Dean's speech

In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

Hammurabi College of Medicine was formed in 2017 by Prof. Dr. Abdul Razzaq Al-Issa and Prof. Dr Adel Hadi Al-Baghdadi, the dean of the College of Medicine and in collaboration with the University of Leicester, the Integrated system as a curriculum was adopted. Initial admission was 69. The integrative curriculum in medical education emphasises the student-centred nature of learning. Where there is a lecture of big groups (Large group), followed by the split of students into small groups (Small group), and the assessment method in one day, with MCQ Assessment and Short answer response. It includes all (Modules) as this curriculum allows students to learn medical terminology and the scenario of pathological cases from the first stage where there is one section combines the medical department and the officials of the module, which allows overlap of all medical specialties in one module, broadening students' knowledge and understanding of medical sciences. We aim to improve Babylon's health by graduating doctors with superior scientific understanding to cope the shortage of doctors.