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The activities of the second scientific forum for health cadres in Mahayal Asir were concluded under the auspices of the Rector. The ceremony was organized by the Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences for Girls in Mahayal Asir, in the presence of the General Supervisor of King Khalid University branch in Tehama Dr. Mohammed Al-Mezher. Three universities participated in the celebration. They were: the Al-Baha University, the Bisha University, and the Umm Al Qura University. The forum was held over two days, through which 45 scientific paper were provided. The forum committees included: the Scientific Committee, the Organizing Committee, the Committee of the media, the public relations Committee, the marketing Committee, and the Committee of Supportive Services.

On the first day, three sessions were presented during which 14 presentations were made. On the second day, the forum sessions continued with two sessions during which 9 Presentations were made. 23 research papers and 22 scientific stickers were presented, 4 of them were presented by the University of the Baha, two papers from the Umm Al Qura University and 8 papers from the Bisha University.

In the forum, a considerable number of researchers, from various health disciplines and from different universities participated, as well as health consultants from different hospitals in the region. The spokesmen of Mahayel Hospital were Dr. Wael Zakaria, and Umran Javed, and from King Khalid University participating team were Prof. Guzman Karekeran, Dr. Siham Ibrahim, Dr. John Mbrchat, Prof. Iman Nashar, Prof. Nariman Nashar, and Dr. Lonnie Andunsami. Other researchers were Prof. Abeer Mohammed Zakaria, and Prof. Jia Soda, and Dr. Ghada Nather participated.

During the opening, The Vice - President for Health Specialties Prof. Khalid Al jelban, in his speech, clarified that the talk about medical practice, the medical approach based on evidence, and the evidence "has become a global approach, and became the nexus of research and knowledge in practice; and this requires us to focus on research in the production of reliable search, and not remain only users of the existing evidence; instead we be the makers of this evidence". This approach achieves the wonderful integration in a way that the one who has the right opinion is the who owns the evidence. Al-Jelban said: "the university is always keen and eager to support this area, and that of applied research, in order to apply it in line with the global trends."

For his part, the Dean of the Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences for Girls Dr. Mona Mujahid confirmed that that meeting was held under the slogan: "a change in the field of healthcare through knowledge building, and the use of continuing education approach", because of the rapid progress in various medical sciences, it became necessary to organize and intensify conferences and medical meetings. Moreover, researchers and health professionals should be given the opportunity to show their experience and researches. The Dean said, "The most important objectives of the meeting is to improve the quality of health services, plus the exchange of scientific experiences, and the building of bridges to link information from scientific research and experiments with evidence-built practice in health institutions, in order to be used to improve health care for the individual and all members of the society."

The forum came out with a number of the recommendations. The most important was to enrich scientific research in various areas of health care, especially at the regional and international levels. In addition, the forum came out with the principle of spreading the culture of relying on the best scientific evidence by establishing courses for workers in various health sectors, and by making it an integral part of the curriculum and graduate studies programs in medical schools and colleges of Applied Medical Sciences. Additionally, there is the need of subscribing to databases to provide an opportunity for everyone to reach the strongest and the latest research results, and the appropriate and safe application during clinical practices. The recommendations included the need for a direct link between theoretical education provided by medical schools, and colleges of Applied Medical Sciences, and the actual professional practice in the hospitals, and health centers, in addition to the need to use the latest, modern techniques and strategies in education.