The information technology required to support the educational programs of the new medical school in Doha is unique in its demands and expectations. The principal reason for having hard-wired, desktop computers in the classrooms is to facilitate the learning process.
Medical education depends on the use of images and graphic resources of considerable complexity.
These must be displayed on larger monitors than laptops permit, usually in conjunction with text and other graphic materials. This process will be greatly facilitated by outfitting the school with a wireless network accessible from anywhere in the medical college building. About the Digital Library Consistent with developments in the field of information technology and publishing, the library of the WCMC-Q will be predominantly of an electronic nature. Students and faculty will have access to biomedical information using electronic resources. There will be no need for the traditional library function of preservation of materials since these will be in electronic format.