Doha: Qatar University (QU) and Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA), the US, have signed an agreement to extend the clinical training deal signed in 2011 to strengthen links through joint academic, social and cultural activities and promote intercultural relations between faculty and students.
The memorandum of understanding was signed by QU President Prof Sheikha Abdulla Al Misnad and XULA Clinical Professor Dr Sara Al Dahir in the presence of QU College of Pharmacy (CPH) Dean Dr Ayman El Kadi, QU faculty and students.
Also present were CPH PharmD students Rihab Al Kaissi, Sara Hyder, Hebatalla Affifi, Fatima Hammo, Safae Abu Yousef and Wessam El Kassem who completed clinical rotations at XULA and XULA PharmD students Sarah Zaini and Amanda Grego, and John Tyrell, PharmD student from Medical University of South Carolina, another of CPH international partner site.
The deal facilitates exchange of undergraduate and graduate students between QU and XULA to help them gain advanced pharmaceutical practices and prepare them to become future healthcare professionals.
It also includes academic staff exchange, joint educational programmes and research projects.
CPH students will participate annually in four-week elective clinical/academic internships in a teaching hospital setting at XULA, under the supervision of academic pharmacy practitioners.
Their counterpart students from XULA will participate annually in international pharmacy education and practical internships in Qatar under the supervision of CPH faculty.
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