Medical education and research environment in Qatar: a new epoch for translational research in the Middle East

Table 3 Numbers of graduating students, who gained research and other experiences

		Number(%) of students gaining certain experience
Graduating Class	Number	Research	Local public Health/Community	Global Health
Class of 2008	15	10 (66)	8 (53)	3 (20)
Class of 2009	17	9 (53)	9 (53)	4 (23)
Class of 2010	17	17 (100)	10 (59)	8 (47)

Research experience - is at least 8 weeks of approved and supervised research experience, which the students gained during their medical school education program.
Local public health - is at least the equivalent of 2 weeks of any volunteer local health related experience or any other volunteer work which contributed to improving the quality of life of people living in Qatar.
Global health experience - is at least the equivalent of 2 weeks of any supervised voluntary or for credit experience (as an elective) in countries other than the US and Qatar.

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