This year’s intake brings 49 new medical students to the WCM-Q, 47 of whom were promoted after completing the college’s two-year pre-medical curriculum, while two were admitted from other universities.
The students spent the three days of orientation learning about the WCM-Q’s four-year medical curriculum, getting fitted for their scrubs, getting to know the faculty and their peers, and undertaking sessions on study skills, student support, cultural competence in healthcare, and college policies.
The college also welcomed 51 new pre-medical students.
There are also 24 high school graduates joining the Foundation Programme, the majority of whom are Qataris.
The pre-medical and foundation students had a separate orientation programme, which included a tour of the WCM-Q’s campus, followed by sessions on time management, academic expectations and integrity, student health and wellness, plus a reading project and opportunities to get to know the faculty and fellow students.
There was also a completion ceremony for returning Foundation Programme students now entering the pre-medical curriculum.
Combined, the two-year pre-medical curriculum and four-year medical curriculum form the WCM-Q integrated Six-Year Medical Programme.
The Foundation Programme provides intensive instruction in the basic sciences, English and mathematics to prepare students for the rigours of the Six-Year Medical Programme.
The orientation programmes, coordinated by the WCM-Q’s Division of Student Affairs, are designed to help students become familiar with the curriculum, facilities, people and processes of the college so that they can quickly begin learning the material they need to understand to thrive at the college.
For the students beginning the two-year pre-medical curriculum, the orientation programme concluded with the Ibn Sina pinning ceremony, named after one of the most important scholars of the Islamic Golden Age.
Meanwhile, orientation for the students entering the four-year medical curriculum culminated with the White Coat Ceremony, at which they donned the white coats and stethoscopes of their chosen profession for the first time in a symbolic rite of passage.
The keynote address at the ceremony was given by WCM-Q Class of 2011 alumnus Dr Mahrukh Rizvi, now assistant professor at the WCM-Q and a critical and intensive care consultant at Hamad Medical Corporation.
“It is wonderful to see our new cohort of future doctors as they prepare to embark on such exciting and challenging journeys,” said WCM-Q dean Dr Javaid Sheikh. “At the WCM-Q, they will not only learn the skills and knowledge needed to provide truly excellent care to patients, but will also develop as researchers, innovators and problem-solvers, helping to harness emergent technologies to drive improvements in human health as the next generation of physician-scientists.”
Mohamed al-Ansari is starting the first year of the medical curriculum, having been promoted after completing the two-year pre-medical curriculum at the WCM-Q.
“Both my parents are medical doctors, and they inspired and encouraged my interest in medicine from a young age, answering all of my many questions and helping me to develop a love for the profession,” he said. “What really drew my attention to the WCM-Q when I first joined was that the pre-medical programme is two years here, instead of four years in the United States.”
The students spent the three days of orientation learning about the WCM-Q’s four-year medical curriculum, getting fitted for their scrubs, getting to know the faculty and their peers, and undertaking sessions on study skills, student support, cultural competence in healthcare, and college policies.
The college also welcomed 51 new pre-medical students.
There are also 24 high school graduates joining the Foundation Programme, the majority of whom are Qataris.
The pre-medical and foundation students had a separate orientation programme, which included a tour of the WCM-Q’s campus, followed by sessions on time management, academic expectations and integrity, student health and wellness, plus a reading project and opportunities to get to know the faculty and fellow students.
There was also a completion ceremony for returning Foundation Programme students now entering the pre-medical curriculum.
Combined, the two-year pre-medical curriculum and four-year medical curriculum form the WCM-Q integrated Six-Year Medical Programme.
The Foundation Programme provides intensive instruction in the basic sciences, English and mathematics to prepare students for the rigours of the Six-Year Medical Programme.
The orientation programmes, coordinated by the WCM-Q’s Division of Student Affairs, are designed to help students become familiar with the curriculum, facilities, people and processes of the college so that they can quickly begin learning the material they need to understand to thrive at the college.
For the students beginning the two-year pre-medical curriculum, the orientation programme concluded with the Ibn Sina pinning ceremony, named after one of the most important scholars of the Islamic Golden Age.
Meanwhile, orientation for the students entering the four-year medical curriculum culminated with the White Coat Ceremony, at which they donned the white coats and stethoscopes of their chosen profession for the first time in a symbolic rite of passage.
The keynote address at the ceremony was given by WCM-Q Class of 2011 alumnus Dr Mahrukh Rizvi, now assistant professor at the WCM-Q and a critical and intensive care consultant at Hamad Medical Corporation.
“It is wonderful to see our new cohort of future doctors as they prepare to embark on such exciting and challenging journeys,” said WCM-Q dean Dr Javaid Sheikh. “At the WCM-Q, they will not only learn the skills and knowledge needed to provide truly excellent care to patients, but will also develop as researchers, innovators and problem-solvers, helping to harness emergent technologies to drive improvements in human health as the next generation of physician-scientists.”
Mohamed al-Ansari is starting the first year of the medical curriculum, having been promoted after completing the two-year pre-medical curriculum at the WCM-Q.
“Both my parents are medical doctors, and they inspired and encouraged my interest in medicine from a young age, answering all of my many questions and helping me to develop a love for the profession,” he said. “What really drew my attention to the WCM-Q when I first joined was that the pre-medical programme is two years here, instead of four years in the United States.”
