A radio seminar about the present local COVID-19 situation in Jordan and its effect on the academic teaching especially on the medical student in Jordan was held today morning via Jordan University radio  station. It also discussed the possibility of safe return to direct teaching ( face-face) in the next academic year in the shadow of the governmental orientation towards vaccinating university student and faculty members to cover this important sector in the society. 

The radio program under the name of ( without hesitation) was hosted by Ms. Aman Al-Saeh. Her guests in the seminar were:

Dr. Ibrahim Al-Bdoor , The head of Health committee in the national council of human rights

Prof. Yaser Rayyan , Faculty of Medicine Dean/ Jordan University

Prof. Khaldoon Bashaireh, Faculty of Medicine Dean/ Yarmouk University 

Prof. Nael obeidat, Faculty of Medicine Dean/ Jordan University of Science and Technology

Mr. Muhannad AlKhatib , the spokesman of ministry of Hgih education and scientific research

The episode was aired today Monday May 24th, 2021, and you can listen to its record in the facebook page of Jordan University radio station.

Date of publication 19-May- 2021

This is a circular letter for our students and faculty members regarding the final exams of the clinical years ( 4th, 5th and 6th) in Faculty of Medicine/ YU 

At the start, Congratulations for the happy Eid Al Fitr , we wish you the best in your lives and the success in the coming final exams

First:

In line with the decisions of the higher education council , the finals will be online using the platform

Moodle.yu.edu.jo.

Second: 

The student can enter the exam platform the same way he could log in to his E-learning  platform by using his university number and the personal password, This platform will open for medical students between 1-3 pm only. and the exam will be available just at the times written in the curriculum of final exams attached in this circular. Once the student logged in she/he will find all the subjects she/he registered in the first and second semesters. So we urge our student to revise his registered courses in the platform to be sure that all the courses she/he will apply for their exams are in his account. If any course in unavailable the student has to show up in the faculty campus and take a letter for the admission and registeration department to register this course to be available in his account before the exam.

Third:

All the exams will be held at the times and dates in the table attached to this circular.

Fourth:

All the exams and as usual will be in the form of Multiple choices questions (MCQs)

Fifth:

Number of questions in the exams are as follows:

 6 th year major courses: 100 questions  ( duration: two hours)

5th year minor courses: 50 questions (duration: one hour)

5th year sub major courses: 60 questions (duration: 70 minutes)

5th year major( Obs. and Gyne) 100 questions ( duration: two hours) 

4th year all courses 100 questions (duration: two hours) 

Sixth:

All the exams in all courses will be done as multiple forms

Seventh:

All the exams will be in a (one-way pattern MCQ exam), which means you have a one try to answer this question, once you skipped it or moved to the next question you cannot go back to the old question, so you have to answer the question the best as you know before moving to another question.

Eighth:

If you faced any technical problem with the exam platform or you couldn't log in to it, you have to apply by e mail letter from your university e mail (during the 24 hours since the exam start time). This letter should be directed to the following doctors (cc. e mail letter):

1- the course coordinator  the mail addresses of all CMS departemnt doctors are written in the table in this page

https://medicine.yu.edu.jo/index.php/faculty-members-2

2- Dr. Mohammad Al Zoubi ( the dean assistant for clinical sciences) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

3- Dr. Muntaser AlOmari ( The coordinator of clinical education) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

No letter concerning this issue will be accepted after the 24 hour margin. 

Any (Incomplete) exam will be held inside the campus, not online

Ninth:

Any student who has a problem regarding internet availability or personal lap top, computer or smart phone availability can request an in-campus place from the deanship before the exams. The deanship will ensure a place inside the faculty campus where he can do his exams in a suitable way.

The following is the table of the exams of all the clinical years ( 4th, 5th and 6th) with the day, date, starting time and duration of each exam. 

Dear 6th year Medical students:  

Greetings,

In pursuit of Faculty of Medicine YU to give our students the maximum benifit and to allow them complete the clinical training in hospitals after a period of online learning due to the last outburst of COVID19, The faculty administration decided the following preocedures for the sake of using the available training facilities at their best with a meticulous consideration of the high health standards in term of number of students in each facility and at a time.

The time of compensation will be at the lower limit but to the highest probable benifit of exposure to patients and clinical instructors. Considering both the valuable clinical training and the ideal time of graduation that won't interfere with the start of internship year that will start after completion of final exams as scheduled.

The following procedures should be respected and followed strictly:

1- The batch will be divided into four groups , each group consists of 54 to 56 students and the groups will be appointed to the four majors of sixth year ( Medicine, Surgery, Obs. & Gyne and Pediatrics).

2- Each group will be divided into 4 subgroups , each subgroup will consist of 14-15 students.

3- Two clinical instructors will be responsible for each subgroup, So the subgroup will again be divded into smaller group of 7 to 8 students

4- General Surgery and Internal Medicine training facilities are: 1- Princess Basma Hospital. 2- Jerash Governmental Hospital  3- Clinical skills Lab in the Faculty of Medicine Campus

   Obs. & Gyne training facilities are: 1- Princess Badea Hospital of its two wards ( Labour ward and Obs. & Gyne. ward). 2- Jerash Governmental Hospital

   Pediatrics training facilities  are: 1- Princess Rahmah Hospital and 2- Yarmouk Governmental Hospital.

5- Regarding transportation between the Campus and hospitals:

  - For Jerash Governmental hospital , the 45 students going there daily will be divided into two buses, each of which the capacity is 45 passengers, so each bus will take just half of its capacity ( i.e. 20-25 students)

- 15 students who are assigned to Yarmouk Governmental hospital  will ride a bus with a capacity of 26 passengers.

6- All students should stick to the general safety measures ( putting face masks all the time , periodic hands sanitizations by alcohol and other effective hand sanitizers., avoid the isolation wards , and keep spacing among themselves and others.

7- No way , Two smllest groups of 7 are allowed to gather for clinical rounds. This absolute prohibition is set to get the maximum scientific and training benifit and to keep with the rules of health and safety.

Faculty of Medicine set those rules for your benifit, We are working to protect your health, as well as to bave the way of your future career as you are our near future doctors. We are looking to prepare you with the best preparation needed to get the positions you hope and deserve not only inside Jordan but in all the reputable centers in the world. We depend on your sense of responsibility in this compensation period, as we believe in you as role models in this worldwide health crisis. We are happy to hear from you any feedback you think could benifit the whole batch. 

                                                        Deanship of Faculty of Medicine/ YU

The second session of the workshop (Electronic exams using Moodle and E-learning platforms) was held on Thursday May 20th, 2021.  The session started by a breif welcome speech by Prof. Zain Alabideen Al-abdulla the Vice-Dean of Faculty of Medicine, who welcomed the faculty members of Clinical Medical Sciences CMS department and Dr. Ahmad Klaib the assistant professor in the faculty of I.T. and Computer Sciences. He thanked Dr. Klaib and his faculty for the continuous cooperation between the two faculties.

The session started with a quick treview of what has been given in the first session, then he explained what remained of the technical issues that were not discussed in the first session like using all the platforms credited by the university for the sake of electronic exams, the backup process, the restore and transfer of the information in and between the templates, the way of establishing multiple forms , the access restriction if needed,  the gardes and their statistical analysis and other valuable information.

Interactive discussion between the lecturer and the CMS faculty members followed and questions were raised and solutions were given for the difficulties exposed  after the CMS faculty members have started using the platforms after the first session. The discussion was fruiful with all wishes to have a susccesful and fair final exam season. 

Dean of Faculty of Medicine and the deanship members wish a Happy Eid Fitr for all our students and their families and all the jordanian people and Arab and Islamic world.

This islamic feast (Eid Al-Fitr) that comes after the holy month of Ramadan which we say Goodbye to its holy days and nights today.  We hope that all your prayers, fasting and good deeds are accepted. Have a blessed Eid.

 Date of publication: April 21st, 2021

The deanship of Faculty of Medicine/YU announces the schedule of final exams for the clinical years ( the 4th, the 5th and the 6th) for the academic year 2020-2021, as follows:

In the interest of Faculty of Medicine/YU for the local community service, and in collaboration with Yarmouk FM broadcasting station, a new medical radio program will start broadcasting under the name of ( Your Health @ Yarmouk FM) , the program's idea, preparation and presentation by Dr. Soha Al-Beitawi , the assistant professor in faculty of medicine/ Department of Clinical Medical Sciences and the consultant in Obstetrics and Gynecology division.  

Dr. Al-Beitawi will host a doctor from the Faculty of Medicine in each episode. The whole program will cover different specialties. The guest doctors will talk about common medical problems, How to be aware of them , how to seek medical advice and how they are treated. This program aims to increase the level of awareness and health education in the local community.

The Program will be aired each Thursday at 2:00 pm and the episode will be rebroadcasted at 9:00 pm each Friday and Saturday.

Yarmouk FM is the number one broadcasting radio channel in the north of Jordan , you can listen to it at the wave 105.7 

Be there every Thursday at 2:00 pm and get the important information about your health via ( Your Health@ Yarmouk FM)

In line with the decisions of the Higher Education Council to perform the final theoritical exams as online exams, and in pursuit of developing the skills of faculty members of Clinical Medical Sciences (CMS) department in this issue, the Faculty of Medicine /YU in collaboration with Faculty of IT and Computer Sciences  held a workshop to increase the skills of faculty members to use E-learning platform for final theoritical exams. that was already used by the Basic Medical Sciences (BMS) department during the last years. The ُE-learning platform was adopted this year for CMS department instead of another platform. 

The workshop started by an introductory breif speech by the Dean of Faculty of Medicine Prof. Khaldoon Bashaireh who welcomed Dr. Ahmad Klaib from Faculty of IT and Computer sciences and praised the inter-collaboration between Yarmouk University faculties for the sake of development of the educational process in the university.

Dr. Ahmad Klaib , the Assistant Professor in Faculty of IT gave a full coverage of the subject of the workshop, from the best way of using the E learning platform,  stressing on how to establish a question bank, and the different steps of setting a reliable exam with a practical detailed explanation of the procedure. A wide margin of discussion between the lecturer and the faculty members was there during the workshop.  Another session will be held in the next few days to complete all the subject and to see the feedback of the faculty members after they start using the E-learning platform.

An agreement of collaboration between Yarmouk University and International Medical Corps (IMC) was signed today.This agreement is in the field of mental health and risk factors. The agreement was signed by Prof. Nabeel Heilat , the president of the university and Dr. Ahmad Bawaneh, the representative of the IMC in Jordan. The signing ceremony was attended by the vice President Prof. Mowaffaq Al-Omoosh and the Dean of Faculty of Medicine; Prof. Khaldoon Bashaireh.

This agreement will  positively reflect on the training of our medical students in the IMC clinics which are widespred in the minisitry of health hospitals and clinics as well as in the IMC hospitals in the refugee camps in Jordan. This will increase the exposure of medical students to different and various cases that are not usually present in the psychiatry clinics like the mental health of people who lived in dangerous situations as wars. and who were exposed to exile or forced immigration. Another benifit in the near future will be available in the term of  psychiatry academic training before and after graduation. 

The website of IMC:  https://internationalmedicalcorps.org/

Date of publication: 20-4-2021