tailieunhanh - Báo cáo sinh học: " Medical education and research environment in Qatar: a new epoch for translational research in the Middle East"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành hóa học dành cho các bạn yêu hóa học tham khảo đề tài: Medical education and research environment in Qatar: a new epoch for translational research in the Middle East | Chouchane et al. Journal of Translational Medicine 2011 9 16 http content 9 1 16 TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE REVIEW Open Access Medical education and research environment in Qatar a new epoch for translational research in the Middle East 1 1 2 2 1 Lotfi Chouchane Ravinder Mamtani Mohammed H Al-Thani Al-Anoud M Al-Thani Marco Ameduri Javaid I Sheikh 1 Abstract Recent advances in medical technology and key discoveries in biomedical research have the potential to improve human health in an unprecedented fashion. As a result many of the Arab Gulf countries particularly Qatar are devoting increasing resources toward establishing centers of excellence in biomedical research. However there are challenges that must be overcome. The low profile of private medical institutions and their negligible endowments in the region are examples of such challenges. Business-type government controlled universities are not the solution for overcoming the challenges facing higher education and research programs in the Middle East. During the last decade Qatar Foundation for Education Science and Community Development has attracted six branch campuses of American Institutions of higher learning to the Education City in Qatar a 2500-acre area which is rapidly becoming a model of integrating higher education and research in the region. Not-for profit time-tested education institutions from abroad in public-private partnership with local organizations offer favorable conditions to build robust research programs in the region. Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar WCMC-Q of Cornell University is an example such an institution. It is the first and only medical school in Qatar. WCMC-Q s interwoven education research and public health based framework lays a sturdy foundation for developing and implementing translational medicine research programs of importance to the State of Qatar and Middle Eastern nations. This approach is yielding positive results. Discoveries from