070831P - THE ISLAMIC INPUT IN THE MEDICAL CURRICULUM (IIMC)

Outline of a presentation at a Workshop on the Islamic Input in the Medical Curriculum held at the Bangladesh Institute of Advanced Management Dhaka on 31^st August 2007 by Professor Omar Hasan Kasule MB ChB (MUK), MPH (Harvard), DrPH (Harvard) Professor of Epidemiology and Islamic Medicine University of Brunei Darussalam and Visiting Professor of Epidemiology University of Malaya

1.0 THE FUTURE

1.1 The need for Islamization

1.2 Dissatisfaction with present health care delivery

2.0 TOWARDS A MUSLIM PHYSICIAN

2.1 Integrated

2.2 Excellent

3.0 TRAINING

3.1 Integrated curriculum

3.2 Integrated teacher

3.3 Integrated teaching material

4.0 CONTENTS OF IIMC

4.1 Fundamentals

4.2 Civilization

4.3 Basic Sciences

4.4 Clinical Sciences

4.5 Community Health

4.6 Personal Development and leadership

5.0 METHODOLOGY OF IIMC

5.1 Commitment

5.2 Train teachers

5.3 Write text books

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© Professor Omar Hasan Kasule August 2007