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21. 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.
22. Principles of Pharmacology
The goal of this course is to facilitate student learning of principles that are fundamental to
understanding drug action and the development of new drug therapy. The overall Sub-
competency of is to introduce students to the principles of drug development,
pharmacogenomics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, drug metabolism, and factors that
influence drug response, and principles in the development/evaluation/control of various
therapeutic agents.
23. Forensic Medicine
This course will introduce the students to the Forensic terminology with emphasis on the
understanding of the underlying pathology of traumatic and sudden, unexpected deaths
encountered. The course deals with medico-legal investigation of death and injury due to
natural causes, accidents, and violence. It covers analysis/investigation of transportation
injuries, of homicides, suicides due to various causes, and sexual crimes and methods for their
identification.
24. Medical Epidemiology
Epidemiology is highly dynamic. According to the currency of the disease status and
prevalence, the direction of epidemiologic research will vary. Epidemiology includes studying
health determinants, chronic diseases and more recently molecular or genetic predisposition.
25. Evidence-Based Medicine (Critical Appraisal)
Evidence based practice depend on four pillars; the up-to-date best evidence, expertise, patient
values and resources. The best evidence is derived from researches. These researches may be
primary researches or secondary researches which gather evidence from different primary
sources by different tools as discussed in the introductory course. There is certain hierarchy in
the prioritization of selected researches.
26. Principles of Medical Microbiology
This course is designed mainly to prepare students to understand the systemic microbiology. It
covers basic principles of bacteriology, virology, and mycology. Also it covers basic concepts
of specimen collection for the clinical microbiology laboratory. There will be an introduction
to the fascinating world of micro-organisms and prepares students for a lifetime of learning
microbiology in relation to medicine and infectious diseases.
27. Medical Professionalism II
By participating in classes and activities, students will have the opportunity to learn about and
develop in various areas of lifestyle management that contribute to becoming a successful
physician. These skills are mastered with an emphasis on patient-focused, compassionate and
professional behavior and are taught in the larger context of multicultural medicine, different
contexts, gender specific medicine and other related socioeconomic aspects. The student will
learn how to deal with others from colleagues or other health team to improve collaboration
and quality of care. The final Sub-competency is the development of effective and efficiently
functioning health care teams that are needed to deliver high quality care in an increasingly
complex healthcare environment.
28. 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