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24. Introductory Clinical Skills

This course is designed to introduce the student to actual practice of medical skills of examining
a patient utilizing the previous experience in the art of interviewing, leadership and professional
behavior. It will begin with emphasizing the basic concepts of interpersonal communication
skills, then explore physical examination and medical documentation skills. After completing
this course, the student should feel comfortable gathering extra information from a patient
through general examination and vital signs examination. Students will gain competency in
these fundamental clinical skills through a variety of educational media---readings, lectures,
demonstrations, films, and practice. Practice sessions will enable students to learn and improve
as they grow.

25. Principles of Parasitology
This course is designed mainly to prepare students to understand the endemic medical
parasitology. Beside the general road map, also it covers basic concepts of specimen collection
for the clinical parasitology laboratory. There will be an introduction to the most common and
influential parasites in our medical environment.

26. Host Defense
The goal of the course is to develop an understanding of antigen recognition, development of
B and T cells, constitutive host defenses, immunopathology, inflammation, transplantation,
allergy, and tumor immunology. The Course introduces students to the most important
principles governing the functions of the human immune system, the biological mechanisms
utilized by the immune system and how these relate to human disease.

27. Neuroscience I

This is an integrated system based course which emphasizes anatomy, physiology,
pharmacology, microbiology and pathology of the peripheral and autonomic nervous systems.
The course provides integrated knowledge covering the peripheral nervous system including
peripheral nerves, nerve plexuses and peripheral nerve branches cranial nerves and special
senses. The objectives of this course are achieved via selected lectures, relevant laboratory
sessions. To enhance integration of basic and clinical sciences as well as and self-directed
learning, common clinical disorders related to this system are also explored using case based
small group discussions and seminars.
28. Behavioral and Social Sciences II

The course will enable students to gain a foundation of knowledge for interacting with,
assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients with psychiatric illnesses; and to increase student
understanding of, and ability to manage, the emotional, behavioral, psychiatric, and
communications aspects of the clinical encounter with patients, and thereby prepare students
for their clinical clerkships. The central purpose of the course is to enable students to
understand the biological and psychosocial origins of psychiatric syndromes, their definitions
and symptom features, and diagnostic criteria, as delineated in the Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders - 5th edition, (DSM-5).
29. Medical Interviewing Skills II

Medical Interviewing Skills provide the basic knowledge and skills needed to evaluate patients
while at the same time emphasizing the importance and integration of ethics, information
technology, oral and written communication, and professionalism. The course takes a further
step towards student preparation for authentic medical practice.