Family Medicine and Community or Preventive Medicine is one of the clinical clerkship departments of medical education, in addition to theoretical and practical teaching, it conducts scientific research and its activity extends to cover all areas of primary healthcare that cover the first and second levels of primary healthcare levels. It is a recently established department compared to other departments in the medical field. The curriculum programs in the department include 7 distinguished and integrated fields
  • Principles of Epidemiology, Scientific Research Methods and Biostatistics.
  • Epidemiological research for infectious diseases and national programs and hospital infections
  • Family Medicine is practical training in clinics, maternity centers, childhood centers, and school health.
  • Healthy nutrition and therapeutic nutrition.
  • Epidemiological research for chronic diseases and morbidities.
  • Occupational environmental diseases.
  •  Primary healthcare alongside principles of management and health information
Family Medicine
is comprehensive and continuous healthcare with a focus on the individual within the family as a social unit, without restriction by gender, age, or type of illness. It is a specialty based on health, behavioral, and social sciences.
The training aims to prepare a workforce in family medicine. It deals with the individual within the family context, while being familiar with preventive methods, and possesses the ability to diagnose, treat, and establish a trusting relationship with the trainer, which allows for constructive criticism and honesty. It maintains a private record containing acquired experiences and observations, is prepared to accept criticism and guidance. It is science and art of studying community health needs, organizing and delivering comprehensive healthcare services, evaluating and developing health programs in order to improve health and prevent diseases.
Community Medicine
The training aims to prepare a specialist in community medicine who performs the following tasks:
  • Identifying and analyzing the following and expected problems in the community according to geographical, demographic, social, economic, and appropriate solutions.
  • Studying health problem causes.
  • Identifying health needs and priorities in the community.
  • Planning and managing healthcare programs that include health promotion, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.
  • Activating the health team and involving members of the community, and coordinating among different sectors related to planning, organizing, and evaluating health programs.
  • Conducting and encouraging health research and studies, especially applied ones.
  • Participating in training healthcare professionals.
  • Developing health education programs that are appropriate for community needs and ensure their participation.
  • Evaluating and developing health services to increase their effectiveness.