A guest blog by Dr. Joseph C. Kvedar In the last century, we have extended the lifespan by 25 years, but have done little to help us use those additional years in the most productive, fulfilling and healthful ways. I believe our first priority should be to enhance what I […]

Editorial accompanying the Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Medical Humanities in the Middle East; 2018 Nov 17-18: Doha, Qatar.

A guest blog by Dr. Rodney Sharkey “Ways of Being” is a workshop, led by associate professor Rodney Sharkey, and put together by Humanities faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) for the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) wing with a view to offering healthcare practitioners in Doha increased knowledge of drama […]

Change is inevitable “There’s nothing so stable as change”- Bob Dylan The field of healthcare is evolving rapidly. We are the educators of the health professionals of tomorrow, and we need to help them provide the best patient care in this new reality. Technologies that could previously have been described as […]

Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) will launch its Transition to Residency course for medical students in spring 2020. In this week’s IGHPE blog, we asked Dr. Grigory Ostrovskiy, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Transition To Residency Elective Director at WCM-Q about his experience offering this course as an pilot elective […]