Mission and Outcomes
The College of Medicine at the University of Misan endeavors to be a pioneer in providing outstanding medical education to graduate doctors who have the potential to work cautiously and excellently in Iraq and abroad.
It aims to prepare competent doctors who can accomplish their tasks in various diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive health services, locally and regionally, who possess the basic requirements such as scientific knowledge, professional and behavioural skills, and who can keep pace with developments in various medical fields. It also aims to prepare scientific, social, and attitudinal research to ensure outcomes that meet health challenges and public health needs.
The academic program of the college, following the subject-based system consists of systematic teaching for a period of six years covering basic and clinical sciences for ensuring scientific and application competencies in the main medical fields, as well as incorporating the study of medical ethics, behavioural and psychological sciences.
The curriculum is based on theoretical requirements that include teaching various body systems and the possible diseases and symptoms that afflict them. We are gradually working on preparing medical students to be autonomous learners using information technology and other educational strategies.
It also includes clinical training on patients at teaching health institutions such as hospitals and primary health centers and stimulating the active participation of the students and interactive discussions through small or large groups teaching, seminars, or communal activities involving the participation in health education campaigns and vaccinations. Moreover, it allows the student to join optional training activities (extracurricular activities).
It adopts the principle of educational assessment where formative and achievement tests are based on standards that acquire justice and transparency through the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) and Objective Structured Practical Examination (OSPE). Besides, it monitors and evaluates the assessment results of the students to give them the required feedback.
The educational program supports scientific, applied and behavioural research for instructors and students and proceeds to raise their competence.
Curriculum assessments are closely aligned with the established outcomes, and the curriculum is centrally managed by a multidisciplinary team led by the dean.
The college uses its available human, material, and information resources to sustain the educational process. It applies a systematic project that depends on participant feedback, such as professors, students, employees, and internal and external stakeholders. It also involves a monitoring system for assessing the implementation of this systematic project and supporting the continuous improvement process. Through all of this, we aim to achieve the college’s outcomes of graduating doctors with the following competencies:
- Competent at the required scientific professional skills levels that enable them to deal with different emergency medical situations or others in an appropriate way
- Able to deal with all medical cases in various medical specialties cautiously, effectively and with sympathy
- Able to communicate effectively, deal honestly, transparently with the patients and their families, with colleagues and the community,
- Able to take into account the rights of patients, society, and the environment and abide by instructions and laws,
- Having the potential to lead and work with a team.
- Having the potentiality of lifelong learning.
- Able to work on outstanding and valuable research projects.
- Able to respond effectively to the Iraqi community health requirements as well as the global health needs