Preparatory Program in Biomedical Research Studies

1700400 – Medical Research Institute

Admission Requirements: Graduate students with a. B.Sc. of any health-related national or international faculty (e.g., Faculties of : Medicine , Pharmacy, Dentistry, Nursing, veterinary, Science, Agricuture, or Engineering)
Core  courses  (6 Cr):

1700401, 1700402,1700403
1 Elective courses (2 Cr):

1700420, 1700421, 1700422, 1700423, 1700424
Code Name Hours/week Total Cr
Theoretical Practical
1700401 statistics and Computer in biomedical research 1 2 2
1700402 Basics of biomedical research and ethics 2 - 2
1700403 Basics of   animal experiments 2 - 2
    5 2 6
Elective courses (2 credit hours)  
1700420 Basics of   laboratory  techniques 1 2 2
1700421 Basics of   nano medicine 2 - 2
1700422 Basics of  patient  safety 2 - 2
1700423 Evidence based medicine 2 - 2
1700424 Basics of molecular bioscience 1 2 2
 









Diploma Degree in Blood Banking and Blood Transfusion

1705600 -Haematology Department

Core  courses  (25 Cr):

1705601,1705603 ,1705604,1705711,1706621,1715621, 1705605
1 Elective courses (5 Cr):

1705610, 1704620, 1710620, 1708620, 1721620, 1716620

Core Courses (25 Cr)

  
Code Name Hours/week Total Cr
Theoretical Practical
1705601 Blood banking 3 2 4
1705603 Laboratory techniques 3 2 4
1705604 Clinical transfusion 3 2 4
1705711 Hematological immunology 3 2 4
1706621 Hematological microbiology 2 4 4
1715621 Internal medicine  2 2 3
1705605 Hematological cell biology  2 - 2
    18 14 25
Elective courses (5 credit hours)  
1704620 Pharmacology 1 - 1
1705610 Experimental haematology 1 - 1
1710620 Pathology 1 - 1
1708620 Immunology 1 - 1
1721620 Medical statistics 1 - 1
1716620 Infection control 1 - 1
 









Diploma Dregree in Experimental and Clinical Parasitology

1707600 - Department of Parasitology

Admission Requirements:

Graduate students with a M.B.Ch.B. of Medicine.
Core  courses  (26 Cr):

1707601, 1707602, 1707603, 1707604, 1707605, 1707606,  1707607,1707609.
Elective courses (4 Cr):

1703720, 1704720, 1705720, 1717720,1706720, 1707720, 1708720,1709720, 1712720, 1721720

Core Courses (26 Cr)

  
Code Name Hours/week Total Cr
Theoretical Practical
1707601 Parasitology (a) 3 2 4
1707602 Parasitology (b) 3 2 4
1707603 Clinical Parasitology (a) 2 2 3
1707604 Clinical Parasitology (b) 2 2 3
1707605 Diagnostic Parasitology (a) 2 4 4
1707606 Diagnostic Parasitology (b) 2 4 4
1707607 Treatment of Parasitic Infections 2 - 2
1707609 Experimental Parasitology 1 2 2
    17 18 26
Elective courses (4 credit hours)  
1707610 Immunology of Parasitic Infections (a) 1 - 1
1707640 Fundmintal in lab animal science 1 2 2
1707611 Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections (a) 1 - 1
1707612 Field Studies 1 - 1
1707613 In Vitro Cultivation (a) 1 - 1
1707614 Quality Control (a) 1 - 1
1707615 Electron Microscopic Studies of Parasites (a) 1 - 1
1721620 Medical Statistics 1 - 1
 









Diploma in Diagnostic Immunology


1708600 - Department of Immunology

Admission Requirements:

Graduate students with a diploma or M.Sc. of science or Medical degrees or an equivalent degree.
Core  courses  (22 Cr):

1708601, 1708602, 1708603, 1708604, 1708605, 1708606,1708607
Elective courses (8 Cr):

1701720, 1705720, 1706720, 1707720, 1717720, 1721720, 1708711,1713720

Core Courses (22 Cr)

  
Code Name Hours/week Total Cr
Theoretical Practical
1708601 Elementary Immunology I 2 - 2
1708602 Elementary Immunology II 3 2 4
1708603 Cellular Immunology 2 4 4
1708604 Diagnostic Immunology I 2 4 4
1708605 General Clinical Immunology I 3 2 4
1708606 Interactive Clinical Immunology 2 - 2
1708607 Hypersensitivity reactions 1 2 2
    15 14 22
Elective courses (8 credit hours)  
1701720 Biochemistry 1 2 2
1705720 Haematology 1 2 2
1708711 Immuno Hematology I 1 2 2
1706720 Bacteriology 1 2 2
1712720 Medical Biophysics 1 2 2
1717720 Chemical Pathology 1 2 2
1721720 Medical Statistics 1 2 2
1713720 Genetics 1 2 2
 









Diploma Degree in Allergy

1708600 - Department of Immunology

Admission Requirements:

Graduate students with a M.B.Ch.B of Medicine

Core  courses  (26 Cr):

1708601, 1708602, 1708603, 1708604 ,1708606, 1708607,1708608, 1708609.
Elective courses (4 Cr):

1703720, 1704720, 1705720, 1717720,1706720, 1707720, 1708720,1709720, 1712720, 1721720

Core Courses (26 Cr)

  
Code Name Hours/week Total Cr
Theoretical Practical
1708601 Elementary Immunology I 2 -- 2
1708602 Elementary Immunology II 3 2 4
1708603 Cellular Immunology I 2 4 4
1708604 Diagnostic Immunology I 2 4 4
1708606 Interactive Clinical Immunology 2 - 2
1708607 Hypersensitivity Reactions I 1 2 2
1708608 Allergology I 2 4 4
1708609 Allergology II 3 2 4
    17 18 26
Elective courses (4 credit hours)  
1715751 Chest Diseases 1 2 2
1700655 Skin Diseases 1 2 2
1700656 ENT Diseases 1 2 2
1721720 Medical Statistics 1 2 2
1721721 Computer 1 2 2
1708605 General Clinical Immunology I 2 2 2
1708711 Immuno Haematology I 1 2 2
 









Diploma in Medical Biophysics


1712600 - Department of Medical Biophysics

Admission Requirements:

Graduate students with a degree of Science, Education, Engineering, Applied Medical Sciences, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Veterinary Medicine, Physiotherapy, or any degree relevant to Medical Biophysics and recognized by the Council of the Medical Biophysics Department.
Core  courses  (24 Cr):

1712601, 1712602, 1712603, 1712604, 1712605, 1712606, 1712607, 1712608.
Elective courses (6 Cr):

1712609, 1712610, 1712611, 1709620,1721620

Core Courses (24 Cr)

  
Code Name Hours/week Total Cr
Theoretical Practical
1712601 Medical Imaging Biophysics 2 2 3
1712602 Principals of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2 2 3
1712603 Principals of 3-D Reconstructions in Medical Imaging 2 2 3
1712604 Fundamentals of Radiological Biophysics and Dosimetry - I 2 2 3
1712605 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering – I 2 2 3
1712606 Principals of Ultrasound and Laser Biophysics 2 2 3
1712607 Introduction to Vascular Imaging Techniques 2 2 3
1712608 Basics of Electron Microscopy 2 2 3
    16 16 24
Elective courses (6 credit hours)  
1712609 Fundamentals of Radiological Biophysics and Dosimetry - II 1 2 2
1712610 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering – II 1 2 2
1712611 Basics of Therapeutic Medical Devices 1 2 2
1709620 Histochemistry and Cell Biology 1 - 1
1721620 Medical Statistics 1 - 1
 









Diploma Degree in Preventive Cardiology

1715600 – Department of Experimental and Clinical Internal Medicine
Cardiology Unit

Admission Requirements:

Graduate students with MB BCh of Medicine
Core  courses  (26 Cr):

1715610, 1715611 (A),1715611(B),1715612,1715613,1715614 (A),1715614 (B).
Elective courses (4 Cr):

1715615, 1715616, 1715609

Core Courses (26 Cr)

  
Code Name Hours/week Total Cr
Theoretical Practical
1715610 Epidemiology of the heart 2 2 3

1715611(A)

Metabolic diseases and the heart

 2 2 3
1715611(B) Heart Failure 3 2 4
1715612 Drugs and the heart 3 2 4
1715613 Infections and trauma of the heart 3 2 4

1715614 (A)

Coronary artery disease

 2 4 4
1715614  (B) Hypertension and arterial diseases 3 2 4
    18 16 26
Elective courses (4 credit hours)  
1715615 Genetics & hereditary factors in CVS disease 1 2 2
1715616 Cost-effectiveness in preventive cardiology 1 2 2
1715609 Cardiac rehabilitation 1 2 2
 









Diploma Degree in Pain Medicine

1716600 Department of Anaesthesia

Admission Requirements:

Graduate students with a M.B.Ch.B. of Medicine.
Core  courses  (26 Cr):

1716601,1716602(a) 1716602(b), 1716603(a),1716603(b) 1716604,1718620,1715605, 1716606.
Elective courses (4 Cr): 1708620,1713620,1716620,1721720,1721721.

Core Courses (26 Cr)

  
Code Name Hours/week Total Cr
Theoretical Practical
1716601 Anatomy 1 2 2
1716602(a) Acute pain I 1 4 3
1716602(b) Acute pain II 1 6 4
1716603(a) Chronic pain I 2 4 4
1716603(b) Chronic pain II 2 4 4
1716604 pharmacology of pain 2 - 2
1718620 Radiodiagnosis 2 2 3
1715605 Internal medicine 1 2 2
1716606 Physiology of pain 2 - 2
    14 24 26
Elective courses (4 credit hours)  
1708620 Immunology 1 - 1
1713620 Genetics 1 - 1
1716620 Infection control 1 - 1
1721720 Medical statistics 1 2 2
1721721 Computer 1 2 2
 









Diploma Degree in Biomedical informatics and Medical Statistics

1721600 - Department of Biomedical informatics and Medical Statistics

Admission Requirements:

Graduate students with a M.B.CH.B of Medicine, dentistry,   B.Sc Pharmacy, Veterinary, Physiotherapy, Nursing
Core  courses  (20 Cr):

1721601,1721602, 1721603, 1721604, 1721605, 1721606
Elective courses (10 Cr):

1721607,1721608, 1721609,1721610,1721611,1721612,1721613,1721614

Core Courses (20 Cr)

  
Code Name Hours/week Total Cr
Theoretical Practical
1721601 Introduction to Personal Computers and the Internet 2 2 3
1721602 Principles of Registration of Chronic Diseases 2 2 3
1721603 Principles of Medical Statistics 2 4 4
1721604 Principles of Medical Research Designs 2 2 3
1721605 Intermediate Medical Statistics 2 4 4
1721606 Regression Analysis 2 2 3
    12 16 20
Elective courses (10 credit hours)  
1721607 Ethics in Research and in the Internet 2 2 3
1721608 Introduction to Bioinformatics 1 2 2
1721609 Scientific Writing 2 2 3
1721610 Basic Epidemiology 2 2 3
1721611 Basic pharmaco-epidemiology 2 2 3
1721612 Hospital statistics 2 2 3
1721613 Introduction to Evidence Based Medicine 1 2 2
1721614 Basic genetic epidemiology 2 2 3
 









Diploma in Biomedical Ethics

1700650 – Multi disciplinary

Admission Requirements:

Graduate students holding a bachelor degree in an equivalent/corresponding field from an accredited University
Core  courses  (26 Cr):

1700651, 1700652, 1700653, 1700654, 1700655, 1700656, 1700657,1700658
Elective courses (4 Cr):

1700659, 1700660, 1700661, 1700662, 1700663, 1700664    

Core Courses (26 Cr)

  
Code Name Hours/week Total Cr
Theoretical Practical
1700651 Introduction to biomedical ethics 1 - 1
1700652 Abortion 3 - 3
1700653 Human cloning & embryonic stem cells 4 - 4
1700654 Reproduction & genetics 3 2 4
1700655 Death & euthanasia 2 - 2
1700656 The doctor –patient relationship 4 - 4
1700657 Clinical research & experimentation on human subjects 4 - 4
1700658 Ethical issues surrounding organ transplantation & surrogacy 4 - 4
    25 2 26
Elective courses (4 credit hours)  
1700659 Effects of religions and culture in health care decision making 1 - 1
1700660 Ethical committees 2 - 2
1700661 Ethical codes 2 - 2
1700662 Duties and responsibilities of the  Physician 2 - 2
1700663 Medical Errors 2 - 2
1700664 Ethics in Emergency Medicine 1 - 1