Zeinab.Alishaq

ZEINAB ALISHAQ

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Profile summary

Strategic Clinical Education Lead with 21 years shaping healthcare outcomes in the GCC. Known for expertise in chronic disease management, clinical education strategy, and patient engagement. Committed to delivering person centred care, workforce capability development, and evidence based health interventions.

Career highlights

Clinical Education Leadership: Led professional education, workforce capability, and patient self management programmes in diabetes and chronic disease prevention while developing clinical pathways, policies, and standard operating procedures.

Diabetes Care and Education: Delivered person centred diabetes education, behaviour change support, and health literacy interventions within multidisciplinary care while advising on electronic medical record workflows and clinical documentation.

Public Health Policy Advisory: Advised on public health programme coordination, policy development, regulatory alignment, and chronic disease prevention while supporting programme evaluation and performance reporting among government and partner organisations.

Clinical Quality Improvement: Managed chronic disease education and self management programmes using evidence based behavioural approaches while designing learning interventions and quality improvement initiatives across a network.

Key skills

SkillsEducation strategy & programme design Patient engagement & behaviour change Workforce learning & staff development Health literacy & wellbeing Training, facilitation & adult learning Quality improvement & clinical pathways Stakeholder & programme coordination Digital health & evidence translation Mental health literacy behavioural science workforce wellbeing patient engagement and professional learning Clinical Education Chronic Disease Management Public Health Policy Quality Improvement Cerner EMR Patient Documentation Diabetes Care Clinical Workflows

Professional experience

Clinical Education Lead / Senior Diabetes EducatorMay 2025 - Jul 2026
Mediclinic Al Ain HospitalUAE
  • Led professional education, workforce capability and patient self-management programmes in diabetes and chronic-disease prevention.
  • Used learning needs, registry data and stakeholder feedback to refine education and service interventions.
  • Developed clinical pathways, policies, learning resources and SOPs aligned with international standards.
Certified Diabetes EducatorMay 2023 - May 2025
Imperial College London Diabetes CentreUAE

Steered clinical practice within multidisciplinary care teams, delivering person-centred diabetes education and behaviour-change support. Guided clinical documentation workflows on Cerner and participated in academic and research events during the 2023 to 2025 period.

  • Delivered person-centred diabetes education and health-literacy interventions within multidisciplinary care teams.
  • Supported academic and research-event activities.
Public Health & Policy ConsultantMar 2022 - Dec 2022
Independent Consulting

Shaped public health programme coordination and policy development, guiding regulatory alignment and chronic disease prevention strategies across partner networks.

  • Supported programme evaluation and performance reporting.
  • Facilitated collaboration among government and partner organisations.
Diabetes EducatorFeb 2018 - Feb 2022
Mediclinic Airport Road HospitalUAE

Managed chronic-disease education and self-management programmes using evidence-based behavioural approaches. Designed individual and group learning interventions, educational materials, and quality-improvement initiatives within clinical settings.

  • Contributed to standardised protocols across a 500 plus clinic network.
  • Supported staff education and clinical programme execution.
Diabetes EducatorAug 2013 - Nov 2017
Private Healthcare InstitutionsUAE
  • Delivered professional, patient, family, and community education for chronic disease prevention and self management.
  • Coordinated community screening, patient registries, programme monitoring, and stakeholder partnerships.
Lead Pediatric Registered NurseAug 2003 - May 2013
Governmental & Private Healthcare InstitutionsUAE
  • Provided direct paediatric nursing care and coordinated multidisciplinary treatment teams to support patient recovery.
  • Conducted clinical audits and patient safety reviews while facilitating educational sessions for hospital staff.

Education

Master of EducationJan 2018
The British University in Dubai

Leadership, Management & Policy

Postgraduate DiplomaJan 2014
Malmo University, Sweden

Diabetes Education & Clinical Care

Bachelor of Nursing ScienceJan 2014
Griffith University & Fatima College

Certifications

DOH Health Educator Licence
Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE)
Certified Professional Trainer (CPT)

Languages

Arabic · Native

English · Fluent