WCM-Q to Run Minor Surgical Skills Workshop for Family Physicians

Press release

Published November 3rd, 2019 - 09:24 GMT

Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar

Highlights

Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) is running a one-day training workshop on minor surgical skills for family physicians on Saturday, November 16, 2019 from 7:50am to 4pm.

Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) is running a one-day training workshop on minor surgical skills for family physicians on Saturday, November 16, 2019 from 7:50am to 4pm. The course, titled Minor Surgical Skills Workshop, will include lectures and skill-based training on minor surgical procedures in a simulated environment under expert supervision.

The workshop will allow participants to try out new techniques for performing the basic surgical procedures commonly carried out by family physicians as well as to further solidify their skills in procedures and techniques they are familiar with.

The course is being held at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar’s campus at Education City.

For more information and to register for the course, visit https://bit.ly/2JsKFWs

Background Information

Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar

Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar is a partnership between Cornell University and Qatar Foundation. It offers a comprehensive six-year medical program leading to the Cornell University M.D. degree with teaching by Cornell and Weill Cornell faculty and by physicians at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Aspetar Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, the Primary Health Care Corporation, the Feto Maternal Center, and Sidra Medicine, who hold Weill Cornell appointments. Through its biomedical research program, WCM-Q is building a sustainable research community in Qatar while advancing basic science and clinical research. Through its medical college, WCM-Q seeks to provide the finest education possible for medical students, to improve health care both now and for future generations, and to provide high quality health care to the Qatari population.