Curriculum Outline
Medicine
Degree Requirements
• The degree offered:
– Bachelor degree (Bachelor of Medicine and
Surgery, MBBS)
• Requires six years of study
– A total of 223 credit hours
• One year internship following graduation
Degree Requirements
• Courses are taken over three phases:
1. Phase one: One year premedical
2. Phase two: Three years integrated basic science
•
All body systems are studied in integrated blocks with
clinical relevance
3. Phase three: Two years clinical rotations in the
different fields of Medicine and Surgery
– One year of internship is required following
graduation.
Year 1: Pre-medical Prgram
• Courses are common for all disciplines within
Al-Maarefa College
Years 2,3,4 Body system blocks
• The first semester of year 2 contains the three
foundation blocks that introduce the
principles of all basic sciences:
– ANAT 214: Anatomy, Histology, Embryology
– PHSL 228: Physiology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology
– PATH 215: Pathology, Microbiology, Community
Medicine
• These blocks run over an eight-week period
each, with some overlap between them, and
not throughout the semester.
Years 2,3,4 Body system blocks
Years 2,3,4 Body system blocks
• Pre-requisites for the three foundation blocks:
– ENGL 102,
– BIOL 101, and
– CHEM 101
• The three foundation blocks (ANAT 214, PHSL
228, PATH215) are all pre-requisites to carry
on with the integrated body system blocks
that follow.
Years 2,3,4 Body system blocks
• The body system blocks integrate the related
disciplines:
– anatomy, histology, embryology, physiology,
pathology, microbiology, pharmacology, and
clinical cases related to the system being studied
• The three foundation blocks are a prerequisite to all system blocks.
Years 2,3,4 Body system blocks
Years 2,3,4 Body system blocks
Years 2,3,4 Body system blocks
Years 5,6 Clinical Rotations
• Clinical rotations in various medical and
surgical disciplines take place during the fifth
and sixth years.
• Successfully passing a minimal of 135 credit
hours (including ALL system blocks) is a prerequisite to start these clinical rotations
Years 5,6 Clinical Rotations
Years 5,6 Clinical Rotations
Advice for studying
• Must read from books
• Lecture slides are useful, but NOT enough to
pass most of the time!
• Read subject the night before
• Read again at the same day after the session
• Write your own notes and summaries
• Discuss with colleagues and faculty
General Examinations
Regulations
Examinations and marks
• General mark distribution:
– Continuous assessment: 60%
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Quizzes: before or during lectures
Mid-block examination
Assignments
OSPE
– Final: 40%
• Written (MCQ)
Final exam eligibility
• Absence < 25%
– Attendance shall be taken regularly
– First warning sent when absence: 10%
– Second warning when absence reaches 20%
• If absence is 25% or more:
– Can not attend final exam
– Fails the course
Absence from exams
• A student who was absent from an exam
should produce a valid and acceptable excuse
within one week from exam date
– Valid excuse should be approved by the
chairperson, or academic committee to be able to
have a substitute (remedial) exam
– If excuse was not approved: could not have a
substitute (remedial) exam
Substitute (Remedial) exam
• Absence from Quizzes:
– No substitute (remedial) exam
– Mark will be lost!
• Absence from mid-block / end-block exam:
– Substitute (remedial) exam only if excuse was
accepted by academic committee
– Substitute (remedial) exam contains MCQ and
short notes/ essay questions / possible oral..
Re-sit Exam
• Re-sit exams is offered for those who fail block
courses only
– Full semester (ordinary) courses do not have re-sit
exams
Re-sit Exam
• Eligibility for a re-sit is only for:
1. Those who fail two out of three blocks
• Failing three blocks shall have no re-sit exam
2. Those who score a minimum of 45%
• Failing with a mark <45% shall have no re-sit exam
• Re-sit exam score is registered 60% (D) if
passes regardless of mark obtained
• Failure of a Re-sit exam is registered (F), and
should repeat the course
Grades and Points Earned
Mark
Grade
Multiplication
factor
95-100
A+
4
90-94
A
3.75
85-89
B+
3.5
80-84
B
3
75-79
C+
2.5
70-74
C
2
65-69
D+
1.5
60-64
D
1
Below 60
F
0
• Points earned from each course is calculated:
– Number of credit hours X multiplication factor
Grades and Points earned
– Points earned from each course is calculated by
multiplying umber of credit hours X multiplication
factor
Courses
Credit
hours
Grade
Multiplication
factor
Calculation of
Points earned
Points
earned
ENGL 101
5
C
2
5X2
10
PHYS 101
3
F
0
3X0
0
ISLM 101
2
A
3.75
2 X 3.75
7.5
COMP 100
3
B+
3.5
3 X 3.5
10.5
Total credit hours registered
5+3+2+3 = 13
Total Points earned
28
Semester cumulative index
– The cumulative index for each semester is
calculated by dividing number of earned points by
the number of credit hours
Total credit hours registered
5+3+2+3 = 13
Total Points earned
28
– The cumulative index: 28 / 13 = 2.15 (out of 4)
Overall cumulative index
– The overall cumulative index is calculated by
dividing number of earned points in all semesters
by the number of credit hours registered in all
semesters
Semester
Registered
courses
Points
earned
Semester
Cumulative
index
Overall
Cumulative index
1
13
28
28 /13 = 2.15
2.15
2
15
45
45 / 15 = 3.00
28+45/ 13+15=
2.61
3
20
70
70 /20 = 3.50
28+45+70 /
13+15+20 = 2.98
Overall cumulative index
• Comments
– Should start with a good cumulative index
– If started low, will be difficult to improve
cumulative index in coming courses
• If cumulative index <1.75:
– Scholarship is lost
– Warning is issued from college
– Should leave college of medicine if not improved
next semester