Qatar University Vice-President of Health and Medical Sciences and the deans of QU-Health colleges, Prof Asmaa al-Thani, revealed the new strategic goals of the university's health and medical sciences sector, the most important achievements, and its continuous efforts to develop in order to serve the medical sector within the country. Speaking at the first Annual QU-Health Meet and Greet for its faculty and staff, Prof Asmaa al-Thani explained that the strategic goals of QU-Health focus on the quality of health professions education, the integration of education and research, the university campus, the university hospital, and the branding of QU-Health.
She affirmed her confidence that the faculty and administrative staff will do their utmost to support QU-Health to achieve the desired goals. She also praised the sector's achievements, saying: "I would like to commend the affiliates who have achieved outstanding achievements such as academic promotions and research excellence, and outrank those who are ranked as the top 2% of researchers globally according to the Stanford ranking."
Meanwhile, Prof Asmaa al-Thani praised the new members choice to join the work with the QU-Health under the slogan "Let's learn and work together for better health."
She emphasised on QU-Health continuous endeavour to be a source of enthusiasm and perseverance in the lives of our students as new health professionals, helping them define their goals and guiding them towards opportunities. Some of the main achievements of the past academic year were also highlighted, including the establishment of the joint clinical academic steering committee that coordinates between QU-Health and its key stakeholders in the health sector in Qatar.
In addition, the completion of work on the functional structure of QU-Health, the launch of the College of Nursing, working on completing the procedures for appointing the Assistant Vice President for Clinical Affairs, and the new Dean of the College of Nursing. QU-Health is one of the largest academic health clusters in the region. It includes five colleges under one umbrella: the College of Health Sciences, the College of Pharmacy, the College of Medicine, the College of Dental medicine and the new College of Nursing. (QNA)