The Deans Council in Yarmouk University decided to promote Dr. Jomana Al-Sulaiman , the pediatric specialist - Clinical Medical Sciences (CMS) department -Faculty of Medicine
from a rank of Assistant Professor to a rank of Associate Professor
The family of Faculty of Medicine represented by the deanship and the teaching and administrative staff congratultes Dr. Jomana and wishes her the best in her life and continuing to advance in her academic career
Research workshop opportunity introduced by Wayne State University School of Medicine’s Global Health Research Collaborative (GHRC).
For the year 2022, the GHRC team will be hosting the summer workshop through an online course platform - Thinkific. The summer workshop (including synchronous sessions) will be held between June 27, 2022 - August 13, 2022.
All workshop-related activities including streaming video lectures, mentorship meetings, synchronous sessions with the faculty, and networking events will be hosted by the GHRC team within the Thinkific platform.
We encourage you to participate as our students will have an edge in participation and, perhaps, scholarships as a consequence of our most recent conversations with the organizers.
The final deadline for registration is April 30th.
The registration poster is available for download below. By clicking “Here”, you will be transferred to the registration website.
'Wateen team' the students team for debates in Faculty of Medicine/YU organised the second debate in the faculty on Sunday March 27th, 2022. The title of the debate was ( keto diet , is it a safe way to lose weight or it has a dark side). This debate was attended by the vice dean of Faculty of Medicine Prof. Zain Alabideen Abdullah and the Dean of students affairs Prof. Mohammad Thiabat and a number of teaching staff in the faculty and an audience from the students and the local society.
Six students from Faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy/ YU participated in this debate which was concerned about the Keto diet ,. The pro tean who are pro Keto diet were the students; Abdul-Hakam Allababneh, Rand Ibrahim and Hanaa' Khreisat. The ( Keto-against team) was consistent of the stuidents; Marah Hajras, Rinad Al-Faleh and Alla' Shawaqfeh.
The debate was tied at the end according to the Jury committtee consisted of Dr. Rima Karasneh and Dr. Ola Sodah from Basic Medical Sciences Deprtment (BMS) in Faculty of Medicine and the guest doctor from Faculty of physical education Dr. Ahmad Bataineh. The joury committee then handed over the particpants with the certificates of partricipation and the gifts.
IFMSA-Jo Yarmouk University local committee held an activity for medical students in one of the cafes in Irbid on Wednsday May 18th, 2022 . The project titled: armed with skills , the steps 2 and 3 of this project which were performed in this activity were (Splinting + injections and blood draw).
The splinting and casting part was supervised by Dr. Mohammad Akram Awwad , the orthopedic surgeon and the assistant professor in Department of Clinical Medical Sciences (CMS)- Faculty of Medicine/YU. Dr. Awwad gave a breif presentation about history of orthopedic surgery and the idea of splinting fractures as a first aid or casting as a treatment or part of treatment. Then he talked to the audience about the difference between casting materials, showig them the materials and how to do round casts and slabs in a proper way. then a casting workshop began where in each group of students, number of them did casting on eachother.
The other part of the workshop was about injections and blood draw and it was supervised by Mr. Saleh Abu Dalo who taught the students about the different techniques of giving injections , and the various types of needles and drugs before teaching the participants how to draw blood , in a safe and sterilized environment .
The organizing committee consisted of the students; Hashem Mansi , Tariq Haddad , Muneer Rawagah , Mohammad Dairy , Sleman Abu Alhayja’ , Mohammad Masadeh , Noor Bader , Thurayya Hani , Rahma Altamimi , Hashem Gharaybeh , Ali Omar and Nizar Hazaimeh.
Yarmouk University and Ministry of health (MOH) signed a collaboration agreement in the fields of medical education , training and health development last week. Yarmouk University represented by Prof. Islam Massad, the President of YU. MOH was represented by Minister of health, his Excellency Dr. Firas Hawwari.
MOH has signed such agreement with many Jordanian Universities like Hashmiyyah University, Mutah University and Balqaa University , The three universities benifited from many MOH hospitals for medical education of medical students and starting academic residency programs using the facilities of ministry of health. The new agreement with Yarmouk University will allow Faculty of Medicine/ YU to use the three MOH hospitals in Irbid and the centers related to them in medical education and training and development of the research environment.
The three hospitals are Princess Basma Hospital , Princess Badia Hospital and Princess Rahma Hospital.
The Agreement signing ceremony was attended by the Secretaire of MOH for adminstrative affairs Dr. Elham Khreisat , The Secretaire of MOH for primary care and epidemeology Dr. Raed Shboul , Prof, Khaldoun Bashaireh, the Dean of Faculty of Medicine. and Dr. Nawzat Abu-al Asal , the Director of the Department of Public relations and Media.
Under the patronage of Prof. Khaldoun Bashaireh , the Dean of Faculty of Medicine/YU an introductory meeting about the elective clinical training programs and residency programs offered at Cleveland Hospital Abu Dhabi in line with the study plan for the sixth year, in which the Head of the Breast Oncology Department in Cleveland Clinic –Abu Dhabi, Dr. Ahmed Matalqa, the consultant in oncology and breast surgery, lectured infront of the medical students and the teaching staff for the purpose of opening a door to attract medical students for elective clinical training and residency programs in Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. The meeting took place on Tuesday, March 15th, 2022.
At the start of the meeting, the Dean welcomed Dr. Ahmad Matalqah in the Faculty of Medicine/YU campus. He appreciated his initiative to open the field of medical training courses before graduation as elective courses and post graduation as residency and other training programs.
Dr. Matalqah gave an interesting scientific lecture about the new techniques in breast cancer surgery. then he talked about the available programs for medical students and newly graduates and how to apply to them.
Dr. Ahmad Matalqah is the head of breast oncology department in Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, and an associate professor in Khalifa University. He got his subspecialty degree in oncology surgery from Toronto University- Canada
To enter the webpage of the application to clinical courses, please click the link below
Within the activities of the Faculty of Medicine at Yarmouk University to serve the local community, and under the auspices of the Ophthalmology Division in the Clinical Medical Sciences (CMS) Department, a new medical day dedicated for the second grade students at the Yarmouk Model School. Dr. Wedad Dolat; the Assistant Professor in Opthalmology visited the class and gave the kids some instructions to protect their eyes, then she did eye examination both for the acuity of vision and the internal eye examination. This medical day took place this morning, Tuesday, May 10th, 2022.
The Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Prof. Khaldoon Bashaireh, discussed with the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Suez Canal University in the sisterly Arab Republic of Egypt, Dr. Ahmed El-Sakka, in the presence of the Head of the Medical Education Department at Suez Canal University, Dr. Wagdy Talaat, ways to enhance academic cooperation, which will reflect positively on the level of education medical in Faculty of Medicine.
Dr. Al-Sakka and Dr. Talat presented before Dr. Al-Bashaireh the work of the Medical Education Department, as one of the departments of the Faculty of Medicine at Suez Canal University, and its role in keeping pace with recent developments in medical education and developing medical curricula and assessment tools, especially since this department at Suez Canal University is considered the first at the level of Arab universities, as it is the first in terms of awarding a master's degree in cooperation with the Dutch University of Maastricht.
On a related level, Al-Bashaireh participated in the first international conference at the level of the sisterly Arab Republic of Egypt in medical education, a conference attended by many deans of medical faculties and presidents of Egyptian universities and some Arab Gulf countries, where the latest methods in medical education were presented. Many international experts from United States of America and Arabic region discussed the latest methods and scientific experiences in the field of medical education.
Prof. Al-Bashaireh said that, "based on the vision and philosophy of Yarmouk University, Faculty of Medicine is preparing to build many relationships and networking with a number of Arab and international universities for the purpose of moving forward in developing its academic career and keeping pace with recent developments in light of the many activities that it organized inside the campus , such as the workshop sponsored by the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research regarding the future of medical education in Jordan, and hosting the Vice President of the Saudi Association for Medical Education, and lately hosting the Head of Breast Cancer Department at Cleveland Hospital Abu Dhabi".
To be recognized locally, regionally and globally for excellence in medical education, research and contributions to patient care and community services.
