First Prize in the First Annual International Interprofessional Case Competition

On November 07, 2021, in the first Annual International Interprofessional Case Competition, a team of diverse health professions students from different institutions won the first prize. Judit Don was in a team of 6 students from all the participating institutions having a mix of pharmacy, medicine and occupational therapy professions. The competition was evaluated by judges from the participating institutions. In the first annual competition, students from the following institutions formed multi-institutional, multi-professional teams to work on a case and present. Each team had a student from the following institutions:

1. Gulf Medical University, UAE
2. Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
3. Washington State University, USA
4. UT Health San Antonio, USA
5. RAK Medical & Health Sciences University, UAE
6. Qatar University, Qatar

Members of the winning team:

1. Judit Elsa Don, Pharmacy, Gulf Medical University, UAE
2. Kelly Hancock, Occupational Therapy, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
3. Emma Morgan, Pharmacy, Washington State University, USA
4. Keerthi Thallapureddy, Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA
5. Zehdi Eydou, Medicine, RAK Medical & Health Sciences University, UAE
6. Halima Saadia, Pharmacy, Qatar University, Qatar

Vice Chancellor for Quality & Global Engagement and Dean of the College of Pharmacy, Prof. Sherief Khalifa commented: “Students who participated in the IPE case competition added a new dimension to their skill set. They are a step closer to collaborative practice across cultural barriers despite their countries of study and practice. Congratulations to all the participants; they are all winners!”