Under the supervision of the English Language Center, and in cooperation with the Joint First Year Deanship and the patronage of Her Excellency the Deputy Director of the English Language Center, Dr. Sahar Al-Zahrani, an open day activity was held on Thursday, 21 Rajab, 1440 A.H., entitled, "Health Fair". This activity was supervised by the center coordinator in Al-Abdiyyah, Her Excellency Ms. Intisar Al-Ubaidi. The event entailed describing some hospital departments. Female students presented invaluable information pertaining to every department, in a very attractive way, which showed the great effort exerted in the medical stream in teaching specialized English to the female students of the Joint First Year (medical stream). The presentation also required the students to search diligently for medical information, display it in the best way, and use the medical terms that are learnt during the semester.

Each group of the female medical stream students displayed the medical information specific to their hospital department in diverse ways, such as presentations, stereographs, recording interviews with patients, boards, role playing, competitions, attractive techniques for displaying medical content, etc. Some of the departments that were represented in this activity are: ophthalmology, gynaecology, internal medicine, cardiology, nephrology, pediatrics, emergency medicine, dermatology, blood diseases, sterilization, surgery, oncology, nutrition and obesity, and mental health.

This activity attracted the attention of the female medical stream students, and gained a great turnout on the part of the academic staff at the English Language Center and the affiliates of the Joint First Year. It was an outstanding activity with regard to preparation, display and viewing. These efforts were culminated with success and characterized with a spirit of cooperation among the female students in the different groups.

Her Excellency the Deputy Director of the English Language Center, Dr. Sahar Al-Zahrani, praised the tangible effort exerted by Ms. Intisar Al-Ubaidi in organizing this creative work. She also praised the efforts exerted in preparation by the female students in the medical stream, helped by their teachers in the English Language Center. Moreover, she commended the efforts of the coordinator of the activity and all the academic staff members, and expressed her appreciation for their devotion in rendering successful the extra-curricular activities related to the English language courses, to promote the female students' learning outside the classroom. She also expressed her thanks to the Vice Dean of the Joint First Year, Her Excellency Dr. Azzah Banunah, for her support to the affiliates of the English Language Center.

At the end, four departments will be chosen as winners, after considering the voting results of the academic staff members at the English Language Center and the affiliates of the Joint First Year and the decree of the arbitration committee. Names of winners will be announced in the coming days. All participating female students will obtain certificates of appreciation offered by the English Language Center.

For more details and videos of the activity, follow the English Language Center hashtag: ELC_UQU#