Student Activities

Over the years, our students were among the pioneers in the University in terms of their extracurricular activities and community services. Examples of such projects that have been all planned, designed, and executed entirely by students themselves include:
- Visiting patients in different hospitals in special occasions like Eid and National Day. During these visits, students usually deliver gifts to young as well as adult patients and all medical staff members. This has been done for the last 5 years.
- With the cooperation from “Ensan” organization, our students are heavily involved in arranging activities and programs with orphans that contains educational and entertainment components. Female students have arranged excellent full-day programs in this project.
- Our students helped and actively participated with Red Cresent in Hajj and Ummrah seasons after getting sufficient training. Number of students has been increasing with time and younger students have also joined this activity.
- Annual Tribute Ceremony is conducted every year, and it aims to honor employees who retired, and those worked for more than 25 years. It is organized totally by students with a full support of the college.
- Many educational clubs were established by the students with extraordinary features like; Reading Club, "Hayat" Club for Voluntary Work, and Medical Invention Club. These clubs were the first in the University and enjoys large participation by University students, and significant contribution to the community.
- The Third Medical Career Day (MCD-3): this huge event was hosted by our College. It organized with participation of more than 180 students from our College. More than 1500 guests participated from all medical schools in Saudi Arabia. The two days event included many counseling activities, international and national expert talks and workshops, as well as many social activities.
- First Medical Students Research Day (MSRD): was conducted in 2009. More than 500 students participated in that day from all medical colleges around the Kingdom and the Gulf. Many studies were of very high caliber and were subsequently published in prestigious journals. The activity was refereed by a panel of International and National experts.
Our students have also been true pioneers in creating many public awareness campaigns, which have been completely organized by them, and made a huge community impact and received lots of media attention. Examples include:
- "Halak Zayed" meaning “You are extra sweet”: an innovative awareness program on Diabetes. It has been conducted every year for the last 2 years. It contains huge media programs, actual presence in key locations in Riyadh city meeting people giving them advice regarding Diabetes, distributing educational material, gifts and T- shirts, and performing random blood tests for diabetes.
- Awareness Campaign of the Importance of Organ Donation “Save a Life”: avery active program in promotion of organ donation. It was conducted in collaboration with Prince Fahd Bin Salman Charity Association for Renal Failure Patients Care. It included students visiting ICU’s, going on life TV shows, doing a lot of public awareness programs. Students from other medical colleges have also participated in this project.
- Asthma Awareness Campaign: was corresponding to the World Asthma Day. Different educational programs and materials were conducted in the Univercity campus and some Major Malls in Riyadh.