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To promote knowledge of human life processes, both in health and illness in order to serve the community by teaching and training health professional in the art of prevention and treatment of disease.
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Teaching and training of students and physicians in the field of medicine.
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Promoting preventive health behavior in the community.
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Providing high quality health care services at the primary till tertiary levels.
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Establishing and maintaining excellence in research related to health and disease.
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Developing students' ability of self-learning, analytical thinking and problem solving.
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Focusing attention on local diseases and environment.
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Qualifying doctors and other health professionals to practice their duties in accordance with Islamic ethics and laws.
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Training high caliber leaders in the health specialties to play appropriate roles in serving the society.
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Contributing to the wide dissemination of health information.
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Providing advanced consultation services in medicine.
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Participating in the writing, translation, and publication of knowledge in the medical field.
Strategy 1:
Continuing to develop program specifications that will reflect curriculum reform in relation to:
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"Core curriculum" Contents and burden of factual information.
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Horizontal and Vertical integration.
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Introduction of system-based modules.
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Introduction of medical genetic and clinical humanities courses.
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Introduction of special study module and electives.
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Student learning outcomes.
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Teaching and assessment methods.
Strategy 2:
Extending structured clinical and communication skills development in medical students to increase their clinical ability and competence upon graduation.
Strategy 3:
Fostering a desire for lifelong self-learning skills in medical student in relation to:
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Learning through curiosity.
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Exploration of Knowledge.
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Critical evaluation of evidence.
Strategy 4:
Providing appropriate academic and pastoral support for medical students throughout the phases of the curriculum. To ensure attributes appropriate for further responsibilities to patients, colleagues and community in general.
Strategy 5:
Refining the management and supervisory structure that support learning and teaching, to enable the FOM to monitor goals, objectives and targets, and to ensure that they are met, including using the quality of both learning and teaching.
Strategy 6:
Ensuring continuous financial support from sources other than the University pool by supporting the expansion of
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Private health services at KAU Hospital.
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Parallel medical education programs.
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Postgraduate and training programs.
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Research and consultative projects and activities.
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Endowments.
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Donations and alumni support.
Strategy 7:
Encouraging academic staff at all levels to demonstrate excellence in learning and teaching as well as in research and to take advantage of opportunities for continuing professional development in their specialty.
Strategy 8:
Providing generic and specific training in learning, teaching and assessment for all new teaching staff through a structured medical education program.
Strategy 9:
Strengthening external review procedures to maintain consistency of the reporting process and to safeguard academic standards.
Strategy 10:
Maintaining links with appropriate local, national and international bodies to enable academic staff to take advantage of specific developments in learning, teaching and assessment.
Strategy 11:
Adopting a faculty-wide approach to evaluating students satisfaction through feedback mechanism with the learning experience at the level of curriculum and the learning environment.
Strategy 12:
Continuing development of NLE of the FOM to:
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Enable a more creative and appropriate use of technology in learning, teaching and assessment.
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Reflect the needs of the students throughout the curriculum.
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Streamline some of the related administrative tasks to decrease the burden on academic staff.
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Objectives of the Undergraduate Medical Program
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Objective related to knowledge:
Graduates should have sufficient knowledge and understanding of:
a) The normal structure, function and development of the human body and the interaction between body and mind.
b) The normal pregnancy and child birth, the principles of antenatal and postnatal care.
c) The aetiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, natural history and prognosis of common physical and mental disease, particularly those with pose acute danger to function, life or the community.
d) Common diagnostic tests and procedures, their uses, limitations and costs.
e) The management of common conditions including pharmacological, psychological, physical and nutritional therapy.
f) The principles of health education, disease prevention, rehabilitation and the care of the suffering and dying.
The principles and ethics related to health care and the Islamic and legal responsibilities of the medical profession.
Objective related to skills:
a) Take a tactful, accurate and organized medical history.
b) Perform a gentle and accurate physical and mental examination.
c) Integrate history and physical examination to reach a provisional diagnosis of differential diagnosis.
d) Select the most appropriate and cost effective diagnostic procedure.
e) Formulate a management plan.
f) Counsel patients and families clearly regarding diagnostic and therapeutic procedures before eliciting consent.
g) Perform common life-saving procedures.
h) Use information resources to obtain further knowledge and interpret medical evidence critically and scientifically.
Communicate clearly and considerately with other health professionals.
Objective related to attitude:
a) Respect for every human being and abide by relevant Islamic ethics.
b) A desire to ease pain and suffering.
c) Willingness to work in a team with other health professionals.
d) Responsibility to remain a life-long learner and maintain the highest ethical and professional standards.
e) Referring patients to other health professionals when needs.
f) A realization that it is not always in the interest of patients to pursue every diagnostic or therapeutic possibility.
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