(MENAFN- QNA) Qatar University will open admission to its new College of Medicine for the academic year 2015-16 in Fall 2015.
The College will enroll up to 50 students in its first year for the six-year programme, which leads to a Doctor of Medicine degree (MD), QU said following its Board of Regents' approval for the college.
QU's Board of Regents also approved the College's organizational structure, its budget, and the appointment of Dr. Egon Toft as Vice President for Medicine and Health and Dean of the College of Medicine.
Dr Toft said, "The establishment of the College addresses the need for Qatar-trained physicians and medical professionals. It will make invaluable contributions to strengthening the healthcare and education in Qatar overall."
The university said it will make effort to attract Qatari students to pursue career in medicine as well as enrolling long-term residents.
The programme will combine coursework and clinical learning, and students will be working with patients in a clinical setting from the first year while medical sciences coursework will extend throughout the course of the study in an integrated way.
Clinical teaching will be in co-operation with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) as well as other leaders in the healthcare sector in Qatar.
The programme, for male and female students, will also benefit from collaboration opportunities with important partner programs within QU such as pharmacy, biomedical sciences, nutrition and public health.
Students will attend general courses in other colleges - such as biomedical sciences, chemistry and others - in a gender-segregated environment, while specialized courses and clinical teaching will be offered jointly. (MORE)
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