SHIRBURNIAN SENIOR SCHOOL
MEDICAL CLUB When we started the academic year with blended learning, I did worry if the medical club would be able to continue and build on the success from the last academic year. The next question I asked myself, would pupils still wish to participate in our activities? It fills me with immense joy and pride to say we have fifty nine pupils registered with the club and thirteen groups who have signed up for the medical club super curriculum programme. The Medical club super curriculum programme provides pupils with an opportunity to develop their knowledge and understanding of medical-related topics that go beyond the science school curriculum. At the start of the year, pupils are provided with several broad medical themes to pick topics from and then asked to present a 10 minute TED-style talk to summarise their research. This year we have had some fantastic presentations, from Dissociative Disorders to Acute Myeloid Leukemia. The time and effort pupils have put into their talks deserves praise. My personal favourite was Metabolic Syndromes by Habiba and Sama Year 10. In addition to this, we had four teams represent the school at Weill Cornell’s medical research conference. We want to congratulate the following pupils for making it through to the competition’s finals to be held in December 2021.
Team 1 - Lolwa Al Kaabi, Hiba Ibrahim, and Haneen Hassan Abdeen Fadlall Satti Team 2 - Habiba Shehata, and Maab Elsheikh Team 3 - Sarah Hamud, AlJori Khalid Al Kuwari, Wissal Elnaas, Moza Al Thani, and Hawraa Aljabir Team 4 - Rodina Elbih, Shahd Al Hajri, and Amr Abu Shehab
The Weill Cornell’s medical research conference is an annual competition in Qatar where pupils present research on one of the five themes below: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages Ensure access to water and sanitation for all Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic This year 18 different schools took part with 41 different teams. Finally, I would like to congratulate the fantastic efforts of the President of the medical club, Rodina Elbih along with our vice presidents Kashmala Afridi and Hadeel Dossa, with the other members of the executive team. They have played such an essential role in ensuring the smooth running of all our events this academic year. They have played vital roles in taking registers for medical club talks, providing support to groups doing their presentations, making sure certificates were completed and raising the club’s profile.
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