Overview

Welcome to Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences. We strive to provide up-to-date clinical and research information in appropriate educational formats so that participants are able to improve their knowledge, skills, attitudes, behaviors, and the clinical outcomes for their patients.

Our program consists of educational activities which serve to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance and relationships that physicians use to provide services for patients. It includes primary care, and specialty topics (such as gynecology, pediatrics, internal medicine, psychiatry, general surgery, anesthesiology, and emergency medicine) in the field of medicine.

As a result of these educational activities, we foster the continuing professional development of health care professionals. Our offerings are intended to enhance physician and other health care professionals training in a manner that will positively affect professional knowledge with the goal of improving patient care. KUMS is committed to reassessing the impact of programs and educational activities through qualitative and quantitative methods to ensure that these goals are met.

History

Until the glorious Islamic Revolution of Iran, there was no university or college of medical science in Kurdistan. In 1985, a research educational complex with the capacity of accepting undergraduate students was formed in the fields of Nursing and Laboratory Sciences.

Nursing and Midwifery Faculty was established in 1986 to accept students in Nursing and Midwifery Associates. With the approval of the medical field in the Universities Expansion Assessment Council in 1989 and the merger of the Regional Health Organization, the Kurdistan Medical School was formed. Later in 1990, the Kurdistan Medical School was upgrated to Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences. It currently has five faculties of Medicine, Paramedical Sciences, Health, Dentistry, and Nursing and Midwifery.
The University has 38 Departments within the University Campus offering different courses including B.Sc., B.E., Non-continuous B.Sc., M.Sc., M.Tech., M.D., Specialist, Subspecialist, PhD, PhD by Research, and Postdoc. There are 265 full-time faculty members including Senior Proessor, Associate Professor, Assist. Professor, and Lecturers in different diciplines. Nearlly 3000+ students are currently studying at KUMSc. For the first time, for Academic year 2019-2020, foreign students from Kurdistan Region of Iraq were admitted for Nursing (B.Sc.), General Physian (M.D.) and Dentistry (D.D.S.). 

Vision

The vision of KUMS is to provide physicians and other health care professionals’ exemplary, cutting-edge educational endeavors that teach evidence-based practices and identify new and emerging health care needs and opportunities from research through delivery of care so that, through education, we can significantly improve health.

Mission

- To present new knowledge and its application to various levels of health care.
- To provide educational activities targeted to specific audiences to keep their knowledge and skills at the highest possible levels commensurate with the standards of excellence at KUMS.
- To increase our capabilities to understand and measure the needs of diverse audiences through increased research in educational needs and outcomes.
- To partner with other distinguished organizations and institutions to offer educational activities to regional, national, and international medical communities.  

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