QADP
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"Qatar Aspiring Doctors Program" - A program like never before!
An innovative program that brought faculty and staff together to support student outreach has seen 37 potential doctors join its ranks. The Qatar Aspiring Doctors Program (QADP) was launched by the Office of Student Recruitment and Outreach at WCM-Q last year as a pilot program, its aim being to academically support potential students and prepare them for life as WCM-Q undergraduates.
In all, 18 students were selected to take part in QADP, 12 of whom were offered admission to WCM-Q, and seven are now current WCM-Q students. So successful was the scheme that it has been expanded this year to take on 37 potential students – 35 of whom are Qatari. These 37 will now complete online modules and laboratory-based work over a six-month period. An enhanced version of the QADP this year includes a standardized testing module to help prepare the
Dr. Roach facilitating a QADP lecture.
students early enough to meet college requirements. Dr. Rachid Bendriss, assistant dean for student recruitment, outreach and foundation programs at WCM-Q, said last year’s QADP had helped the selected students reach the academic level required of them to join WCM-Q and he had high hopes for this year’s cohort. He also said the program was a shining example of departmental collaboration.
“The QADP program has been very successful; out of last year’s program, 60 per cent are now at WCM-Q and the figure would have been higher, but some of the students were too young to apply.”
Dr. Rachid Bendriss, assistant dean for Student Recruitment, outreach and Foundation programs at WCM-Q handing out certificate of completion to QADP student Dana Al-Sayegh
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