83 local, foreign high school students explore potential medical careers at WCM-Q
Published: 4 July 2024
Students from Turkiye, Pakistan, the US and GCC countries experience campus life at WCM-Q
Qatar News Agency
Doha
Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar’s (WCM-Q) has wrapped up two Summer Enrichment Programs for students at high schools to help them explore potential careers in medicine and experience campus life.
Eighty-three students from 46 local and overseas high schools explored potential careers in medicine and experienced campus life as medical students during Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar’s (WCM-Q) Summer Enrichment Programs.
The two programmes targeted students who had demonstrated academic excellence in the sciences and mathematics, in Qatar’s high schools and around the world. The students came from various schools across Qatar. International students traveled from Turkiye, Pakistan, the US, the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Kazakhstan, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.
This year, 41 students completed the PCEP, and 42 students completed the QMEP. Both programs aim to provide a comprehensive understanding of the opportunities and challenges in the medical field to students with a keen interest in medicine and the sciences.
Both programs provided the college-bound students with sessions that closely replicated the experiences of current WCM-Q students through a series of lectures, clinical skills workshops, and basic lab sessions. Classes covered a wide range of subjects, including biology, chemistry, anatomy, artificial intelligence in medicine, medical ethics, research, cardiology, and surgery.
The programs concluded with a ceremony where all participants received certificates of completion. The closing event also recognized the winners of the JO Achievement Award, Excellence Award, and Best Presentation Award for students who showed the most marked improvement during the program.
Director of pre-medical administration, student outreach and educational development at WCM-Q, Noha Saleh, said she was thrilled to see how these summer programs had gained popularity since WCM-Q began offering them in 2008, adding that It was wonderful to see the students eager to learn new things especially in sciences.
For their part, several participating students expressed their happiness at joining these two programs, which allowed them to explore various medical majors and gain information about the application process for medical schools, as well as other essential and important life skills.
