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MONDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2017 FASHION | 7 HEALTH | 10 BOLLYWOOD | 1111 Fashion Week: Brain halves increase KBC episode featuringuring BurbeBurberryr brings back communication to math genius tops vintage check cope with ageing TRP chart Email: [email protected] INTER-PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION (IPE) WORKSHOP @ WCM-Q Healthcare students from four of Qatar’s leading colleges recently came together to learn and improve patient care. P | 4-5 02 MARKET PLACE MONDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2017 03 MONDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2017 CAMPUS SIS organises training for bus drivers and conductors he Administrative Department of Shan- Ttiniketan Indian School (SIS) conducted a training ses- sion for its bus drivers and conductors. Mrs Sarah Masood oriented the drivers and con- ductors with the transport policies and safety measures of SIS to ensure safe passage for its students from home to school and return. They were Ideal Indian School holds workshop for teachers also trained with the traffic safety procedures enshrined deal Indian School (IIS) always Panel Board. The staff took great were the coordinators who in their by the Government of the State takes the initiative to organise interest in learning about the lat- introductory addresses dwelt upon of Qatar. ITeacher Orientation Pro- est version of the technology. the need to use active methods of Dr. Subhash Nair, Principal gramme at regular intervals to The coordinators from the interaction along with technology appreciated the efforts of Mr. tuned up to the developments tak- various departments conducted to make the classroom teaching Abdul Salam(Administrator), ing place in the field of education meetings on other two days. more effective and interesting. Mrs. Sarah (Trainer) and Mr. and pedagogy. Padma Ramaswamy of Science Presentations and enjoyable Abdul Manaf (Transport in- An enticing three-day work- Department, Shobana K Menon of and informative activities take part Charge) for initiating this highly shop was conducted recently Commerce Department, Dr Naz- in the workshop. informative training session. He under the guidance of the IIS Prin- ima Bi Shaikh of Mathematics Valuable feedback was also also showered praise on the cipal, Syed Shoukath Ali in Department, Azam Khan of Eng- given by the coordinators which efforts of the staffs for doing coordination with the Heads of lish Department, Shamim Shaikh encouraged the staff to prove their their tasks with great respon- Sections. of Social Science Department and mettle. The said workshop was a sibility, care, caution and The first day focused on the Parveen Taj (Hindi, Malayalam, great success and it served its affection. upgradation of the usage of the Urdu, Arabic) utility. Maryland calls for protection of migrant students Donna St George their ability to work and drive legally, pay taxes legally work and live in the country. But crit- The Washington Post and pursue postsecondary opportunities,” the ics say Obama overstepped his authority, and education officials said. “Parents who lose work they assert DACA drains jobs and other bene- he leaders of five Maryland school sys- authorizations will face deportation or be fits from legal residents. Nationally, 690,000 tems have called on Gov Larry Hogan moved into a dangerous underground econ- people are enrolled. Tand state lawmakers to continue pro- omy, causing financial uncertainty for their In Maryland, the five schools chiefs said tecting the rights of undocumented immigrants families and harmful stress on their children - ending DACA could take a toll on educators’ who arrived in the United States as children. our students.” ability to motivate students. Family instability The unusual joint appeal this week came Other education leaders nationally have and fear of deportation can disrupt learning, in response to President Donald Trump’s deci- spoken out about the DACA rollback. Chiefs school officials said, and students who don’t sion to phase out the Deferred Action for for Change, a bipartisan group of school lead- see a path to the future may question the value Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in six ers, issued a statement last week saying its of education. months if Congress doesn’t act. members are deeply troubled by the decision Exactly how many Maryland students are The education leaders - from Prince to scrap protections for DACA beneficiaries, part of DACA is unclear because federal num- George’s, Montgomery, Anne Arundel and widely called “dreamers.” bers do not delineate age or school enrollment. Howard counties, and Baltimore City - wrote “Pushing these young people into the shad- But based on other research, Randy Capps, of that the end of the program would have “direct ows will hurt our schools and communities.” the nonprofit Migration Policy Institute, a and damaging effects” on Maryland students. The Obama administration created DACA in Washington think tank, estimated that 2,800 “It is a direct threat to Maryland’s economic 2012 to allow undocumented immigrants to 3,200 students in K-12 schools in Maryland stability and safety, as it will strip students of brought to the United States as children to are DACA beneficiaries. 04 COVER STORY MONDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2017 Healthcare students from WCM-Q, Qatar University College of Pharmacy University of Calgary in Qatar and the College of the North Atlantic – Qatar during the event. More than 100 students gathered at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) for a day Healthcare students come of inter-professional education (IPE) workshops together to foster skills designed to foster collaboration among trainees of four came together to learn and improve mise medical errors. the Inter-Professional Education patient care. A total of 116 students compris- Committee (IPEC), which convenes different health More than 100 students gath- ing trainee pharmacists, doctors, at Qatar University and includes professions. ered at Weill Cornell nurses and respiratory therapists representatives from most of the Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) for a day from Qatar University College of healthcare colleges in Qatar. of inter-professional education Pharmacy (QU CPH), WCM-Q, Uni- After an icebreaker session the (IPE) workshops designed to foster versity of Calgary in Qatar (UCQ) students worked in groups to con- Fazeena Saleem collaboration among trainees of and the College of the North Atlan- sider care scenarios in which an The Peninsula four different health professions. tic - Qatar (CNA-Q) respectively, elderly female patient had been The students gained key knowl- met at WCM-Q to learn vital col- admitted to hospital following a edge of dealing with systems issues laborative working skills to help stroke. In each training scenario the atient care is vital and such as ways to work safely despite them deliver coordinated care students were presented with dif- uncompromising in the disruptive challenges, including packages when they enter the ferent challenges, such as the health sector, and learn- staff shortages, shift changes and healthcare profession after patient suffering from pneumonia, ing it at the beginning of issues with electronic health graduation. an outbreak of flu at the hospital the career helps health- records. This was the sixth IPE session that caused regular nurses to be Pcare professionals provide effective This is very pertinent as Qatar’s to be held by these colleges during replaced by inexperienced agency services. healthcare sector relies heavily on the 2016-17 academic year, and the staff, and the patient having a Healthcare students from four electronic health records, which, second to be held at WCM-Q. IPE severe allergic reaction to her of Qatar’s leading colleges recently when used effectively, can mini- activities are organised by medication. 05 MONDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2017 COVER STORY A student from Qatar University College of Pharmacy explains a concept to colleagues at the inter-professional education event. The students of all four profes- “I think this form of collaborative sions worked from the same learning is very beneficial. We evidence-based literature on sys- know that we will need to work tems-based healthcare and closely with other healthcare pro- A University of effective patient sign-off proce- fessionals in order to serve our Calgary in Qatar dures, which they discussed in patients so it is essential to under- nursing student groups, learning from each other’s stand how nurses, pharmacists and takes part in a impressions of the material. respiratory therapists work and learning exercise with They then applied the theories how our different skills can com- students from other put forth in the literature to ana- plement one another. It is good to healthcare colleges. lyze a patient’s journey through begin learning to communicate hospital, identifying the points at with one another effectively at this which safety ‘breakpoints’ that early stage.” valuable thing was simply begin- College of Pharmacy, said: “It was compromised the patient’s health Katarina de Pedro, a third-year ning to communicate with people amazing – I discovered so many occurred, and proposing ways respiratory therapy student at the from other professions. It’s clear that things about the other health pro- these errors could be prevented. College of the North Atlantic - good communication is really key fessionals that I didn’t know. I think WCM-Q second-year medical Qatar, said, “I really learned a lot to providing good care to patients.” we all found it extremely helpful to student Nasser Binmarzook said, from this session. For me, the most Inter-professional education has come together and actually interact emerged as a key element in the and work with students from other training of healthcare profession- health professions rather than sim- als in recent years in response to ply learning about what they do Lead Instructor Lynn developments in medical science from a book. I’m very excited to take Daley of the College that have made care packages more part in other inter-professional edu- of the North Atlantic sophisticated and complex.

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