KARACHI: Liaquat College of Medicine & Dentistry (LCMD) is opening the doors to its upcoming artificial intelligence training initiative with a free Open House Session on October 14, 2026, giving healthcare professionals, students and faculty an opportunity to see what the institution’s planned AI Workshop Series will cover — before the workshops formally begin.
What makes the session more than a conventional programme announcement is the way LCMD has structured it: participants are not only being introduced to the planned AI initiative, but are also being invited to discuss the proposed programme, suggest areas of interest and contribute feedback that may help shape the roadmap for future workshops.
A first look at LCMD’s upcoming AI Workshop Series
The Open House has been designed as an introduction to LCMD’s forthcoming AI Workshop Series for Healthcare Professionals, under the theme:
“Learn | Explore | Build the Future with AI in Healthcare.”
The session will begin with an introduction to the AI in Healthcare initiative, followed by an overview of the upcoming workshop series and the areas the organisers plan to explore.
For participants wondering exactly what the future programme may involve, that is where the Open House becomes particularly relevant.
The agenda includes discussion of key learning areas and proposed topics, the expected workshop format and participation model, and the practical applications of artificial intelligence in healthcare.
Rather than presenting a finalised programme with little room for input, the organisers have also built participant discussion, suggestions and feedback directly into the session.
That feedback will feed into another key component of the Open House: the roadmap for the upcoming workshops.
Who can attend? The invitation is deliberately broad
The session is not limited to senior clinicians or technology specialists.
LCMD has opened the programme to a wide cross-section of the healthcare and academic community, including:
- Undergraduate students
- Postgraduate students
- House officers
- Faculty members
- Doctors and dentists
- Allied health professionals
- Other healthcare professionals
That broad eligibility gives the Open House a potentially important role: it brings learners, practising clinicians and educators into the same discussion about how AI-related training should be structured for healthcare.
What participants can expect from the session
LCMD’s announced programme identifies seven principal areas for the October 14 Open House:
• Introduction to the AI in Healthcare initiative — outlining the purpose behind the programme and the AI Facilitation Cell’s planned direction.
• Overview of the upcoming AI Workshop Series — giving participants an early understanding of the training programme being developed.
• Key learning areas and proposed topics — offering the first indication of what future workshops may cover.
• Proposed workshop format and participation — explaining how the workshop series is expected to operate and how healthcare professionals may engage with it.
• Practical applications of AI in healthcare — moving the discussion beyond the concept of artificial intelligence toward its practical relevance for healthcare audiences.
• Participant discussion, suggestions and feedback — allowing attendees to contribute ideas and identify areas they would like future sessions to address.
• Roadmap for upcoming workshops — setting out how the AI initiative is expected to progress beyond the Open House.
For those interested in participating in LCMD’s longer-term AI training programme, the October event therefore serves as the entry point into the series rather than a standalone lecture.
Free registration, but advance registration is compulsory
There is no registration fee for the Open House Session.
However, LCMD has made registration mandatory, and prospective attendees are being directed to register through the QR code provided on the official event announcement.
That distinction is important for students and healthcare professionals planning to attend: participation is free, but it is not being advertised as an unrestricted walk-in session.
The event will take place at:
- Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2026
- Time: 11:00am–12:00pm
- Venue: LCMD Mini Auditorium, 3rd Floor
- Registration: Mandatory and free of charge
AI discussion extends across medicine, dentistry and allied health
The participant categories outlined by LCMD also show that the initiative is being positioned across the healthcare spectrum rather than being restricted to a single profession.
By specifically including doctors, dentists, allied health professionals, undergraduate and postgraduate students, house officers and faculty members, the AI Facilitation Cell is signalling that its planned workshop series will be relevant to healthcare education as well as professional practice.
For the dental community in particular, the inclusion of dentists and dental students gives the programme added relevance as artificial intelligence increasingly becomes part of conversations around healthcare training, professional workflows and emerging clinical technologies.
The Open House itself, however, is primarily about understanding the proposed programme and helping shape its future direction.
That makes the participant-feedback component one of the most important elements of the session — particularly for professionals who want specific AI-related learning needs reflected in future workshops.
Who is leading the initiative?
For queries regarding the event, LCMD has identified two officials from its AI Facilitation Cell:
- Dr. Rizwan Hassan — Lead, AI Facilitation Cell
Contact: 0304-2393843 - Dr. Amna Afridi — Co-lead, AI Facilitation Cell
Contact: 0333-1275016
The institution is encouraging interested healthcare professionals, faculty members, trainees and students to register for the introductory session and take part in the discussion.
For those considering whether AI should become part of their professional or academic learning, October 14 may therefore offer more than an introduction. It is also an opportunity to see the direction LCMD intends to take — and to have a voice in how its upcoming healthcare AI workshop series develops.
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