GMU inaugurates Thumbay Institute of Clinical Simulation
anchoring the UAE’s largest network of healthcare training centers
Ajman, UAE (Press Release): Gulf Medical University today opened the Thumbay Institute of Clinical Simulation at its Ajman campus, a next-generation training hub designed to let students, residents, and practicing clinicians learn, rehearse, and master real-world care in a safe, high-fidelity environment. The inauguration took place at 10:00 AM at Gulf Medical University in the presence of academic leaders, faculty, and healthcare partners.
Great clinicians aren’t built in lecture halls alone. They’re shaped by repeated, guided practice on lifelike scenarios until the right response becomes second nature. The new institute delivers exactly that—team-based drills, OSCEs, crisis resource management, and procedure training across medicine and allied health—using advanced manikins, task trainers, simulated wards, and digital recording for debrief.
With today’s opening, GMU and the Thumbay academic health system are assembling the UAE’s largest integrated network of healthcare simulation centers. This network includes:
- Thumbay Clinical Simulation Centre
- Dental Simulation Centre
- Physiotherapy Simulation Centre
- Thumbay Surgical Skills Center
- Upcoming Thumbay Veterinary Simulation Centre (small and large animals)
- Upcoming Thumbay Simulation Centre at Dubai
Together, these facilities will standardize skills training across disciplines and raise the bar for patient safety across the region.
Prof. Manda Venkatramana, Chancellor of Gulf Medical University, said:
“Simulation changes outcomes. It lets our learners make mistakes without harm, learn as teams, and return to the bedside more confident and more prepared. With this institute and our growing network across medicine, dentistry, physiotherapy, surgery, and soon veterinary medicine, GMU is setting a national standard for hands-on health-profession education.”
What this really means is more competent graduates, faster onboarding for interns and residents, stronger interdisciplinary teamwork, and safer care for patients. The institute will serve GMU’s undergraduate and postgraduate programs, support continuous professional development for clinicians across the Thumbay healthcare network, and host certification courses with international partners.
The facility features simulation suites replicating ICU, emergency, operating theatre, primary care, inpatient wards, and home-care settings. Every session is recorded for structured debrief so learners can see, measure, and improve performance. The curriculum spans communication, ethics, cultural competence, and leadership under pressure, not just procedures and protocols.
- Memberships, Accreditations & Affiliations:
- American Heart Association (AHA) International Training Centre
- National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
- Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM)
- Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom (MRC PUK)
- (Jaheziya) Emirates Medical Preparedness and Response Program
- Health and Safety Institute (HSI)
Gulf Medical University has long championed practice-ready education across its colleges and clinical partners. Today’s launch strengthens that promise and creates a unified simulation pathway from classroom to clinic to community care—covering human and, soon, animal health—while opening the door to joint research on human factors, AI-assisted training, and patient-safety outcomes.
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Vijay unable to prove majority, not invited for CM oath ceremony: Sources
Chennai: Actor-politician Vijay has reportedly not been invited to take oath as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu after failing to demonstrate support from the required number of MLAs, sources in Raj Bhavan said.
According to media reports that quoted sources in the office of R.N. Ravi Arlekar, Vijay could not prove the backing of 118 legislators, the majority mark in the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly.
Despite last-minute efforts to secure support from the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazagam (AMMK), and an IUML legislator, Vijay reportedly managed support from only 116 MLAs, falling short by two members.
Sources said Vijay failed to submit letters of support from the VCK and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML).
Later, the IUML issued a statement clarifying that it was not part of the TVK-led alliance.
Meanwhile, AMMK leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran is also said to have informed the Governor that his party would support the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) instead.
Earlier in the evening, Vijay had met Governor Arlekar and staked claim to form the government, stating that he enjoyed the support of 118 MLAs.
