Doctors and nurses of the future graduate from RCSI Bahrain
Over 200 future doctors and nurses have graduated from Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – Bahrain (RCSI Bahrain), according to a press release.
For the sixth consecutive year, the Conferring was held under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa.
His Highness Shaikh Salman Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Advisor to HRH the Prime Minister attended the conferring ceremony, and Sadiq bin Abdulkarim AlShahabi, Minister of Health attended the ceremony.
This year 71 candidates from 16 different countries were conferred with Degrees in Medicine. There were 140 degrees in Nursing and 8 Masters Graduates. 156 of the graduates were from Bahrain.
The University also celebrated the conclusion of its 10 years of healthcare education in Bahrain during the occasion conferring degree on the 1000th graduate.
The medical graduates received two Degrees and two licentiates – a degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Medical University of Bahrain Degree, a degree from the National University of Ireland,
a Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Licentiates and a Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland licentiates.
RCSI President, Declan Magee said: “Today marks the end of a long pathway of demanding and challenging study and learning, and marks the beginning of a lifetime of practice – and study and learning! A commitment to lifelong learning is truly the lot of a medical graduate.”
RCSI Bahrain President, Professor Sameer Otoom congratulated the graduates on their success and said those graduated had succeeded over many difficulties and challenges.
Dr Maurice Manning, Chancellor of the National University of Ireland (NUI), congratulated the graduates and said they would work for the wellbeing of the society.
Four outstanding students receive top prizes for outstanding performance
Four prizes were awarded to outstanding students who performed exceptionally throughout their undergraduate training.
Dr Ali Al Moamen from Bahrain received two of these awards; the James Finucane Prize in Medicine, and the John Murphy Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
The winner of the Niall O’Higgins Prize in Surgery was Dr Yahya Al Watari from Iraq.
The winner of the Rufaida Al-Aslamia Prize in Nursing is Noora Banihammad from Bahrain
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