The American University of Barbados (AUB) med students have officially begun clinical rotations at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), in a major development for the medical school after 13 years in Barbados.

Clinical rotations are the stage of medical education where students leave the classroom and spend set blocks of time in different hospital and clinic departments, working on real patient care under supervision.

Ten AUB medical students started their rotations at the QEH on Friday, while three others began training at the Psychiatric Hospital. The occasion was marked with the distribution of 500 fruit bags to patients across the QEH, an annual outreach initiative the university said was also being used this year to celebrate the start of the new training arrangement.