In the framework of reviewing and developing the vision and mission of the departments at the College of Public Health and Health Informatics at Umm Al-Qura University (UQU) to be in line with UQU vision and mission and to meet the requirements of quality and programmatic academic accreditation, the College held on Monday, 24^th Rajab 1438H (24^th April 2017) a workshop titled, "Review of Departments' Visions & Missions." The workshop was under the supervision of the specialized committee composed according to the resolution by Dr. Wahib bin Dakhilullah Al-Harbi, Dean of the College,  in his presence, under his supervision and accompanied by Dr. Hamed Gholam, the Vice-Dean. The workshop was attended by Dr. Hamed Ibrahim Ghanem, Supervisor of Quality and Academic Accreditation at the College, department heads and staff members.

The facilitators of the specialized committee started the workshop with an introduction on what was and how to write the vision and mission based on the scientific lecture that preceded the workshop. The introduction was presented by Prof. Dr. Adel Abu-Seif Abdulmaqsoud, Head of the Department of Health Administration, Member of the Specialized Committee and Facilitator in the Workshop.

The workshop started with the formation of one working group for each of the five departments of the College: Health Awareness and Promotion, Epidemiology, Environmental Health, Health Information Management and Technology, and Occupational Health. The groups started working by writing the tasks assigned to their departments and then presenting them to the audience to comment on them. Then, they worked on writing the mission according to the controls and directives, including what the tasks were, to whom they should be directed, and how they should be written.

At the end of the workshop, the work of the groups was presented and the outputs produced by the groups to correct and review the departmental missions were discussed and constructively criticized. In addition, it was agreed that the specialized committee would review the departmental missions and ensure that they conformed to the specifications.

On the other hand, other following workshops will be held in the same format to present the final form of the missions and then to write the vision in order for them to be in the scientific form that reflected and stemmed from the vision and mission of Umm Al-Qura University (UQU).