Three students from Qatar University College of Pharmacy (QU-CPH) recently participated in the International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF) Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) case-based learning competition (CBL). 

Participants were divided into four groups and each group consisted of four members from the different EMRO regions. A diabetes case was distributed among the groups and a period of one week was given for solving the case. 

CPH students participating in the competition included Professional Year 4, Dhabya Al Khater; Professional Year 4, Esraa Hamdy; and Professional Year 3, Ruba Sulaiman. 

Congratulations to our professional year four student Ms. Dhabya M. Al-Khater and her team for winning the case-based learning #CBL competition organized by @IPSFEMRO we are so proud of you and all CPH students who participated pic.twitter.com/V8UO0Sci5i

— QU College of Pharmacy (@cph_qu) November 30, 2020

On the day of the event, QU_CPH PharmD student Sara Thiab was the guest speaker and then all groups had the opportunity to discuss and present their management plan for the case. Qatari student Dhabya Al-Khater was on the winning team. 

QU-CPH Dean Dr. Mohammad Diab said: “Student competitions, in general, create a strong environment for students to enhance their skills and competencies that will make them successful people in their future workplace. Furthermore, a case-based approach competition in specific involves students in conversations of specific scenarios that resemble real-life examples. 

"In line with the QU mission to provide high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs that prepare competent graduates, destined to shape the future of Qatar, we always encourage our students to participate in such communicative and collaborative events.”

Dhabya was delighted to be part of the winning team and said, “It was a nice experience and a great pleasure to work in collaboration with different students from multiple nationalities and different cultures. We had a great opportunity to work as one team to provide the best evidence-based health care for our diabetic patients. I was so happy and excited to work with my team and to share my knowledge with them, we learned from each other.”

Dhabya Al Khater, QU-CPH student

Guest speaker Sara Thiab commented, “alone you can go fast but together we can go far!’ Seeing pharmacy students from all over the Middle East working together to learn with and from each other was just amazing. It was a great honor to be invited as a guest speaker by IPSF-EMRO for the World's Diabetes Day, it was an opportunity to discuss different patient cases with passionate future pharmacists.”

Esraa Hamdy said “I would consider my experience as a mini Interprofessional Education session rather than a competition. Having the opportunity to interact, exchange knowledge, and build connections outside the comfort zone of QU-CPH was definitely extraordinary and refreshing. “

Ruba Sulaiman stated, “The CBL competition was an experience that I really enjoyed. We got the chance to apply our knowledge and share our experiences with pharmacy students in the Middle East, and we enhanced our communication and team working skills. It was a pleasure to represent QPhUS and QU-CPH at the regional level.”

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