare
  • Translating Ideas into Outcomes
  • Theme Project

Week 2: Technology in healthcare

  • 3D printing technology in healthcare
  • Robotics and Robotic surgery
  • Medical devices and Mobile Technology
  • Biotechnology & Nanomedicine
  • Artificial intelligence & Big data
  • Simulation Technology
  • Theme Project

Week 3: Metaverse in healthcare

  • Introduction to Telemedicine and Virtual healthcare
  • Virtual Reality Hospital & the metaverse
  • Digital therapeutic Applications of the metaverse
  • Augmented Reality in Surgical Procedures
  • Using Medical Wearables in the metaverse
  • Virtual Reality Experience

Program Outcomes

Graduates of the Innovation and Metaverse in Healthcare program will be able to develop scalable, innovative solutions to advance care delivery, research, and health education. The program will equip future medical doctors, healthcare, and life science researchers with the tools and knowledge to innovate services and approaches in the healthcare field.

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