Medicine Program

Medicine Program Introduction

The medical program bought and delivered from the University of Sydney (USyd) in Australiain June 2004. Four themes extend throughout the program, providing the framework for the curriculum and assessment. These themes represent a radical departure from the traditional organization of medical courses around pre-clinical disciplines such as Anatomy and clinical disciplines such as Surgery.

Vision

To achieve global leadership and excellence in medical education research, patient care, and community service and to be the destination for the young minds who wish to be successful physicians of the future.

Mission

To graduate qualified physicians and provide high quality education, research, and relevant community services that promote social accountability.

Facilities

To foster excellence in innovative learning College of Medicine campuses provides academic facilities that are well-equipped with high technology classrooms, Clinical Simulation Centers (CSC), support services, information technology services, and recreational facilities. Each campus has transportation links to the medical cities which support clinical teaching and training.

Basic & Clinical Sciences

This is the most substantial theme, covering the scientific knowledge base required for medical practice. It includes pre- and para-clinical disciplines (e.g. anatomy) as well as clinical disciplines (e.g. surgery).

By the time they graduate, students should be able to:
Apply an understanding of normal and abnormal human structure, function and behavior to the diagnosis, management and prevention of health problems.
Use the best available evidence of outcomes to prevent or cure disease, relieve symptoms or minimize disabilities.
Analyze clinical data and work to determine its validity and reliability.
Participate in the generation, interpretation, application and dissemination of significant advances in medical knowledge.
Recognize the limits to scientific knowledge and understanding, and the continuing nature of all scientific endeavor.

Patient & Doctor Theme:

This theme covers the range of clinical skills that students need to acquire - the motions that doctors go through when actually dealing with patients.

By the time they graduate, students should have:

Apply an understanding of the therapeutic nature of the patient-doctor relationship and the impact of the individual characteristics of both patient and doctor in that relationship.
Apply the ability to listen and identify issues of concern to patients, families and caregivers; and to respond to those concerns, using whatever means necessary for effective communication.
Apply the ability to elicit and interpret clinical symptoms and signs by interviewing and examining patients systematically and with sensitivity, and to use this information to guide further investigation.
Apply the ability to perform important clinical procedures, particularly those in vital and life-threatening situations.
Apply a Ethical behavior in meeting the needs of patients and families, concern for confidentiality, and respect for individual autonomy, enabling patients and their families to make secure, informed decisions in relation to their medical care.

Community & Doctor Theme:

Graduates of the College will demonstrate:

Understanding of the factors which influence the health of the population and of the respective roles in the promotion of health, the prevention of illness, and the treatment of disease.
Understanding of the legal, social, economic, historical, and political context of medical practice where relevant to the provision of high quality medical care and to medical research.
The ability to identify and analyze health issues of concern to the community and to contribute constructively and rationally to the debate surrounding those issues.
A rational approach to resolving the tension between the medical practitioner’s responsibility for individual patients and his or her responsibility for the health care needs of the whole community.

Personal and Professional Development

This theme deals with medicine as a profession, teaching skills that are required to fare in the medical workforce (e.g. teamwork and stress-management) as well as in the wider profession (e.g. maintaining scholarly connections).

By the time they graduate, students should have:

Commitment to compassionate and ethical professional behavior.
The ability to work cooperatively as a member of a team and to accept and provide leadership as appropriate.
Recognition of the inevitability of decision-making in circumstances of uncertainty and the capacity to make rational and sensitive decisions based on the best available evidence.
The ability to recognize his or her personal, physical, and emotional needs; and the ability to respond to stress and maintain openness to assistance in time of need.
Ongoing commitment to the advancement of learning within a community of medical scholars,

Skills in the recording, organization and management of information, including the use of appropriate information technology resources.
There is still an initial focus on basic sciences and clinical skills, and a later emphasis on clinical knowledge, skills and judgment. However, the theme structure ensures that students' knowledge and skills develop systematically over the four years. In addition, the themes provide a framework for the program objectives. Students are required to demonstrate satisfactory performance in all four themes throughout the course.

Program Learning Outcomes

Describe the healthcare system in Saudi Arabia .
Describe knowledge about established and evolving iomedical, clinical, epidemiological, social and behavioral sciences and the application of this knowledge to patient care.
Integrate basic, clinical, behavioral and social sciences in medical practice.
Use clinical reasoning, decision making, and problem-solving skills in medical practice.
Place patients' needs and safety at the center of the care process.
Support health promotion and disease prevention.
Practice teamwork and inter-professional collaboration.
- Adhere to professional attitudes and behaviors of physicians.
- Apply Islamic, legal and ethical principles in professional practice.
- Demonstrate the capacity for self-reflection and professional development.
- Demonstrate scholarly behaviors.
- Effectively communicate with patients, their families, colleagues, and the public.
- - Use medical informatics in healthcare system effectively.
  - Demonstrate the essential clinical skills.
  - Manage patients with life-threatening medical conditions.
  - Manage patients with common medical problems.

Medicine Program Booklet

Medicine Program