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Tribune News Network
Doha
QATAR University College of Pharmacy (QU-CPH) MSc student and Interprofessional Education Student Society President Maryam Jaam, and her team, won the first place at the International Healthcare Challenge at the 8th International Conference on Interprofessional Practice and Education held in Oxford University recently.
Students Maryam, a CPH final year 4th-year; Qatar Pharmacy Undergraduate Society President Amani Faissal al-Haddad, and CPH 4th-year student Noora Mohammad AlHamad, each were placed in an interprofessional team and competed against each other. The interprofessional student teams were from various countries such as Brazil, Canada, Germany, Japan, Qatar, Sweden, Turkey and the USA. They took part in a four-day 'real world' health care case challenge in which they applied an interprofessional approach to take care of a 30-year-old quadriplegic with health care complications and made presentations in front of an international panel of judges.
Maryam delivered a presentation on 'the IPE Student Society in a Middle Eastern setting: take on the challenge and ride the journey' and the three students presented a poster on 'a student journey of Interprofessional learning in a Middle Eastern context' under the supervision of CPH assistant dean for student affairs and IPE committee chair Alla El Awaisi.
Commenting on the students' achievement, CPH Dean Dr Mohammad Diab said:"This competition provides our students with a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the field of IPE and to showcase their talents in front of their peers and experts at both the local and international levels. They continue to make us proud as leaders in the field of pharmacy and across interprofessional disciplines."
During their trip, the students had the opportunity to participate in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Conference in Birmingham.
