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Gulf Medical University launches the region’s largest network of clinical skills and simulation centers
 

(AJMAN) - Gulf Medical University (GMU), part of Thumbay Group, has launched the largest integrated network of clinical skills and simulation centers in the region. The launch brings six dedicated training facilities together under one roof at GMU’s Ajman campus, giving students across medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, physiotherapy, and allied sciences a single place to practice, in an error-forgiving environment, and master the skills that real patients depend on.

The network spans: 

• Thumbay Institute of Clinical Simulation

• Thumbay Institute of Surgical Skills

• Thumbay Dental Simulation

• Thumbay Pharmacy Practice Lab (Simulation)

• Thumbay Physiotherapy Skills Training Lab

• Thumbay Veterinary Clinical Skills Lab (Coming soon)

• Thumbay Simulation Centre Dubai (Coming Soon)

Together, these centers cover the full arc of healthcare training, from a student’s first suture to OSCE-grade clinical assessments and team-based emergency drills.

The inauguration was led by Chief Guest Dr. Ashwin Fernandes, Chair of QS India and Vice President of Strategic and International Engagement at QS Quacquarelli Symonds. Earlier in the day, in the Presence of Dr. Thumbay Moideen, Founder President of Thumbay Group, along with other deans and dignitaries, Dr. Fernandes conducted an exclusive workshop on QS World University Rankings, walking GMU faculty and senior leadership through what global benchmarks now reward, where UAE institutions are gaining ground, and the practical levers universities can pull to strengthen their international standing.

Speaking at the event, Dr. Ashwin Fernandes said, “What Gulf Medical University has built here is genuinely rare in simulation education. GMU has put together a connected ecosystem of six centers, and that scale changes the caliber 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: “The ultimate goal is patient safety. Students work in a safe, simulated environment before working on real patients. That improves patient outcomes.”

According to GMU, the network is being positioned as an open reference point for other simulation centers across the GCC. Universities, hospitals, and training institutions planning to build or expand their own facilities are invited to study the GMU model, tour the centers, and explore knowledge-sharing partnerships.

Established in 1998 and part of the Thumbay Group, Gulf Medical University is among the leading private medical and health sciences universities in the UAE. GMU offers graduate and postgraduate programs across medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, health sciences, and nursing.