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Khaleej Times
8 hours ago
- Health
- Khaleej Times
Dr Thumbay Moideen honoured with 5th honourary doctorate
In a moment of immense pride and global recognition, Dr Thumbay Moideen, founder and president of Thumbay Group, has been conferred his fifth honourary doctorate, this time by the prestigious University of Lublin, Poland. This accolade reaffirms his unmatched contributions to global healthcare, medical education, and research for the community development. The honourary doctorate was awarded in recognition of Dr Moideen's extraordinary leadership in establishing the first private academic health sytem and the region's largest private medical university and for transforming Thumbay Group into a global model of purpose-driven entrepreneurship in healthcare, education and research. Under his visionary leadership, Thumbay Group has impacted millions across more than 175 nationalities, offering compassionate care, research excellence, and world-class medical training. The University of Lublin acknowledged Dr Moideen's pioneering efforts in integrating innovation with empathy, notably through the Thumbay International Research Grant (TIRG) — an initiative investing Dh3 million annually in areas like cancer immunology, AI in healthcare, precision medicine and many more areas of research. From a young entrepreneur in Karnataka to being celebrated as the most respected Indian Muslim and leading Beary in the world, Dr Moideen's journey is a testament to what's possible when faith meets action. Recognised as the leading NRI from Karnataka in the Gulf region, he is admired not just for his accomplishments, but for the values that drive them. Once someone who measured success through projects and milestones, he has evolved into a changemaker who defines impact by how many lives his work touches. With this latest recognition, Dr Moideen joins an elite group of globally honoured visionaries who have reshaped industries while staying rooted in service, humility, and impact. This doctorate reflects not only his entrepreneurial brilliance but also his enduring belief that health and education are fundamental rights, not privileges. Speaking at the ceremony, Dr Moideen said: "If our work has empowered others to dream, to heal, to grow, then I consider it a success. It's no longer about how far I've gone, but how many I've taken along. I want Thumbay Group to be remembered as a force that empowered the underprivileged, raised the standards of education, healthcare and research." The vision of Thumbay Group is to deliver Excellence by building a seamless ecosystem of education, healthcare, and innovation. From its flagship Gulf Medical University to hospitals, labs, rehabilitation centers, and AI-driven research programs, the Group continues its mission of shaping the future of healthcare — the Group plans to Double its Healthcare capacity and expand its all business to grow 5 fold and have a global presence.
Yahoo
13 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
SURGLASSES Launches the World's First AI Anatomy Table
Asclepius AI Table sets a new benchmark for intelligent, hands-on medical learning. TAIPEI, June 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Surglasses Inc. today announced the launch of the Asclepius AI Table, the world's first anatomy table with fully integrated AI instruction — a groundbreaking device that brings real-time intelligence and immersive interaction into medical and veterinary education. Unlike traditional systems that rely on external software or passive content, the Asclepius AI Table is a self-contained, AI-enhanced teaching platform. Two built-in digital instructors respond to voice and text in real time, offering guided instruction, anatomical explanations, and adaptive learning based on user input. The system is ready to use out of the box, requiring no technical setup or training, making it ideal for classrooms, labs, and interactive demonstrations. The table features eight deeply integrated modules designed to meet the diverse demands of modern medical and veterinary curricula. Students can freely explore high-resolution 3D virtual cadavers, perform open-ended digital dissection, and examine body structures from any angle. For radiological learning, the table enables ultra-fast 3D reconstruction and visualization of CT scans through a built-in DICOM viewer, with multiple rendering presets for efficient analysis. In the field of pathology, the Histopathology Explorer launches in seconds and includes a large collection of ultra-HD slides, while also supporting custom slide uploads. Movement and biomechanics are covered through the Kinesiology Module, which presents dozens of animated human motion models for understanding joint mechanics and musculoskeletal interactions. Additional tools include CTRender, a powerful engine for importing and manipulating DICOM files; a real-time ultrasound simulator that supports procedural training using clinical data; and a robust veterinary anatomy library with anatomical models for a wide range of species — supporting both human and animal education in a unified environment. The Embryology Timeline rounds out the system, offering a vivid 3D visualization of human development from fertilization to birth — helping students connect macro-level anatomy with developmental biology in a way that textbooks alone cannot achieve. Across all modules, the embedded AI instructors serve as constant companions: answering questions, guiding exploration, and supporting instructors and students alike with precision and immediacy. "The Asclepius AI Table is the first of its kind — an anatomy table that doesn't just show, it teaches," said Dr. Min-Liang Wang, founder and CEO of Surglasses Inc. "By embedding intelligent guidance directly into the table, we're transforming how anatomy and clinical science are taught — making learning faster, deeper, and more intuitive." Now Available for Global Distribution Already generating strong interest from medical schools, teaching hospitals, and veterinary institutions, the Asclepius AI Table is now available worldwide. Surglasses welcomes demo requests, academic partnerships, and distribution inquiries. Media ContactMarketing info@ nina@ About Surglasses Inc. Surglasses Inc. develops next-generation solutions for medical training and surgical navigation. Its flagship technologies — including the Caduceus S AR spinal navigation system and the Asclepius AI Table — are redefining how healthcare professionals learn, plan, and perform with greater confidence and clarity. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE SURGLASSES
ABC News
2 days ago
- Health
- ABC News
Eligible medical school candidates turned away in their thousands each year
Medical education experts say the federal government needs to fund more medical school places for local students amid a dire shortage of GPs. The federal Department of Health and Aged Care has forecast that Australia will need a further 8,600 GPs by 2048. Monash University academic teams say that with more funding they could admit more eligible students to be trained in medicine. "We turn away thousands and thousands and thousands of Aussies every year from medical school," Monash University professor and Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand president Michelle Leech said. "They're all smart and they're all good people." Professor Leech said at Monash University's medical school there were 12 to 15 eligible applicants for every single place. In Australia, a student who achieves a 99-plus ATAR scores in the 95th percentile for the medical aptitude test. A competitive percentile is above the 90th percentile. Passing the multi-stage interview process may still not gain qualifications for medical school. Pasindu Bandara is a University of Queensland medical student and founder of Strive Academics, a tutoring company that specialises in helping students get into medical school. "We've seen a lot of students where we feel like they would make great doctors, and they would serve the community well, but one of the different obstacles stops them from doing so," Mr Bandara said. "These are top students, they get the best scores in their schools, they're dux in their schools, they've got heaps of volunteering experience, they give back to their communities, but … on the interview day they don't perform well and they don't get through. "In our last cohort, there was one student with a 99-plus ATAR and a 95th plus percentile score in the UCAT who ended up receiving multiple interview offers but didn't get through that interview stage. "It's for a few different reasons — sometimes students get anxious and they're not ready for an interview-style [or] high stakes day because that's not something high school prepares you for." Mr Bandara also said students who could not afford tutoring were at a disadvantage when it came to applying for medical schools. "Students that can afford this tutoring essentially have one foot in the door in terms of getting a competitive score," he said. The number of medical places for Australian students in universities is controlled by the Commonwealth. But Professor Leech said that number had not grown in the past decade. "The reason I think the Commonwealth has been cautious about expanding places is because over many years we have been getting our medical workforce from overseas," she said. "But it's important to know that international students are funded separately and don't take spots from local students. Royal Australian College of General Practitioners president Michael Wright agreed. "For too long, we haven't trained enough GPs in Australia," Dr Wright said. "We've been relying a lot on doctors who did their medical degrees overseas coming here and working, and they've been a great addition to our health system. "But we need to pull our weight and make sure that we do train more GPs." In its latest budget, the federal government announced that from 2026 100 new student positions will be shared between 22 medical schools Australia-wide, per year, increasing to 150 by 2028. "More doctors have joined our healthcare system in the last two years, more than any time in the past decade," a federal government spokesperson said. Experts agree the GP shortage is bad in the cities but was worse in the regions. Aspiring medical students living in regional areas require a lower ATAR than their city peers to get into medicine at university. However, Mr Bandara said the rural quotas for universities were a "broken system". "For example at James Cook University, there's a big focus on rural health, but at the end of the day, a lot of those students preference [city hospitals] for their intern year, and they never end up actually servicing these rural areas." Deakin University is one of only six universities Australia-wide that offer rural medical training end-to-end to encourage regional residents to stay locally. It offers 30 rural training places at its Victorian regional campuses in Warrnambool and Ararat and says it fills those positions every year. Rural Doctors Association of Victoria president Dr Louise Manning said having these "end-to-end" programs and "boosting positions in those programs would be much more likely to deliver some more for our workforce". "Hopefully [they encourage] rural general practitioners rather than putting all these spots in the cities," she said. Dr Manning said affordable and available accommodation for doctors, availability of childcare services, and support for partners of doctors were factors affecting regional recruitment. Melbourne University declined to say how many students it turns away from medical school each year.
CTV News
2 days ago
- Health
- CTV News
10 first-year seats to be added to Dalhousie University's medical program
A doctor is seen in this file photo. (Pexels) There will soon be more seats available for students in Nova Scotia studying to become doctors. Five more first-year seats will be reserved this fall for students in the doctor of medicine program at Halifax's Dalhousie University. There will be total of 99 first-year seats in the Dalhousie medical program with the addition of the new seats. Meanwhile, there will be 30 first-year seats at the Cape Breton medical campus in Sydney, which will begin welcoming students this fall. Five additional first-year seats will be added at Dalhousie in 2026-27. The province says it is spending more than $2.2 million for the 10 additional seats. 'Dalhousie Medical School proudly trains skilled physicians who deliver high-quality, sustainable health care in Nova Scotia. I am very pleased government is making this significant investment in undergraduate medical education and continuing to create more pathways for Nova Scotians choosing medicine as a career,' said Dr. David Anderson, Dalhousie's dean of Medicine, in a provincial news release. The new president of Doctors Nova Scotia adds the investment is great news for both Nova Scotians and physicians. 'We look forward to welcoming and mentoring these new medical students into the system and increasing access to family medicine and specialist care for Nova Scotians,' said Dr. Shelly McNeil. The province says of all the medical seats for entry this year, 114 are reserved for Nova Scotia students, six for Prince Edward Island residents and nine are for people from outside the Maritimes. If any of the designated seats are empty, priority will be given to Nova Scotians. Admissions for Nova Scotian residents in undergraduate health programs will be prioritized starting next year. For more Nova Scotia news, visit our dedicated provincial page
Medscape
11-06-2025
- Health
- Medscape
Real Life Simulations: Mass Casualty Training in Med School
Anyone who watched television show The Pitt on Max knows how overwhelming a mass casualty event can be for a hospital. Preparation is key, and accredited hospitals are required to hold training exercises. But these incidents don't only affect physicians in the Emergency Department. The random nature of mass shootings, natural disasters, multi-car pileups, building collapses, and the like means an all-hands-on-deck situation could happen at any time. An increasing number of medical schools see the value in preparing their students early. 'Unfortunately this is where the world is going. We need to rely on ourselves because help may not be coming,' said Jeffrey Pearl, MD, associate dean of professional health education at the University of Texas (UT) at Tyler School of Medicine. 'In the end, the first line is going to be one of us picking someone out of the rubble from a tornado and putting a tourniquet on.' Unfortunately this is where the world is going. We need to rely on ourselves because help may not be coming. More than 20 years ago, the Associations of American Medical Colleges and the CDC issued a joint report recommending disaster-related training for medical students. It's still a relatively rare offering — by 2021, only seven allopathic medical schools in the US mentioned disaster response training in their course catalogs. But just 2 years later, that number had more than doubled. Roughly 10% of allopathic medical schools now offer it, as do a number of osteopathic medical schools. 'I think the best part is, it gives you perspective as to what goes on out in the field,' said Joshua Goodman, a rising fourth-year medical student at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in Hempstead, New York. He's participated in the school's annual training day more than once. 'Even in non-MCI situations, you might wonder why the patient is being brought in in this condition. Why didn't they do this? Why didn't they do that? This gives you a better understanding of what it's really like out there, so you know what to expect and can act on it.' Different Approaches to the Same Concept In order to prepare their students for an unpredictable future, medical schools take a variety of tacks. At some schools, all students undergo this training. At others, it's voluntary. Scenarios include bus bombings, school shootings, landslides, and the like. Often, they're location-specific, like the New York City subway car used in Hofstra's training, done at the local fire training academy. 'They fill it with smoke, and have students come in to rescue patients,' said Thomas Kwiatkowski, MD, assistant dean for simulation and professor of emergency medicine and science education at Hofstra. 'Some victims speak a different language, which is typical for New York City. It really challenges the students.' The variations don't stop there: At both UT Tyler and Hofstra, all first-year medical students complete a full emergency medical technician course. It concludes with a mass casualty simulation, which provides the chance to really practice the skills they've just learned. 'We didn't just want them to ride along in an ambulance,' Kwiatkowski said. 'That's not going to provide anything more than observation. I wanted a true clinical experience.' A presentation on FEMA's National Incident Management System kicks off the day at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dublin, Ohio. Students then move on to training with emergency equipment like cervical collars and backboards. But the bulk of the day is spent at the local fire department's training center for a hands-on simulation. Training at Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, is part of a popular 2-week elective in wilderness and disaster medicine. Medical students learn to handle scenarios including avalanches, dirty bombs, and chemical weapons. At Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine, Meridian, Idaho, training has included a simulated music festival gone awry as well as a multi-vehicle accident. College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of New England, Portland, Maine, has held four annual mock events. Last year's program focused on the lessons learned in the 2023 mass shooting in nearby Lewiston. Investing in Realism Limited research has been done to show exactly how realistic simulations should be, but there is some that suggests the more accurately a scenario reflects real life, the more students can benefit from it. Depending on a medical school's budget, things can get quite realistic, indeed. For many, it includes going off-site to a training ground, where students must triage realistic victims even as they experience the chaos of an actual event. 'When they walk into a burn tower knowing that there's been an explosion, and they hear people screaming out and they can't see much, it's an environment that probably causes their heart rate to go up a little bit, perhaps their respiratory rate to go up a little bit,' said William Burke, DO, dean of Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. 'I think those types of situations help you better understand, as an individual, how you might respond in real life.' William Burke, DO For the simulations' victims, most schools use a combination of mannequins and volunteers — either locals or other medical students. Often, moulage artists are brought in to apply special-effects makeup. At UT Tyler, a relatively new school, Pearl had a sizable budget to design the mass casualty training program. Faculty works with campus and local law enforcement, fire department and emergency medical services, and even the Federal Bureau of Investigation to make the event feel as real as possible for students. High-tech wound simulation includes three-dimensional printed shrapnel mounted on silicone patches that are easily applied to volunteers' bodies; bleeding systems that pump fake blood; two cut suits of repairable skin with organs that bleed — which can be operated on while actors wear them; and several mannequins with realistic injuries. A significant amount of effort goes into creating thoughtful, plausible scenarios. A school shooting is part of the simulation at Hofstra. 'The way they set it up is hyper realistic, in that you have real police officers acting, there's a lot of yelling, it's dark, there's a lot of banging on doors. It's frankly a little bit scary,' Goodman, the medical student, said. 'You really do feel like you're in a school and you have to hide but you also have to triage: Who can we get out? How are we going to get them out? Is it safe to open the door?' Decisions Under Pressure Whatever the scenario, the goal in all these simulations is the same: To help medical students learn to make life-or-death decisions quickly, under extreme circumstances. 'The first minute or two, they're a little shell shocked. After that, it's like watching your children grow up,' Pearl said. 'These are first- and second-year med students, and they're rocking and rolling.' Thomas Kwiatkowski, MD During the exercises, they must triage victims into color-coded categories. Yes, just like in The Pitt : Green goes to the walking wounded, those who need minimal help. Yellow indicates a more serious injury, but not immediately life-threatening. Red means a victim has severe injuries, but with a high potential for survival. Victims designated with a black mark are either deceased or have injuries incompatible with life. 'It's very difficult when you have to make that decision,' Kwiatkowski said. 'There are a couple of maneuvers that people do before they can decide to make someone black, but sometimes you can have someone who's talking to you, and you know that you can't save them. That's an important experience for students.' Other ethical considerations also play out. During some simulations, for instance, a school shooter is still active. Students must decide how to help children while staying safe themselves, or if and when it's worth it to risk their own lives. At Ohio University, one situation involves a bombing. Unbeknownst to the students, the bomber is among the victims. 'Students are turning victims over and see the person playing the bomber has another bomb underneath them,' Burke said. 'It helps them understand the ethics of the situation: Do you treat them the same? The answer is yes, you take care of everybody. When you ask those questions, students are thinking about things in ways they've never had to before.'
