Abu Dhabi to get new medical school following agreement by VPS Healthcare

Abu Dhabi: A new medical school can be established in Abu Dhabi following an agreement between health-care supplier VPS Healthcare and the University of Calgary in Canada.

The school will assist develop the subsequent era of physicians for the area, officers mentioned following the agreement. It will supply an accelerated three-year Doctor of Medicine programme and acceptance to a residency slot at one of many 24 VPS Healthcare hospitals upon commencement.

Dr Shamsheer Vayalil, VPS founder and chairman, mentioned the school will generate optimistic financial and social advantages for the area.

“After commencement, these extremely educated professionals will stay right here to be a part of a world-class educational medical well being system, which can enhance the standard of well being care in our communities. It can even create a analysis and improvement ecosystem with high-paying jobs and supply [residents] with entry to top-quality health-care professionals shut to residence,” he mentioned.

VPS Healthcare will proceed its mission to entice and prepare main care and scientific specialists to guarantee the way forward for health-care and affected person wellbeing within the UAE, Dr Vayalil added.

“This is an thrilling alternative for the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine and VPS Healthcare. The Cumming School of Medicine has a global status for excellence and innovation in health-care analysis and training, mentioned Dr Teri Balser, provost and vice-president (educational) on the University of Calgary. Founded in 1966, the college boasts of greater than 33,000 college students in 5 campuses and is one among Canada’s high complete analysis universities.

“VPS Healthcare takes satisfaction in upscaling the personal sector into one other stage by its partnership with the School of Medicine of the University of Calgary. The medical school will reshape and redefine the well being companies within the personal sector by merging scientific follow with educational medication,” mentioned Dr Taleb Almansoori, educational advisor at VPS Healthcare.

“We consistently try for excellence aiming for educated and progressive Emiratis prepared to serve our neighborhood and lead the health-care sector. Interested college students in becoming a member of this school will get a world-class medical training accompanied by hands-on scientific training at VPS services. It really has the potential to turn into a prestigious medical ecosystem — with progressive educating and programmes that may affect our complete neighborhood and much past,” he added.

The new school, together with VPS Healthcare’s hospitals, will give attention to bettering medical care by supporting multidisciplinary analysis, training, scientific service and neighborhood programmes.

With VPS Healthcare’s current and upcoming partnerships with different educational and analysis establishments, college and college students in pc science, engineering, social sciences, enterprise and different areas will collaborate with the school. Having the medical school and the educating hospital in a single location can even speed up the spirit of cooperation and alternate, with the potential to assist an built-in medical ecosystem.

A seek for the school’s founding president, dean and college will start instantly. Once absolutely staffed and accredited, the school is predicted to start actively recruiting college students, with the primary class matriculating in three years.