WCM-Q students visit Indonesia as part of health awareness programme

Doha, Qatar: Six pre medical students from Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar (WCM Q) visited Bali, Indonesia, as part of the annual Global Health Service L...

Doha, Qatar: Six pre-medical students from Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) visited Bali, Indonesia, as part of the annual Global Health Service Learning Program (GHSLP). 

Supported by the Institute for Population Health, the two-week GHSLP enables WCM-Q students to recognize the meaning of cultural humility and competence, develop contextual inquisitiveness, identify challenges associated with working in a new environment, foster communication, collaboration, and teaching, and enhance their health education and reflective practice skills. 

As part of the program, pre-medical students volunteered at a local high school in Ubud, Bali, where they delivered basic health education to young students. 

They conducted sessions on lifestyle-related topics, including physical activity, healthy nutrition, and tobacco cessation. The students also participated in a variety of enriching Balinese cultural activities, visited historic sites, and met with a local physician for deeper insight regarding prevalent infectious diseases on the island and their prevention. 

The student group included Ahamed Zayyan, Aiza Tanveer Hassan, Hassan Ijaz, Maryam Sohail, Moomena Gulzar, and Nidhi Roy. The students were accompanied by Dr. Amit Abraham, assistant director of the IPH, and Dr. Karima Chaabna, manager of population health research, IPH.