070627P - CONTENTS OF AN UNDERGRADUATE MEDICINE PROGRAM HANDBOOK

Paper presented at a Medical Education Workshop held at the Faculty of Medicine University of Science and Technology Sana’a, Yemen 14-27 June 2007 by Professor Omar Hasan Kasule Sr. MB ChB (MUK), MPH (Harvard), DrPH (Harvard) Professor of Epidemiology and Islamic Medicine at the Institute of Medicine Universiti Brunei Darussalam. WEB: http://omarkasule.tripod.com

PREAMBLE

1.0 GENERAL INFORMATION

1.1 The University

1.2 Background of the Faculty of Medicine

1.3 Background of Other Faculties

1.4 Coordination Among Science-based Faculties

2.0 PROJECTIONS

2.1 Projection of Students 2007-2010

2.2 Projection of Academic Staff 2007-2010

3.0 PROGRAMS OFFERED

3.1 Undergraduate medical degree

3.2 Others

4.0 GENERAL PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

4.1 Vision and Mission

4.2 Program Flexibility

4.3 Program Duration

4.4 Credit Transfer

4.5 Exemptions

4.6 Change of Program

4.7 Enrolment

4.8 Program Structure

4.9 Academic Workload

4.10 Types of Courses

4.11 Course Assessments

4.12 The Academic Transcript

4.13 Computation of CGPA

5.0 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

5.1 Application Procedures

5.2 Admission Requirements

6.0 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

7.0 NAMES and QUALIFICATIONS OF ACADEMIC STAFF BY DEPARTMENT

8.0 STUDENTS

8.1 Academic Guidance

8.2 Educational Facilities

8.3 Research

8.4 Discipline

8.5 Financial Matters

9.0 GOVERNANCE

9.1 Faculty Officers

9.2 Faculty Committees

9.3 University Senate

10.0 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

10.1 Basic Medical Sciences

10.2 Clinical

10.3 Community

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© Professor Omar Hasan Kasule June 2007