Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
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Cornell University
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signed an agreement with the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development to bring a branch of its medical school to Education City, Qatar
Qatar
Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
, near the capital of Doha. It is the first American medical school outside of the United States
United States
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and is part of Education City, Qatar, a group of branch campuses from American universities
University
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.
The medical college maintains the same standards for admission and education as the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, but offers both undergraduate and graduate
Graduate school
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courses of study, each with separate admission: a two-year non-degree pre-medical
Pre-medical
Pre-medical is a term used to describe a track an undergraduate student in the United States pursues prior to becoming a medical student...
program followed by a four-year M.D.
Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians. The degree is granted by medical schools...
program. The pre-medical program opened in the fall of 2002, and was apparently the first coeducational institute of higher education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
in Qatar
Qatar
Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
http://cunews.cornell.edu/releases/April01/weill.qatar.html. The medical program opened September 2004 and the first degrees were granted in 2008.
Premedical Program
The premedical program in WCMC-Q is a non-degree two year accelerated program which covers all of the required credits for the Medical College. During the first year students take the core sciences: biology, physics, and chemistry, along with an English and calculus course. Second year involves physics, neuroscience, medical ethics, immunology, organic chemistry, psychology, and human genetics.All premed students applying for the Medical College are required to take the MCAT exam with satisfactory results prior to admission to the Medical program.
Medical Program
The medical program in WCMC-Q follows the same structure of education as the Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University in New York City, composed of four years of education, with the first and second years being primarily academic, and the third and fourth years being mainly in the hospital. The primary teaching hospitals for WCMC-Q students are Hamad Medical CorporationHamad Medical Corporation
HMC is an abbreviation for Hamad Medical Corporation, the premier non-profit health care provider in Doha, Qatar .- Brief summary :, is the premier non-profit health care provider in Doha, Qatar. Established by Emiri decree in 1979, the Corporation manages the following highly specialized...
, and Sidra Medical and Research Center, a massive hospital under construction to be focused primarily upon obstetrics
Obstetrics
Obstetrics is the medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy , childbirth and the postnatal period...
and pediatrics
Pediatrics
Pediatrics or paediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. A medical practitioner who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician or paediatrician...
. All teaching faculty are brought from the main campus of the Medical College to maintain a consistent education standard, and the degree awarded is the same degree of the campus in New York.