Dr. Adrian Stanley
Chief Academic Officer and Head of Research & Education
Education at Mediclinic Middle East
Learn, train, and grow in real clinical environments: Mediclinic Middle East offers learning opportunities across every stage of your healthcare career.
Learn where healthcare happens
Healthcare education is part of everyday clinical life at Mediclinic Middle East. Across our hospitals and clinics, students and trainees learn from experienced multidisciplinary teams, with opportunities to see how clinical knowledge, evidence, and research come together in real patient care.
Our educational opportunities span the healthcare career journey, from undergraduate placements through internships, residencies, fellowships, continuing professional development, and clinical electives. Learning may include supervised clinical experience, simulation-enhanced education, multidisciplinary working, research exposure, and progressive workplace-based learning.
Teaching is led by clinicians who actively share their expertise with students, trainees, and colleagues. Many bring extensive academic and teaching experience to Mediclinic Middle East, creating a culture where learning is part of the way our teams work. That culture supports high standards of care, encouraging teams to keep questioning, sharing knowledge, and applying what they learn in clinical practice.
Together with our academic and healthcare partners, we're helping develop the healthcare workforce of the UAE and beyond.
Education on a bigger scale
850+Students and trainees annually
150+Adjunct academic appointments
100+Learners in our facilities at any one time
Backed by recognised standards
Learning at Mediclinic Middle East takes place within recognised academic and clinical training environments. Mediclinic City Hospital is a Joint Commission International (JCI) Academic Medical Centre. Our hospitals operate under the relevant Department of Health or Dubai Health Authority clinical training approvals, alongside university affiliations and professional training accreditations.
Through our affiliation with Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU), our Dubai hospitals are also accredited training sites for the National Institute for Health Specialties and the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties.
Our educational programmes are centrally coordinated across Mediclinic Middle East, helping programme leaders, educators, facilities, and academic partners maintain consistent standards across the network.
Our academic partners
Build your skills with us
From undergraduate placements and clinical electives to internships, residencies, fellowships, and continuing professional development, Mediclinic Middle East offers opportunities across all stages of your healthcare career.
Find the programme that matches your goals.
Where training can take you
The value of Mediclinic Middle East's education is clearest in what our learners go on to achieve.
Graduates of our MBRU MD partnership have matched into residency programmes across the UAE, UK, and US. In 2026, our partnership reached a milestone: 10 years of the MBRU MD programme, its fifth graduating cohort, with more than 45 postgraduate trainees completing residency and fellowship training across our facilities.
Better care through learning
Expertise in practice
It's a mark of the standard of care at Mediclinic Middle East that many of the specialists treating patients today are also training the ones who'll treat them tomorrow. More than 150 our healthcare professionals hold adjunct academic appointments with our university partners, recognising their contribution to teaching and research.
This gives students the opportunity to draw on the knowledge and experience of clinicians with deep expertise in their fields, while keeping the people delivering care closely engaged with research, evidence, and new developments.
Keeping care current
Learning doesn't stop once formal training ends. We deliver Continuing Medical Education activities across our facilities, helping healthcare professionals keep developing their knowledge and skills. Our free CME conferences bring together clinicians, researchers, nurses, allied health professionals, educators and healthcare leaders to explore emerging evidence, best practice, and innovation.
Meet the team
Dr. Paddy Kilian
Director of Academic Affairs
Maria Telpo
Academic Officer
Dilshad Khan
Academic Administration Assistant
The research shaping care
Education and research are closely connected at Mediclinic Middle East. Across our network, clinicians are contributing to active studies, academic collaborations, and published research while continuing to teach and mentor the next generation.
Frequently asked questions
Connect with our education team
Speak to our Academic Training Office about programmes, clinical placements, electives, and education partnerships.