Jabir ibn Hayyan University aims to Review and Upgrade its Curriculum with the Imperial College (London)

April 03, 2015

 Professor Ali Mahmood Al-Shimmeri, the President of Jabir ibn Hayyan welcomed Professor Salman Al-Rawaf on Wednesday, the 1st of April, 2015 at the president office. The Vice President for Scientific Affairs; Professor Basim Zwain, the Vice President for Administrative Affairs; Assistant Professor Ahmed Al-Mohanna and the Faculty Members were among the attendants Mister President and his Guest Discussed the Hopeful Role of the Imperial College in Reviewing and Upgrading the Curriculum of the Faculty of Medicine to Meet the Highest Quality Standards. The Visitor, Al-Rawaf, pledged to help and promised to exert his faithful efforts in order to achieve this mission. He invited Mr. President and the Curriculum Structuring Team to Visit the Imperial College in September, 2015 to Negotiate about the Most Appropriate Proposals provided by their Experts. The Jabir ibn Hayyan Medical University Administration Accepted the Invitation and is Now Preparing to Mail the University Plans and Targets to Professor Al-Rawaf for the Sake of Costruction of a Suitable Curriculum. Professor Salman Rawaf qualified in medicine with training in pediatrics and public health. Prof Rawaf is Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Education and Training and is well known for his international work and contribution to global health. He is an adviser to the World Health Organization on primary care, public health, health systems, medical education and human resource for health development. The Collaborating Centre supports several WHO Regions and their Member States. Professor Rawaf is a Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Physicians London and the UK Faculty of Public Health and Member of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine Ireland. He is the UK Faculty of Public Health Global Health Adviser, an Executive Member of the International Committee of the UK Academy of the Royal Medical Colleges, a Member of WHO Advisory Committee for Health research, and Programme Leader of the Postgraduate Diploma/MSc in Family Medicine Middlesex University. He is an Honorary Professor at Ghent University, Belgium. Salman’s contributions to public health and primary care in research and service delivery are well known. He is recognized for his work in supporting countries to strengthen their health systems and service development including Bahrain, Brazil, Iran, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Oman, Poland, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Palestine, Qatar and Yemen. Among the many innovative approaches is Staying Healthy: a programme to assess risk factors for chronic diseases in community settings and enable individuals to engage in their own health. Prof Rawaf is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Public Health Medicine and a member of a number editorial boards and has published several scientific papers, two books and many international reports.