Tribune News Network
Doha
Thirty-nine high school students from 24 schools successfully completed the Qatar Aspiring Doctors Programme (QADP) at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q).
Organised by the Office of Student Outreach & Educational Development at WCM-Q, the QADP is a yearlong programme that prepares high school students for the pre-medical curriculum through advanced tuition in the physical sciences, biology, research skills, introduction to college writing and college reading skills.
Dr James Roach, associate dean for pre-medical education and professor of chemistry, who delivers the physical sciences modules of the QADP, said: “The QADP is an enriching and extremely rewarding programme that offers students the unique opportunity to strengthen their knowledge and skills. I would like to sincerely congratulate all the students who completed this year’s programme for their unwavering commitment to academic excellence and personal growth.”
Participating schools included ACS International School Doha; Al Arqam Academy for Girls; Al-Bayan Secondary School for Girls; Al Jazeera Academy; Al Maha Academy for Girls; Amna Bint Wahab Secondary School for Girls; Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions-Qatar; Doha British School; Durham School for Girls; Global Academy International; Hayat Universal Bilingual School; Newton International School; Park House English School; Qatar Academy Al Wakra; Qatar Academy Doha; Qatar Academy for Science and Technology; Qatar International School; Qatar Science & Technology Secondary School for Boys; Rabaa Al Adawiya Secondary School for Girls; Ramla Bint Abi Sufyan Secondary School for Girls; SEK International School Qatar; Sherborne Qatar; The Gulf English School; and The International School of Choueifat-Doha.
The students who successfully completed the programme celebrated their achievements during a ceremony held at WCM-Q and received certificates of completion, as well as personal congratulations from the WCM-Q faculty in attendance.
Speaking during the programme’s closing ceremony, one of the participating students who completed the programme with honours, Essa Mubarak Al Buainain, from Qatar Academy Al Wakra, said: “This programme has been a profound journey over two academic semesters, one that has not only demanded academic dedication but also instilled in us the capacity for self-directed learning.
Commenting on her experience, Fatma Wael Al Emadi, from Al Maha Academy for Girls, who also completed the programme with honours, said: “All in all, I have become the best version of myself during this programme, and I will take the talent and skills that I have absorbed at WCM-Q and apply them to the rest of my educational and working life.”
Dr Rachid Bendriss, professor of English as a second language, assistant professor of education in medicine and associate dean for foundation, student outreach and educational development programmes, said: “The QADP supports talented high school students who excel in mathematics and the sciences with acquiring a solid foundation of knowledge and skills that will effectively prepare them to study medicine and become the physician-scientists of the future.
Since its inception in 2015, the programme has attracted a record number of high school students who have successfully gone on to join WCM-Q’s Foundation and Pre-medical programmes.
