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Within the joint activities between Yarmouk University and Al-Balqa Applied University and their faculties of medicine, a valuable lecture was held at Al-Balqa University about the future of medical education. In the presence of the President of Al-Balqa Applied University, Prof. Dr. Ahmad Fakhry Al-Ajlouni, and President of Yarmouk University, Prof. Islam Massad, the cardiothoracic surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital and University in New York; Prof. Dr. Omar Lattouf, gave a scientific lecture on the future of health education and medical practices, which was organized by the Faculty of Medicine at the Al-Balqa Applied University in cooperation with the Faculty of Medicine At Yarmouk University, on the main stage of the university.

The lecture was attended by the Vice Presidents of Al-Balqa University and the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Al-Balqa University, Dr. Shawkat Al-Tamimi and the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Yarmouk University Prof. Zain Al-Abideen Abdullah, and the academic staff members in the faculties of medicine of the two universities, and students of the Faculty of Medicine at Al-Balqa Applied University.

Dr. Lattouf  said that “Jordan is considered one of the distinguished countries in the medical field and that patients come to it from all over the world because of Jordan's good reputation in the medical field, and that Jordan must lead the medical development in the region and is qualified to invest in technological and digital development in the medical sector,” referring to the importance and role of modern technology in using it in the field of therapeutic medicine and teaching, and the importance of modern education and distance education and the management of the patients remotely using medical consultations by specialized doctors, referring to the period the world went through during the spread of the Corona virus, where hospitals were closed . then it was necessary to compensate medical students classical teaching with remote lectures and the use of modern education and simulation system in teaching.  Dr. Lattouf also noted the importance of progress in health communication technology and the need to keep pace with development in this field. He stressed on the importance of maintaining face-to-face education and training for medical students in hospitals, and the introduction and use of modern methods and simulation system in remote teaching hand to hand with classical clinical training.