UAE-based health professionals gain expert qualification from world top 2% university

22 November 2017, Dubai, UAE: The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Dubai (RCSI-Dubai), an international leader in healthcare education, conferred 69 students at its annual conferring ceremony. The event took place at Mohammed Bin Rashid Academic Medical Centre in Dubai Healthcare City and was attended by guest of honour, His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

The graduates all work as healthcare professionals and as part of their Master’s qualifications they are now equipped with the leadership skills and expertise to address the healthcare needs of the UAE for decades to come. The graduates represent a broad spectrum of health professionals and include consultants, doctors, nurses, health managers, educators, pharmacists, laboratory technicians and other allied healthcare professionals who come from a wide variety of public and private health sector organisations.

RCSI-Dubai has seen a significant increase in enrolment this year, signaling the desire for healthcare professionals to further their education in leadership and management areas and in turn reach their career goals and better the outcome for patients. Over 600 students have now graduated in Healthcare Management, Quality and Safety in Healthcare Management and Leadership in Health Professions Education Masters Degrees and Diplomas from the institution since its inception in 2005.

Just over 80% of the 2017 graduates are female as RCSI-Dubai continues to place a strong emphasis on female empowerment to better help shape the region’s healthcare sector and 35% of the 2017 graduates are Emirati Nationals indicating the increasing focus on the need for local leadership.

The ceremony was also attended by a number of RCSI delegates including RCSI President Professor John Hyland who said: “More than 600 health professionals have now graduated from RCSI Masters programmes here in Dubai. Many of our alumni now hold significant leadership positions in the region and continue to make highly influential contributions to the development of quality healthcare. We are immensely proud of their success and we look forward to the 2017 graduating class continuing this tradition of healthcare leadership.”

Other addresses at the graduation included Professor Cathal Kelly, The Chief Executive/Registrar who opened the presentation ceremony and said: “As one of the leading health sciences institutions in the world, RCSI is uniquely placed to bring about innovative improvements in patient care and shape how health services are delivered around the world for future generations. Our programmes at RCSI Dubai, are tailored to deliver on our mission and goal of better patient outcomes, which will benefit human health here in Dubai and across the Middle East region”.

For further information on the courses, please visit www.rcsileadership.org/UAE or call +971 4 375 2116.