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Master's candidates graduate from RCSI Dubai

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RCSI Dubai has presented 69 graduates with Master's degrees at its conferring ceremony at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Academic Medical Center in Dubai. The graduates were presented with their certificates by Sheikh Mansoor Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

The graduates represent a broad spectrum of health professionals and include doctors, nurses, health managers, pharmacists and lab technicians who come from a wide variety of public and private health sector organisations.

41 graduates were conferred with an MSc in Healthcare Management, 22 were conferred with an MSc in Quality & Safety in Healthcare Management and six were conferred with a Postgraduate Diploma.

Professor Ciaran O'Boyle, Director of the Institute of Leadership, said: "This conferring represents the highlight of our academic year. It is wonderful to see our graduates develop into the kind of leaders who can contribute to the ongoing development of healthcare in the UAE."

Established in 2005, RCSI Dubai provides postgraduate education and training through the RCSI Institute of Leadership (IoL). Currently RCSI Dubai has 186 students enrolled on its two Master's programmes and since 2005, 406 students have graduated. Its programmes are accredited by the UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research as well as the National University of Ireland.