Bahrain inspires ‘Future Doctors’

Manama : Obviously, the best part of practising medicine is taking care of people, which also makes it divine. However, its demanding nature also creates a fine line for the doctors to walk. 

But, this week, things were quite different at the Busaiteen campus of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – Medical University of Bahrain (RCSI Bahrain). Making the difference was the presence of a group of  students and teachers from around the Middle East. 

Their mission: to get an insight into the lives of students and doctors at RCSI as part of the second annual Future Doctors programme by RCSI Bahrain.

The event kick started with a series of hands-on, interactive workshops as well as advice on specialist postgraduate careers in medicine by RCSI Bahrain senior academic staff. This was followed by an extensive tour of the campus by the staff and current RCSI Bahrain students. 

The visiting students also interacted with RCSI Bahrain medical students, Reema Mahdi and Farah Zahir Akram Alrasasy, who are  part of the Foundation Year programme of RCSI Bahrain. Various laboratory sessions on Echocardiograms and living anatomy sessions  provided further insight.   

Highlight of the programme was the afternoon tour of the island, Bahrain Fort, Royal Camel Farm in Janabiyah and the Bahrain National Museum.

Other activities included: a lecture on ‘Overviews of specialist postgraduate options’ by Professor Martin Corbally, RCSI Bahrain Professor of Surgery and King Hamad University Hospital Chief of Staff, Communication skills workshop with Dr David Misselbrook, Senior Lecturer in Family Medicine, and a general question-and-answer session. 

Organised by the University’s Marketing and Communications team, this year’s programme included representatives from local and international school. Twenty students and twenty counsellors participated.Among the attendees were Grade 11 and Grade 12 students and teachers from schools in Qatar, Oman, the UAE, Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain.