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Faculty of Medicine Alexandria University
The internal regulation of Bachelor of
Medicine and Surgery program based
on competencies
Five-year system
The Internal Regulation
2018
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The preparation Committee of the internal regulation of Bachelor of
Medicine and Surgery program
The internal regulation was set and revised by the curriculum committee of
Alexandria Faculty of Medicine under the presidency of Prof. Ahmed
Osman, the dean of the faculty and the committee members:
Vice-Dean of Education& Student affairs Prof. Mohamed Hesham Abdelmoneim
Professor of clinical pharmacology Prof. Mohamed Khedr
Professor of internal medicine Prof. Samir Naeem
Professor of public health and the
executive director of medical education
department
Prof. Soha Rashed
Professor of histology and coordinator of
preclinical phase
Prof. Hoda Khalifa
Professor of histology and consultant of
Quality Assurance Unit
Prof. Thanaa Rady
Professor of pediatrics Prof. Ali Abdelmohsen
Professor of Obstetrics& Gynecology Prof. Tarek Qarqoor
Professor of general surgery Prof. Khaled Madbouly
Lecturer of public health Dr. Mona Hamdy Ashry
6th year student Marwan Mostafa Abo Ouf
Resident doctor Salma Said Almashadd
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Topic Page
1st section: Aims of Bachelor stage
and strategies of education and
learning
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2nd section: Faculty departments 7
3rd section: Committees of
university councils
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4th section: Basic rules 11
5th section: Courses and
evaluation
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Section 1
Aims of Bachelor stage and strategies of education and learning
Introduction:
Need for developing the educational program for undergraduates
Since the establishment of Alexandria Faculty of Medicine in 1942, it bears
the responsibility of providing the local, Arab, African and international
community with graduates qualified in offering distinguished health services
which contribute in improving the health of individuals and society.
This became crystallized in the faculty mission which states:
"Alexandria Faculty of Medicine is committed to provide the community
with physicians who are competent in diagnosis and treatment of its health
problems and who are applying professional ethics and caring for essential
social values The faculty is also aspiring to enrich medical sciences with
scientific researches that participate in solving community problems and
providing integrated medical care that cope with modern technologies
through the University Hospitals and all other kinds of services within the
society"
and also the faculty vision which states:
"Alexandria Faculty of Medicine is aspiring to be an excellent and creative
model in medical education, scientific research and effectiveness in
community participation that will make its graduates and staff pioneers in
different fields of science and medical services which contributes in
developing and enriching medicine. This will achieve excellence and
competitiveness and position it in the top level between its peers on the
national, regional and international levels."
since the medical education has witnessed during last and recent decades a
remarkable transition that has been benefited by several schools of medicine
all over the world and involved creating and applying many major changes
in managing and forming curricula and content, the faculty of medicine
formed a medical education committee in 2003 then medical education
department in 2008 in addition to forming a specified committee for
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curricula and courses. Such committee will follow and develop a program
for medical education that will make the faculty up-to-date to international
developments and changes in this area. These steps were associated with
making self evaluation for the faculty including all areas of education
through first self study in the modern era in 2004 and 2005. It was followed
by annual reports of the program.
Such self studies, faculty annual reports and program annual reports were
based on stakeholders. They are the employers and representatives of
medical syndicate, civil society, faculty administration, faculty staff
members and employers, students and graduates in addition to revising
documents related to curricula and courses, available learning resources,
exam results, etc.
All this has made it possible to identify points of strength in activities and
services provided by the faculty and the areas needed to be improved and
developed, the available chances and threats which may affect on the
development path and which form axes of SWOT analysis.
According to the results of SWOT analysis of Faculty of medicine first
strategic analysis 2008/2013, the educational program was changed from
"Disciplined Based System" to "Integrated Based System". The Integrated
Based System has been applied since the academic year 2009/2010 after the
internal regulation of the bachelor phase has been approved in August 2009
in addition to adopting National Academic Reference Standards (NARS) in
its first version in 2009.
This program was distinguished by the following:
1- Student center learning (Active learning) and not the professor.
2- It achieves the integration of basic medical sciences with clinical sciences
to form overlapping units related to the patient and his problems following
the steps of integration scale in the medical education course for Bachelor
stage which was designed by Harden in 2000 and starting from making staff
members aware of what they teach in different departments and achieving
homogeneity and participation in modules.
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3- The beginning of clinical training since first years. It should be done in
many places and not only in university hospitals using additional techniques
in addition to patient inspection.
This was accompanied by expanding the concept of the integrated program
for all teaching staff in addition to their participation in teaching in the above
mentioned new program through holding symposiums and intensive
workshops organized by the medical education department in association
with medical education experts from international universities.
Many committees of teaching staff, medical education department and
faculty administration were also formed to follow the application of the
integrated curriculum which entailed the amendment of the internal
regulation for the bachelor stage of 2013 in the scope of modernization and
development based on continuous evaluation.
The curriculum committee were reformed to put the new regulation for the
bachelor stage in parallel with the issuance of the 2nd version of NARS in
2017 which was adopted by the faculty and the recommendations and
decisions passed by the committee of medical studies sector in the Supreme
Council of Universities. It was followed by the amendment of Article No.
154 of the executive regulation of universities' organizing law passed by law
no. 49 of 1972 related to the period of study to get the bachelor degree of
medicine and surgery. Such period will be 5 academic years by credit hour
system followed by a study of two foundation years of clinical training
followed by making a general exam as a condition to practice medicine in
Egypt through the Egyptian Authority for Compulsory Training.
Graduate specifications in accordance with NARS:
1. Promoting and maintaining human health.
2. Professional treatment and commitment to the ethics of medicine.
3. Providing a high quality health care for the patient and concentrating on
first health care and dealing with common health problems in the society.
4. Making and maintaining a good relationship with the patient and knowing
its importance.
5. Working efficiently with all health team members and respecting their
roles and contribution in providing health service.
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6. Full knowledge of his role as a part of health care system, respecting the
hierarchy and work rules of the health institution and using his
administrative and leading skills to add a value to such institution.
7. Continuity of sustainable professional development through lifelong
continuing learning including his participation in postgraduate studies'
programs and research studies.
Main features of the educational program for bachelor of medicine and
surgery:
1. Based on competencies that should be acquired by the graduate to provide
the services required in the society.
2. Confirming that the content of the educational curriculum should be
closely related to the professional practice according to a group of
competencies that the student must get before graduation to be qualified to
practice his profession in accordance with national and international norms
and standards recognized in medicine which corresponds to the faculty's
vision and mission.
3. Facilitating the early integration between what the student studies in the
basic sciences with what he studies in clinical ones as well as between
clinical sciences among each other during the years of study horizontally and
vertically.
4. Determining the ratio of each topic of study to the general content of the
educational curriculum through the integration between topics within the
modules representing the systems and organs of human body and in the
framework of practical and clinical applications of different medical
sciences.
5. Focus on refining active and self learning skills for students.
6. Deleting the accumulation in medical curricula and allowing students to
acquire additional skills.
7. Giving the opportunity to acquire more clinical and professional skills.
8. Enlarging the acquisition of general communication skills related to
medicine and leadership and working in a team skills.
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9. Confirming on the practice of scientific research and its different
applications.
It should be noted that the process of developing the medical education
curriculum is a sustainable process and needs to be continuously pursued in
the future.
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Second: Strategy of Learning and Education
Article (1) Objectives of the faculty in the Bachelor stage
The regulation of the bachelor stage in Alexandria Faculty of Medicine was
defined in a way, so that it can lead the Faculty of Medicine to the
international position that we wish for.
The objectives of the faculty are summarized as follows:
1- Providing the society with special graduates who are qualified in the
diagnosis and treatment of medical problems in the society, who have the
ethics of the profession and who maintain the social traditions.
2- Preparing graduates who are practiced on focusing on the guarantee and
quality of medical services in the first level of medical care.
3- Adapting doctors who are capable of taking part in scientific researches
that are important in raising the health level of the society.
4- Developing the abilities of self and continuous learning of the graduates.
Clause (2) Educational philosophy
The objectives of the bachelor stage are achieved through the application of
an educational philosophy that relies on the following principles:
1- Education is a lifelong process.
2- One is capable of self-learning through his personal efforts of reaching
the knowledge resources, thinking of which and reacting therewith.
3- The staff member is not just a transmitter of knowledge and skills, but
also he guides his students to reach the sources of knowledge. He should be
their role model in facing different problems and being capable of solving it
in the light of his acquired experiences under the concept of leadership to the
optimum.
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4- Learning based on achieving competencies taking into account the focus
of medical education on patient- based results, profession practice and
community health needs.
5- Cooperative learning, leadership and enhancing doctor's ability to manage
the team in an integrated and systematic manner.
Article 3:- Strategies of teaching and learning
In order to achieve the goals and to apply the strategic educational
philosophy, the faculty uses the following strategies for teaching bachelor
students:
- Integrated learning ( horizontal and vertical) to achieve the integration
between basic medical sciences and clinical sciences.
- Active learning: to enhance students' participation in learning process.
- Student- based learning and improving his abilities for self- learning.
- Case- based teaching/ learning: to support students' ability with analytical
and diagnostic skills, their exposure to semi medical problems and problem
solving.
- Community- based learning.
In accordance with such strategies, teaching methods in the program varies
and includes:
Lectures/ Presentations- Practical and laboratory exercises- Integrated
learning activities between academic and clinical departments during
modules/ courses- Discussion groups- Scenarios for real clinical cases with
discussion- Training on the acquisition of clinical skills in skill labs- Clinical
training ( Case presentation and discussion, teaching on inpatients and
outpatients in outpatient clinics, operating rooms, primary health care
centers, clinical skill labs)- Field visits- Individual or group projects (written
and displayed scientific missions- Self- directed learning- Computer-
assisted learning (E- Learning).
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Chapter 2
Faculty Departments
The development of the faculty and its scientific departments:
The university of Farouk I in Alexandria was established passed by the
Royal Decree no. (32) in August 1942. The idea of establishing the
university and the faculty of Medicine was initiated by Dr.Muhammed
Mahfouz, Dr.Mahgoub Thabet and Dr.Ali Ibrahim. Dr.Muhammed Mahfouz
established the Department of Ophthalmology in 1930 in Amiri hospital in
Alexandria. A private hospital for conjunctivitis was established in
Alexandria in 1931. The director of Amiri hospital was appointed in 1940.
Amiri hospital was considered as a nuclear for Alexandria Faculty of
Medicine which comprises:
- The school of Medicine
- The school of Dentistry
- The school of Pharmacy
On May 17, 1962, the presidential decree No.1976 of 1962 was passed
establishing a new faculty of medicine affiliated to the University of
Alexandria in Tanta in Al-Gharbia governorate.
Alexandria Faculty of Medicine is considered one of the first faculties of
medicine in Egypt in:
- Establishing a separate emergency department and granting a diploma
degree for emergency.
- Establishing the Intensive Care Unit in 1969.
Upon the establishment of the faculty in 1942, the total number of the
independent departments was 14. Some departments were affiliated to
others. Each department was headed by a professor who remains the head of
the department until the date of the retirement on pension. Then, the number
of the faculty departments reached 30 by the end of 1994. It became 31
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department in 2005 then 33 in 2007 by adding the Department of Endemic
Diseases and the Department of Medical Education. The Department of
Medical Genetics is considered the most modern department. The University
Council approved on its establishment in 2009.
Clause ( 4)
Faculty departments
Department Code
Anesthesia & Surgical Intensive Care 0501
Cardiology and Angiology 0502
Cardiothoracic Surgery 0503
Chest Diseases 0504
Clinical and Chemical Pathology 0505
Clinical Pharmacology 0506
Community Medicine and Public Health 0507
Critical Care Medicine 0508
Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology 0509
Emergency Medicineand traumatology 0510
Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology 0511
Genitourinary Surgery 0512
Histology and Cell Biology 0513
Human Anatomy & Embryology 0514
Internal Medicine 0515
Medical Biochemistry 0516
Medical Education 0517
Medical Microbiology and Immunology 0518
Medical Parasitology 0519
Medical Physiology 0520
Neurology and Psychiatry 0521
Neurosurgery 0522
Obstetrics and Gynecology 0523
Oncology and Nuclear Medicine 0524
Ophthalmology 0525
Orthopedic Surgery& Traumatology 0526
Otorhinolaryngology 0527
Pathology 0528
Pediatrics 0529
Physical Medicine, Rheumatology &Rehabilitation 0530
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Radiodiagnosis 0531
Surgery 0532
Tropical Medicine 0533
Section 3
Committees of the Faculty Council
Article 5:- Committees of the Faculty Council
In accordance with Article no. (27) of universities' organizing law no. 49 of
1972, the faculty council forms the following committees:
1. A Committee of education& student affairs which carries out its duties in
accordance with Article no. (28) of the law.
2. A Committee of postgraduate studies& research which carries out its
duties in accordance with Article no. (29) of the law.
3. A Committee of equipments& laboratories which carries out its duties in
accordance with Article no. (30) of the law.
4. A Committee of cultural relations which carries out its duties in
accordance with Article no. (31) of the law.
5. The library committee of which carries out its duties in accordance with
Article no. (32) of the law.
6. A Committee of community service& environment development which
carries out its duties in accordance with Article no. (32 bis) of the law.
Based on the recommendations of the committee of medical studies sector in
the Supreme council of Universities, the faculty council forms the following
committees:
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1. The Higher Curriculum Committee:
Formation rules: The committee are formed of 11 to 13 members as
follows:
- The Dean or the vice-dean for student affairs.
- Members of assurance committee
- Members of teaching staff representing some academic and clinical
specializations rated 3:4.
- At least, a student and intern doctor.
- When choosing the committee members, some or all of the following
conditions should be taken into account:
- It should include members of different teaching staff ranks (Lecturer,
Assistant professor, Professor, Professor emeritus).
- There should be experience and practice in managing the educational
process.
- They should be known for good reputation and communication skills with
students and colleagues.
- Obtaining master degree or diploma in medical education.
- Participation in scientific researches in education.
• Competencies and responsibilities of the Curriculum Committee:
The committee is generally responsible for supervision of the bachelor stage
concerning the design, execution management, follow-up, program
assessment, coordination assurance, modification , improvement and
submitting proposals to the faculty council.
The committee is responsible for the following missions:
- Drafting politics, procedures and regulations for parties responsible for the
curriculum, modules and courses in the faculty.
- Making a description for the program according to the standards of quality
assurance and accreditation.
- Making a design for modules and courses, assigning a coordinator for each
module/ course , supervising, revising , describing modules/ courses in
accordance with the program description and supervising on any course
proposed by the faculty.
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- Review of elective courses, making sure that they represent 5 to 10% of the
total credit hours of the program and distributing them to the program
academic years.
- Making sure of adding vertical courses about communication skills, ethics
and professionalism.
- Determining clinical cases which the student has to study and required
skills which the student is expected to show.
- Communication with heads of departments to confirm the regularity of
courses.
- Communication with quality assurance unit to make sure of following- up
the program.
- Following- up student overload.
- Submitting proposals to add or delete any module/ course.
- Specifying a work table for the program and revising course schedule.
- Proposing a plan to improve teaching staff skills and making consultations
for teaching staff to redesign program and courses and communicating with
quality units in other faculties to coordinate and making workshops to
improve teaching staff abilities in the integrated education.
- Making a periodic review for the program and making sure of writing
annual report for each course and the program in addition to clarifying
points of strength and weakness in the program and committee proposals for
development.
- Writing a quarterly report for the faculty council about committee activity
and the regularity of the integrated program.
- Evaluation of education program periodically.
- Making sure that the faculty infrastructure is suitable to the program and
courses.
1. Supreme committee of examinations and student evaluation:
The committee missions include the following:
- Developing policies and procedures of student evaluation.
- Revising and developing evaluation plan of the basic program and the
courses in the light of international standards.
- Helping semester coordinators in setting evaluation plan for courses and it
should be connected to the evaluation plan related to the basic program of
the faculty of medicine.
- Setting exam plan with the help of semester coordinators.
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- Analyzing exam questions with the help of quality unit and semester
coordinators.
- Helping semester coordinators in designing a bank of electronic questions.
- Holding workshops and training courses in the field of student evaluation.
- Making researches in the field of evaluation in medical education.
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Section 4
Basic Rules
Article 6:
Alexandria University grants the bachelor degree in medicine and surgery to
all students in the faculty of medicine.
Article 7:
The period of study to obtain the bachelor degree is five years after which
the student will receive a certificate of graduation and followed by
fundamental two years for practical training.
Article 8: The study for obtaining the bachelor degree in medicine and
surgery is divided into 3 phases :
1- Pre-clerkship Phase
2- Clerkship Phase I
3- Clerkship Phase II
The curriculum is consisted of 3 phases of study. After completing this
period successfully, the student shall be granted the bachelor degree in
medicine and surgery (MBBCh). The program achieves the vertical and
horizontal integration through modules/ integrated courses among academic
and clinical departments.
Every phase contains a number of integrated modules or courses and early
training on clinical skills in addition to long courses extended to all the years
of the first and second phase. It provides the student with communication
competencies and scientific research.
The first phase: Pre-clerkship Phase
This phase aims at qualifying the student to study integrated medical
sciences and extends to the first and second year (4 semesters). This phase
starts with a preparatory course to prepare the student to study in the high
education generally and the medical study specifically. The student will then
move to study the basics of medical sciences in the form of modules
combining between basic medical sciences which explain the structure,
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functions, cells, chemical and genetic components of the human body in a
framework of practical and clinical applications. This phase ends with a
preparatory course to the following clinical phases.
The second phase: Clerkship Phase I
This phase which extends to the third and fourth year (4 semesters) aims at
preparing students to professional practice. In this phase, the student is
trained clinically through dealing directly with patents in basic and
specialized clinical departments with integrated courses combining between
clinical and basic medical sciences which includes what explains and relates
to patients like parasitology, microbiology, diseases and pharmacology in
addition to the course which relies on solving complex medical issues
confirming the importance of comprehensiveness in both diagnosis and
treatment.
The third phase: Clerkship Phase II
This phase covers the fifth year as an extended academic year (the ninth and
tenth semester) in which the student completes clinical and specialized
sciences and ends with an integrated course related to family medicine based
on solving complex medical sciences and in which all academic and clinical
sciences combined.
The program includes also long courses extended over the first and second
phases which cover communication skills with the teamwork, patient, human
behaviors and their relation to his professional practice. It explores the rules
of professional ethics, the doctor's code of ethics, human rights and using it
when dealing with patients, the nature of clinical work whether in hospitals
or primary health care centers and the principles of infection control, quality
assurance in health care and research bases.
Article 9: Study dates
1- Pre-clinical phase:
The academic year in this phase is divided into two semesters:
The first semester: starts in September and continues for about (15) weeks.
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The second semester: starts after the end of summer vacation and continues
for about (15) weeks.
1- The first clinical phase: (4 semesters)
Study in this phase starts in September and continues for about (20) weeks
and resumed after the end of mid-year vacation and continues for about (20)
weeks.
1- The second clinical phase: (4 semesters)
Study in this phase starts in September and continues for about (20) weeks
and resumed after the end of mid-year vacation and continues for about (20)
weeks.
Article 10: General requirements for admission and registration:
1- The student must have obtained a certificate of secondary school from the
Arab Republic of Egypt or an equivalent degree from a scientific institution
recognized by the University and the Supreme Council of Universities.
2- Registration must be within maximum six (6) weeks from the beginning
of the academic year. If the student registered after the end of the specified
period, the student will be accepted but his registration will be cancelled
during the academic year and then he will be re-registered in the beginning
of the next academic year.
3- Tuition fees shall be paid in the defined date announced by the faculty.
4- Attendance rate (75% of practical training) in the module in the first
semester of the first year is a condition to complete the study in the first
year.
Article 11: Rules of transfer to the faculty
After fulfilling the requirements of transfer approved by the supreme council
of universities by the student who applied to transfer to Alexandria Faculty
of Medicine and after considering the clearance to compare what the student
studied in his previous faculty to the curriculum of Alexandria faculty of
medicine, the student transfer to the faculty shall be accepted with the
fulfillment of the following requirements:
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1. The student must apply to transfer to the faculty during the period defined
by the supreme council of universities before the beginning of the academic
year.
2. The student must be accepted only in the beginning of the academic year
and not in the mid-academic year.
3. The student must study at least 50% of credit hour system in Alexandria
faculty of medicine.
Article (12): Credit Hours System
A credit hour system is defined as 14 training hours+ 1 hour final exam.
Teaching hour= Lecture or practical training or clinical training or activities.
Lecture (from 50 to 60 minutes)
Practical training (2 hours)
Clinical training ( 3 hours)
Training/ Field activities (4 hours)
Academic week equals 1 to 1.5 credit hour according to the course and the
schedule.
Total of credit hours for bachelor program= two hundred and seven (207)
credit hours including ten (10) credit hours for elective courses, fourteen
(14) credit hours for long courses and two (2) credit hours for university
requirements of courses.
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Article (13): Rules regulating success from one year to another and
program completion
Definition of terms used:
The student fully attended, made an excuse of
attending the final exam of a module/ course with
maximum 48 hours from the exam date and the
faculty administration accepted this excuse.
Incomplete
The student fully attended and didn't attend the
module/ course exam without an accepted excuse.
Failure Withdrawal
The student didn't fulfill 75% of attending practical/
clinical training/ course.
Forced withdrawal
The student will fail if he scored 60% of the module/
course or if he scored less than 40% of the module/
course final exam.
Failure
The student must attend practical/ clinical training for each module/ course
with minimum 75% to be allowed to attend the module/ course exams (End
of Module exams and final exams).
If the student fulfilled the attendance rate, made an excuse of attending the
module/ course exam with maximum 48 hours from the exam date and the
faculty administration accepted this excuse, the student must attend the exam
in the first term in which the exam of this module/ course will be held and
all the marks he scored will be counted. If he didn't attend the exam, this will
be considered failure withdrawal.
If the student fulfilled the attendance rate and didn't attend the final exam of
a module/ course(practical and written) without an acceptable excuse, this
will be considered failure withdrawal from the module/ course.
If the student didn't fulfill the attendance rate mentioned above, he will be
banned from entering the exam (the end of module exams and final exams).
He will be failed in this module/ course.
The student will be failed if he scored less than 60% of the total grade in any
course/ module or if he scored less than 40% of the final written exam of a
module/ course.
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The student will be failed in the longitudinal course if he scored less than
60% of the total grades of the cumulative course in the end of the fourth
year. He must enter the second round exam which is held in the end of the
second phase and includes the exam of the whole course which has been
studied over four years.
In the above mentioned cases:
- The student is allowed to enter only the second round exam which is held
in the end of the stage after completing the study of modules/ courses in
such stage. If he succeeded, he will obtain only 60% in such modules/
courses in which he failed before.
- The student must register in advance in second round exam ( according to
the rules of registration). If the student didn't register, he will be banned
from entering such exam.
- If the student failed in second round exam in the end of any module/
course, he must repeat the whole academic year and will be allowed in this
repeat year to enter module/ courses exams in which he failed before
provided that he must fulfill the attendance rate in such modules/ courses in
the repeat year. If he succeeded in such modules/ courses in which he failed
before, all grades he scored will be counted and he will not lose the grades
he scored before in modules/ courses.
- The student moves within the same stage from the first term to the
following one whether he succeeded or failed in one, some or all modules/
courses of such year. The student will move from one stage to another only
when he succeeds in all modules/ courses of such stage except for elective
courses and the university requirements.
Requirements of obtaining the bachelor degree:
- Scoring cumulative GPA equals 2 at least and cumulative total at least 60%
is a must to obtain the bachelor degree.
- The student must pass all elective courses and university requirements to
obtain the bachelor degree.
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Article (14): Academic Guidance
An office for academic guidance related to the vice-dean of educational&
student affairs shall be established. It is responsible for the following:
1. Preparing students to adapt to university life.
2. Providing academic and guide information to students and introducing
them to the internal regulation of the bachelor stage as well as university
norms.
3. Providing the necessary support to students to complete their studies
successfully in the defined period.
4. Advising and helping students who face academic problems.
5. Caring for students with low educational attainment and stumbled ones
and helping them to improve their level academically.
6. Taking an interest of excellent students and caring them to enhance their
abilities and excellence.
7. Sending an academic warning to the student who didn't score GPA equals
2 at least in the end of the stage. The student should ask the employees in the
academic guidance office for counseling and support.
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Section 5
Courses and assessment
Article (15): Curriculum map
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Pre- clerkship
Aca
dem
ic
yea
r
Semester 1 Semester 2
Yea
r 1
Medical school
orientation
(3 weeks)
2 CH
Foundation of
medical sciences
(7 weeks)
7 CH
Blood and
Immune system
(4 weeks)
4 CH
Musculoskeletal
system
(7 weeks)
7 CH
Cardiorespiratory
system
(7 weeks)
7 CH
Medical terminology
+ Clinical skills
Communication skills 1 CH
Professionalism 1 CH
Research 1 CH
University Requirements English language (1 CH)
Human Rights (1CH)
Yea
r 2
Semester 3
Semester 4
Nervous system
(7 weeks)
7 CH
Endocrine and
genitourinary
systems
(7 weeks)
7 CH
Gastrointestinal
system &
Nutrition
(7 weeks)
7 CH
Concepts
of health
and
disease
(5 weeks)
5 CH
Research
(Epidemiology
and
Biostatistics)
(2 weeks)
2 CH
+ Clinical skills + Clinical skills
Communication skills 1 CH
Professionalism 1 CH
Research
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Clerkship I
Yea
r 3
Semester 5
Semester 6
(Extended semester)
Infectious
diseases 1
(4 weeks)
4CH
Infectious diseases 2
8 CH
Rotation 1 Rotation 2
Rotation
1 Rotation 2
Students' rotations
Rotation 3 Rotation
4
Rotation
5
Tropical
Med.
(2 weeks)
Communit
y
attachmen
t
(2 weeks)
Research
(2 weeks)
2 CH
Elective
(2 weeks)
2 CH
Elective
(2 weeks)
2 CH
Internal
Medicine
(9 weeks)
13.5 CH
Surgery
(9 weeks)
13.5 CH
+
Pharmacology
+ Pathology
Research
Communication skills 1 CH
Professionalism 1 CH
Yea
r 4
Semester 7
Semester 8
Rotation 1 Rotation 2
Case-based
Integrated Block
Medicine and
Surgery
(4 weeks)
6 CH
Rotation 1 Rotation
2 Rotation 3
Rotatio
n 4
Cardio-
pulmonary
medicine
(4 weeks)
6 CH
Neurosci
ence
(4
weeks)
4 CH
Dermatolo
gy
(2 weeks)
3 CH
Investig
ative
medicin
e
(2
weeks)
2 CH
Internal Medicine
(6 weeks)
9 CH
+Pharmacology
Surgery
(6 weeks)
9 CH
+Pathology
Elective
(2 weeks)
2 CH
Elective
(2
weeks)
2 CH
Communication skills 1 CH
Professionalism 1 CH
Research 1 CH
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Clerkship phase II
Yea
r 5
Rotation 1 Rotation 2 Rotation 3 Rotation 4
Case-based
approach to
Family
Medicine
(Multidisci
plinary)
(6 weeks)
6 CH
Pediatrics
(8 weeks)
12 CH
Obstetrics &
Gynecology
(8 weeks)
12 CH
Ophthalmology
(3weeks)
4.5 CH
ENT
(3weeks)
4.5 CH
Emergen
cy Med&
Clinical
Toxicolog
y
(4 weeks)
6 CH
Anesthesia&Cri
tica care
(2 weeks)
2 CH
Orthopedics &
Traumatology
(GP)
(2 weeks)
3 CH
Elective
(2 weeks)
2 CH
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Article (16): Courses of the pre-clerkship Phase
1st year / Semester I
Teaching departments Credit
hours
Weeks Code Course
Medical Education
2 3 050101MSO Medical School
orientation ( Medical
Terminology)
Anatomy
Histology
Biochemistry
Physiology
Pathology (Genetics)
Radiology
7 7 050101FMS Foundation of
Medical sciences
Anatomy
Histology
Biochemistry
Physiology
Radiology
Clinical skills committee*
4 4 050101BIS Blood and Immune
System
+ Clinical skills
1 University requirement English
1st year / Semester II
Teaching departments Credit
hours
Weeks Code Course
Anatomy
Histology
Biochemistry
Physiology
Radiology
Clinical skills committee*
7 7 050102MSS Musculoskeletal
system + Clinical
skills
Anatomy
Histology
Biochemistry
Physiology
Radiology
Clinical skills committee*
7 7 050102CRS Cardio-respiratory
system + Clinical
skills
1 University
requirement
Human Rights
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2nd
year / Semester III
Teaching departments Credit
hours
Weeks Code Course
Anatomy
Histology
Biochemistry
Physiology
Radiology
Clinical skills committee*
7 7 050203NS Nervous system +
Clinical skills
Anatomy
Histology
Biochemistry
Physiology
Radiology
Clinical skills committee*
7 7 050203EGUS Endocrine and
Genitourinary
systems+ Clinical
skills
2nd
year / Semester IV
Teaching departments Credit
hours
Weeks Code Course
Anatomy
Histology
Biochemistry
Physiology
Radiology
Clinical skills committee*
7 7 050204GISN Gastrointestinal
system and
Nutrition + Clinical
skills
Pathology
Pharmacology
Community Medicine
5 5 050204CoHD Concepts of Health
and Disease
Clinical skills committee*: Internal Medicine- Medical Education-Skill Lab
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Courses of clerkship Phase I
3rd
Year / Semester V
Teaching departments Credit
hours
Weeks Code Course
Parasitology
Microbiology
Community Medicine
Pharmacology
Pathology
4 4 050305ID1 Infectious Diseases
1
Parasitology
Microbiology
Community Medicine
Pharmacology
Pathology
Tropical Medicine
8 8 050305ID2 Infectious Diseases
2
All departments 2 2
weeks
Elective 1
All departments 2 2
weeks
Elective 2
3rd
Year / Semester VI – 4th
Year/ Semester VII (extended semester)
Teaching departments Credit
hours
Weeks Code Course
Internal Medicine
Pharmacology
22.5 15 050306IMP Internal Medicine
Surgery
Pathology
22.5 15 050306SP Surgery
Internal Medicine
Surgery
Pathology-
Pharmacology
6 4 050407CBI Case Based
Integrated Block
Medicine and
Surgery
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30
4th
Year/ Semester VIII
Teaching departments Credit
hours
Weeks Code Course
Cardiology
Chest
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Microbiology
Pharmacology
Pathology
6 4 050408CP Cardio-
Pulmonary
Neurology&Psychiatry
Neurosurgery
Pharmacology
4 4 050408NS Neuroscience
Dermatology 3 2 050408Derm Dermatology
Clinical Pathology
Radiology
2 2 050408IM Investigative
Medicine
All departments 2 2 Elective 3
All departments 2 2 Elective 4
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Courses of Clerkship Phase II
5
th Year (Extended year)
Teaching departments Credit
hours
Weeks Code Course
Pediatrics
Pediatric Surgery
12 8 0505Ped Pediatrics
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Pathology
12 8 0505ObGy Obstetrics and
Gynecology
Ophthalmology 4.5 3 0505Ophth Ophthalmology
Otorhinolaryngology 4.5 0505ENT ENT
Emergency&Traumatology
Forensic &Medical Toxicology
6 4 0505EMCT Emergency Medicine
and Clinical Toxicology
Anesthesia & Surgical Intensive
Care
Critical Care Medicine
2 2 0505ACPC Anesthesia and Critical
Care
Orthopedic Surgery and
Traumatology
3 2 0505OT Orthopedics and
Traumatology
Community Medicine
Forensic Medicine
All Clinical departments
6 6 0505CBAFM Case Based Approach to
Family Medicine
All departments 2 2 Elective 5
Article (19): Longitudinal Threads
Teaching
Departments
Total
CH
4th
year
3rd
year
2nd
year
1st
year
Code Course
Community
Medicine
Medical Education
All Clinical
departments
4CH 1CH 1CH 1CH 1 CH 0501234CM Communication
Skills
Community
Medicine
Forensic Medicine
All Clinical
Departments
4CH 1CH 1CH 1CH 1CH 0501234PR Professionalism
Community
Medicine
Forensic Medicine
Medical Education
Research Labs
All Clinical and
Academic
Departments
6CH 1CH 2CH 2CH 1CH 0501234RS Research
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Article (20): Elective Courses
The student studies over the academic years a number of elective courses.
The total credit hours of elective courses are (10).
The elective courses include the following:
- Selected in-depth studies in some parties of the faculty program with a
minimum of 6 credit hours of the total credit hours specified for elective
courses.
- Complementary studies in some subspecialties of the program and may be
studied in similar faculties.
- Studies non- related to the medical field supporting students' hobbies in
particular which increase their expertise and competence as doctors.
- Results of elective courses shall be "Pass" "Fail". The student is considered
"Passed" if he scores 50% of the total evaluation grades of elective courses.
- Grades of elective courses are not included in the general grade.
- Student will be graduated only after passing the elective courses specified
for every student.
Article (21): Courses related to university requirements
- The student studies the courses stipulated by the administration of
Alexandria University.
- Results of such courses shall be "Pass" "Fail". The student is considered
"Passed" if he scores 50% of the total evaluation grades of elective courses.
- Grades of such courses are not included in the general grade.
- Success in such courses is a must for graduation and obtaining the bachelor
degree.
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Article (22): Course Grades
Grades of each course shall be counted according to credit hours specified so
as to each credit hour will equal 25 grades according to the proposal
submitted by the committee of medical studies in the supreme council of
universities.
1
st year / Semester I
Course Credit hours Marks
Medical School orientation
( Medical Terminology)
2 50
Foundation of Medical
sciences
7 175
Blood and Immune System
+ Clinical skills
4 100
English 1 -
Total 325
1
st year / Semester II
Course Credit hours Marks
Musculoskeletal system +
Clinical skills
7 175
Cardio-respiratory system +
Clinical skills 7 175
Human Rights 1 -
Total 350
2
nd year / Semester III
Course Credit hours Marks
Nervous system + Clinical
skills
7 175
Endocrine and
Genitourinary systems+
Clinical skills
7 175
Total 350
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2nd
year / Semester IV
Course Credit hours Marks
Gastrointestinal system
and Nutrition + Clinical
skills
7 175
Concepts of Health and
Disease
5 125
Total 300
3rd
Year / Semester V
Course Credit hours Marks
Infectious Diseases 1 4 100
Infectious Diseases 2 8 200
Total 300
3rd
Year / Semester VI – 4th
Year/ Semester VII (extended semester)
Course Credit hours Marks
Internal Medicine 22.5 565
Surgery 22.5 565
Case Based Integrated
Block Medicine and
Surgery
6 150
Total 1280
4th
Year/ Semester VIII
Course Credit hours Marks
Cardio-Pulmonary 6 150
Neuroscience 4 100
Dermatology 3 75
Investigative Medicine 2 50
Total 375
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5th
Year (Extended year)
Course Credit hours Marks
Pediatrics 12 300
Obstetrics and
Gynecology
12 300
Ophthalmology 4.5 110
ENT 4.5 110
Emergency Medicine
and Clinical Toxicology 6 150
Anesthesia and Critical
Care 2 50
Orthopedics and
Traumatology 3 75
Case Based Approach to
Family Medicine 6 150
Total 1255
Longitudinal Courses
Course Credit hours Marks
Communication Skills 4 100
Professionalism 4 100
Research 6 150
Total 350
Total Marks
Marks Credit hours Phases/Longitudinal
threads
1325 53 Phase I
1955 78 Phase II
1245 50 Phase III
350 14 Longitudinal threads
4875 195 Total
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Article (23): Evaluation methods and its elements
Evaluation methods:
Informative evaluation which includes:
MCQs during lectures
Short objective questions during practical training
Practical questions based on cases and problem- solving during
clinical training.
Electronic questions for self evaluation.
Summative evaluation which includes:
Written exams:
Objective questions like: MCQs, true/ false and matching. Specific short questions Short and practical essay questions and modified essay
questions
Practical questions based on cases and problem- solving
Practical/ clinical questions:
Objective Structured practical examinations OSPEs Objective Structured clinical examinations OSCEs Written assignments with standardized checklists Students’ presentations with standardized checklists
Elements of cumulative evaluation:
Exams are divided into:
1. End of module exams and continuous evaluation ( 30% of the total
grade of the course/ module at the end of the module/ clinical training).
2. Final written exams ( 40% of the total grade of the course/ module at the
end of the term/ academic year).
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3. Practical/ clinical exams ( 30% of the total grade of the course/ module)
including:
- In the first phase: 20% for exams of clinical and lab skills and they are
held at the end of the module+ 10% for exams of general and transferrable
skills during the term.
- In the second phase: 30% for exams of professional and clinical skills at
the end of clinical training.
Second- round exam which is held at the end of the phase and divided
into:
Written exam ( 60% of the total grade of the course/ module).
Practical/ clinical exam ( 40% of the total grade of the course/ module).
Longitudinal courses (four-year course):
- Grade of such courses is divided over the terms/ academic years
(cumulative) according to the content and teaching hours.
- The total grade of each course is calculated at the end of 4th year after the
student completes the course and passes all exams over four years.
- The student will fail in the course if he obtained less than 60% of the
course total grade at the end of the 4th year.
Article (24): Exam dates
1. Final written exam is held annually in the following dates:
- Pre-clerkship Phase: at the end of every term in January and June of every
year.
- Clerkship Phase I: at the end of the term/ academic year.
- Clerkship Phase II: at the end of the term/ academic year.
2. Second- round exam is held at the end of the phase one month after the
result.
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Article (25): Grading system
Grades are granted to students according to the following systems:
The total grades of each module/ course shall be calculated after the final
exam and likewise the cumulative total of all modules/ courses studied after
graduation and according to its percentage of the total grade, the student
shall be granted the following grades:
Percentage Grade
85-100 Excellent
˃85 - 75 Very good
˃75 -65 Good
˃65 -60 Pass
˃60 Fail
GPA )Grade Point Average(
Grade point
(GP)
Percentage Grade (letter)
4.00 90-100 A
3.67 85-
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Cumulative GPA= Total quality points for all modules
and courses
Total number of credit hours taken
The student is granted (Honor) if his cumulative GPA equals 3.37 at least
provided passing all modules/ courses in the first time he enters the exam.
Students are ranked according to the GPA including Egyptian students
registered in the new programs ( International Program- French section).
Article (26): Approval and application of regulation
This regulation shall be applied on the bachelor students in addition to the
new programs ( International Program- French section) after the approval of
the concerned parties starting from the academic year 2018/2019 taking into
account the application of the articles of the international agreements with
foreign parties on foreign students enrolled in the new programs.
As for students registered before such date, they shall be subject to the
internal regulation applied at the time when they joined the faculty.
In cases where no provision is made, the rules of the universities' regulation
law and the internal regulation shall be applied and other related and
certified laws.