Date of birth: 6-8-1966,                                                                                                                                            

Nationality: Lebanese

Address: Mossaitbeh, Yazbek street, Charafeddine and Fakhoury Blg, Beirut Lebanon                                      

 Contacts: +961 3 414989; imankanaan@hotmail.com; iman.kanaan@ul.edu.lb 

ACADEMIC KNOWLEGE

2021: PhD in education.

2014: Research Master in education

2004: Professional Master in Community Health.

1991: Licence degree in Midwifery

PROFESSIONAL PROFIL

•       Since 2021-2022: Assistant Professor at Lebanese University, Faculty of Public Health, Branch I and Head of the academic department of midwifery.

•       2022-2023: Lecturer at Balamand University

•       Lecturer at Technical Nursing Institute- Ard Jalloul since 2009 (teaching maternal and child health- community health)

•       Teaching courses:

v  2022-2023: Management and Leadership in midwifery

v  2022: Research methodology (midwives and nurses), anatomy and physiology of the reproductive system

v  2019 till now: Sociology of health,

v  2020-till now: Ethics and deontology

v  2016 till now: Teaching strategy.

v  2014 till now: Director of graduation project

v  1988 till now maternal health and childbirthing,          

•       2022: Member of the Reproductive Health Working Group at the American University of Beirut (researchers from the Middle East and Turkey)

•       2022: Member of the Bahithat association, a group of Lebanese researchers

•       2014-2021: Member of Education Standing Committee at the International Confederation of Midwives.

•       2014-2016: Treasurer of the founding Council of Lebanese order of Midwives.

•       2010-2014: Member of the founding Association of Midwives in Lebanon

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

•       1997-2021: Midwife lecturer at Lebanese University-Faculty of Public Health

•       2020-2022: Participation on working group with the WHO Academy

•       2008-2022: Trainer in many workshops for professional health on the reproductive health sector and the National Neonatal Resuscitation Program (with MOH, UNFPA. LSOG, Midwives Council, UNRWA, LAECD...):

v  2021: Community based midwives (UNICEF-LOM)

v  2021: Obstetric emergencies and normal delivery (UNICEF-LOM)

v  2017 : Animation of ICM Congress Workshop : ‘Initiation à la recherche des sages-femmes francophones’-Toronto

v  2015: Service Delivery Guidelines: An update Ministry of Public Health, OSFL, LSOG, UNFPA for the health providers in primary health care center

v   2014-2021:  Family planning counseling (UNFPA-LOM)

v  2011-2012: For UNRWA midwives in Lebanon (Evidence based, Communication technic, Counseling skills, Determinant health, Health education.)

v  2008 - 2014: Training of health professional in maternity (gynecologists, pediatricians, midwives, nurses) as part of the national neonatal resuscitation program with Laecd

•       2010: member of the jury - Civil Service Board for midwives and colloquim with MEHE.

•       1991-2000: Worked as a midwife in Hospital MEH

•       1993-1995: Clinic as Independent midwife.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVITIES  

•       Oral presentations, workshop animation at important national, regional and international meetings and conferences.

•       2018: Attended a full-day seminar with ERASMUS

•       2017 till now: Reviewer with Human Right Journal and Elsevier (Midwifery journal).

•       2016 till now: Reviewer for Abstracts and research projects at the international congresses of the International Confederation of Midwives.

•       2016: part list community of JiscMail, the UK's biggest educational & research email discussion, MIDWIFERY-REPROHEALTHEDUCATION

•       2014 and 2017: Participation in the International Conference on Medical Education- LAU

PUBLICATIONS

•       Article « Les difficultés d’apprentissage du raisonnement clinique chez les étudiantes sages-femmes à l’Université Libanaise- faculté de santé publique ». AL- HADATHA - Winter 206 - 2020 / 203

•       Accepted publication by Harmattan edition for a book concerning the Lebanese midwives and the core competencies for the midwifery education in Lebanon (release date is December 2022)

COMPETENCIES

•       Dynamic group

•       Team work

•       Numeric Competencies: Word-Excel-Power Point-

•       Linguistic competencies:

•       Arabic:  Maternel language

•       French: Advance.

•       English: Good reading and writing, not very fluently speaking.