Gulf Medical University (GMU), part of Thumbay Group, has inaugurated an integrated network of clinical skills and simulation centers at its Ajman campus, largest in the Gulf region, bringing six specialized healthcare training facilities under one roof.
The newly launched network is designed to provide students across medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, physiotherapy and allied sciences with a unified environment to practice clinical procedures and develop patient-care skills through simulation-based training before treating real patients.
The network includes the Thumbay Institute of Clinical Simulation, Thumbay Institute of Surgical Skills, Thumbay Dental Simulation, Thumbay Pharmacy Practice Lab (Simulation), Thumbay Physiotherapy Skills Training Lab, and the upcoming Thumbay Veterinary Clinical Skills Lab and Thumbay Simulation Centre Dubai.
The centres support healthcare training ranging from basic clinical procedures and suturing to Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)-grade assessments and team-based emergency response drills.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by Dr. Ashwin Fernandes, Chair of QS India and Vice President of Strategic and International Engagement at QS Quacquarelli Symonds, who served as chief guest.
In the presence of Dr. Thumbay Moideen, Founder President of Thumbay Group, along with deans and other dignitaries, Dr. Fernandes had also conducted a workshop on QS World University Rankings for GMU faculty and senior leadership. The session focused on global ranking benchmarks, the progress of UAE institutions, and strategies universities can adopt to strengthen international standing.
The university stated that the network will also serve as a regional reference point for simulation-based healthcare education across the GCC. Universities, hospitals and training institutions planning to establish or expand similar facilities will be able to study the GMU model, tour the centres and explore knowledge-sharing partnerships.
Dr. Ashwin Fernandes Chair – QS India Vice President – Strategic and International Engagement – QS
“What Gulf Medical University has built here is genuinely rare in simulation education. GMU has put together a connected ecosystem of six centres, and that scale changes the calibre of clinicians who graduate from this campus. This is the direction global health education is moving, and the region now has a flagship to point to.”
Prof. Manda Venkatramana, Chancellor, Gulf Medical University, said that, “The ultimate goal is patient safety. Students work in an safe simulated environment before working on real patients. That improves patient outcomes.”
Gulf Medical University (GMU)
Established in 1998, Gulf Medical University (GMU) offers graduate and postgraduate programs in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, health sciences and nursing, and says the new launch positions the institution as home to the region’s largest network of clinical skills and simulation centers.
