Where did the time go?

I was quite taken by surprise that my last blog was indeed in April!!!! I have no excuses other than the obvious but rather predictable, 'I've been so busy!' so I won't try and make up anything less plausible.
These 4 months have seen the first course of Medical English through to completion although the students still have some classes to redeem due to on-call and conference commitments before they can take their final tests in order to assimilate all the results to see if they have passed.

We have had to move classrooms due to an increase in students from an initial 3, (thank you to them for having faith in the course) to 8 currently and 2 due to start this week.

We have doctors from Ain Nadja, Bab El Oued, Zeralda, Beni Messous, and Bainem Hospitals aswell as biology and medical students and have had interest from 1er Mai, Bainem and Kouba Hospitals with a view to holding classes on site. Unfortunately, uptake at this time of year is slow due to Summer holidays and Ramadhan but Insha'Allah things will pick up in October.

A recent trip to the UK enabled me to bring back more medical realia and resources for students to further enhance the learning experience.

I have to say that personally, I have thoroughly enjoyed teaching this course. I have learned more about teaching and medicine, the Algerian healthcare system and those who work within it.
Although it was my intention to post more regularly, I somewhat failed in my objective, however, I will make every effort to redeem myself now that the 2nd course has started and I have a little more time to myself!!!

So for anyone in Algeria interested in Medical English, please scroll down to the bottom of this blog homepage for more details of the courses offered.