(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula
Doha: The Training and Development Section at Hamad Medical Corporation's (HMC) Department of Corporate Engineering and health Facilities Management, organised an awareness and training programme for ninth and eleventh-grade students in Qatari preparatory and secondary schools.
The programme was recently organised in collaboration between HMC and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, represented by the Academic Advising Department. HMC's departments which participated in the programme included nursing, medical engineering, ambulance service, safety and security, and anaesthesiology. Qatar University was also represented at the programme.
Hundreds of male and female students took part in the programme and were introduced to several facilities at HMC. The programme began with an introductory lecture about the advantages of working in the engineering field and the nature of the roles of engineers and engineering technicians in healthcare settings. The lecture was delivered by Eng Dhafi Rashid Al Marri, Executive Director of Corporate Engineering and Health Facilities Management at HMC.
Eng Al Marri welcomed all participating students and urged them to make the most of every opportunity of learning during the programme.“I hope that this introductory training programme will help attract more students to choose engineering majors for their undergraduate degree,” he said.
“The Department of Corporate Engineering and Health Facilities Management at HMC is keen to regularly organise visits for school students to its facilities and to participate in career fairs and events to educate students about the importance of engineering in the medical field and the nature of engineering roles in healthcare settings. We strive to encourage high school students to consider pursuing a major in engineering for their undergraduate studies,” added Eng Al Marri.
Abdulla Al Kubaisi, Head of Training and Development at the Department of Corporate Engineering and Health Facilities Management, explained that the programme was designed to receive ninth and eleventh grade students from Qatari schools and educate them about the nature of the work at HMC's Engineering Department and the role of engineers in healthcare facilities, including hospitals and medical centres. The programme also included training visits for students to a number of HMC departments and hospitals to provide them with an overview of the role of health facilities.
“Each group of the students was received for two days at HMC's Itqan Clinical Simulation and Innovation Centre where they attended introductory lectures about engineering professions and the roles of engineers and technicians in the medical field. We have also organised visits for the students to several HMC departments to learn about the roles of the teams working in those departments, including electronics and electrical engineering teams, human resources team, biomedical engineering team, fire and safety team, first aid and ambulance service teams, nursing team, anaesthesia team, and radiology team. We also organised field visits for the students to the main engineering units at HMC, including boilers, chillers, and water treatment units,” said Al Kubaisi.
Male and female students who attended the training programme expressed their satisfaction with it and explained how they gained new experience and knowledge about engineering and its applications in hospitals. They also learned about the challenges that face engineering professionals in healthcare settings and how they can respond to them effectively and how to respond to emergency situations such as power outages.
The programme was concluded with a ceremony to present certificates of appreciation to students participating in the programme at Itqan Clinical Simulation and Innovation Centre.