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Course, Introductory, 4 modules, about 2.5 hours

Your First Year in Practice

For new doctors, and anyone starting a clinic on their own. You will have a clinic that works, and a plan for your first year.

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About this course

Three webinars and one essay for people starting out: what to use and what to avoid in the first year, a working clinic built from nothing in ten minutes, and what wai does differently for five specialties, so you can pick yours.

Each module is a recording with its worksheet, or an essay. At the end of every module there are two questions to check yourself against and one exercise to do on your own data. You can take the modules in any order. Your progress is saved on this device.

What you need before you start

  • A phone number you can use for the clinic
  • An hour, and the setup guide from module two

Modules

0 of 4 done

  1. 1Congrats, You’re a Doctor. What Now?Recording and worksheet, 45 min, opens 16 Dec 2026AI for newly qualified clinicians. What to use, what to avoid, and how to set yourself up in the first year so the admin does not eat the evenings.
  2. 2We Built a Working Clinic in 10 MinutesRecording and worksheet, 45 min, opens 2 Dec 2026A phone number, a diary, notes and billing, set up from nothing on the session, and taking its first booking before the end.
  3. 3Five Specialties in Five MinutesRecording and worksheet, 45 min, opens 27 Jan 2027Psychiatry, dermatology, women's health, weight management and aesthetics. One consultation from each, and what wai does differently for every one of them.
  4. 4Why we publish our pricesEssay, 6 min readFour of the six largest products in the category will not say what they cost. What to ask on a pricing call when a vendor will not publish a price.

What you will be able to do

  • Set up a working clinic, from the phone number to the first booking, in an afternoon.
  • Know what to use and what to avoid in the first year.
  • Pick the settings and templates for your own specialty.
  • Ask the right questions on a pricing call.

Who it is for

  • Newly qualified clinicians
  • Solo and locum clinicians
  • Anyone setting up a practice for the first time

Who teaches it

Dr. Omar Elalfy

founding CEO

Omar is a physician trained at Cardiff, Oxford and Harvard, with a BSc in Neuroscience and an MPH from Harvard. He founded an AI-native private clinic in London, which he continues to grow. He brings clinical, academic and entrepreneurial expertise with him. At wai he sets the vision, designs every feature, owns the brand, and stays close to every user. He reads a new book every week and applies the learnings to his product. Founding CEO of wai.

Dr. Sofian Youssef

founding CTO

Sofian is a physician trained at Imperial College, London. He has published peer-reviewed clinical research and is one of the leading doctors at the London practice he co-founded with Omar. At wai he has built the entire technical platform, iOS, web, the multi-agent backend, and all integrations. He works across infrastructure, security, model orchestration and product engineering. Sofian is the technical lead at wai and the founding CTO.

Certificate

When every module is marked done, ask for the certificate at the bottom of the last one. It arrives by email with the date and what the course covered. There is no score, because there is no test. You do the exercises on your own data.

Questions

I am not newly qualified. Is this still useful?

Module two and three are for anyone setting up or changing specialty. Module one is written for the first year but most of it holds later.

Is there a certificate?

Yes, by email, with the date, once every module is marked done. It says what the course covered, not what you scored, because there is no score.

When it opens

The next module opens 16 Dec 2026. The newsletter carries each one the day it does.

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