Leading first-year students with excellence
The common first year (CFY/BMS) was established in 2011 when the Inaya Medical Colleges welcomed their students, as it is considered the cornerstone of the educational process for enrolling in specializations within of the other eleven programs offered by the Inaya Medical Colleges.
Dear fellow students,
We want to welcome you and wish you a unique academic experience.
The common first year is the first challenge facing the new students in their academic endeavors.
Throughout the first common year, the students are equipped with the essential knowledge and skills they need to reach their professional goals. It focuses on teaching students the following set of skills:
In our department, we ensure the students have access to all the required learning resources, qualified staff, classrooms, libraries, and laboratories, to proceed together toward the road of excellence and success.
Dr. Maryam Alshammari
Chairman of the CFY and the BMS Department at Inaya Medical Colleges
Providing high quality educational program to develop basic skills for first-year students through an outstanding academic setting to achieve excellent academic and professional performance.
Creating a conducive academic learning environment for first-year students.
Module description: Biostatistics – BIOS 101
This course is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of Biostatistics and statistical analysis methods for the foundation year students.
Module description: Communication Skills – COMM 101
This course will deal with the styles and tools of human communication. It aims to equip students with the kit of positive communication and interaction with society. It also drives at creating balance in students’ personalities mentally and emotionally.
Module description: Computer for Health Sciences
This course will enable the students to have the comprehensive understanding of computer systems. It will introduce the students to hardware and major type of software components as well as give the students hands on operation experience.
Module description: English Language 101
The course is designed for the students to achieve best in their academic language. This course is highly recommended for students in foundation year; therefore, the student will acquire all the skill
Module description: Biology – 101BIOL
This course provides students with knowledge of all the biological basics, fundamentals and theories especially concerning human begins. After completing the course, the students should be informed with all structures and systems of the body and how they work to perform their functions.
Module description: Ethics in health care – ETH 101
This course is an introduction to the philosophical study of morality, including the theory of right and wrong behavior in health care field, and the theory of virtue and vice. Moreover, the health care practitioner duties and rights.
Module description: General Physics – PHYS 101
This course serves as an introduction to the essential elements of physics needed by premedical students in the branches of mechanics, movement, forces, fluid mechanics, electric and magnetic phenomena, radiation and the nature phenomena by using the language of physics.
Module description: Introduction to Chemistry – CHEM 101
This course is an introductory course to the basic principles of chemistry in all aspects of general analytical and organic chemistry. It is provided in the foundation year, and it has theoretical and practical components.
Module description: English Language 102 – 102 ENGL
This course has been designed to develop students’ knowledge of the form, meaning, and use of English grammar structures at the intermediate level which helps student to understand and communicate better in social and academic situations. In addition, it enhances students’ academic writing skills through employing some academic strategies such as simple in-class writing strategies – prewriting process approach – clustering – brainstorming techniques and samples that explain many grammatical style rules and functions and also Identifies components of effective writing and communication.
Module description: Medical Terminology – ENGL 105
This course designed to help students to acquire knowledge necessary for basic understanding of medical terminology, and to aid in learning to define and spell medical words correctly.
Module description: Pathology and Pharmacology – 235 BMS
This course focuses on the system of human disease and its effects on the human body. It emphasizes the disease process, basic concepts, terminology, prevention, etiology, signs and symptoms, diagnostic and treatment modalities and prognoses for the common diseases of the body systems. This course provides a basis of thinking for health information professions by providing a framework and foundation for the common disease and their drug treatment. The emphasis of the Pharmacology topics will be on terminology, drug classifications, uses, side effects, interactions, incompatibilities and common dosages
Module description: Introduction to Public Health and Epidemiology – 231 PHS
This course provides an introduction to public health and its main concepts. It covers the major public health and spans across a range of topics such as epidemiology, public health informatics and surveillance, health economics, public health laboratory science, and related fields. The course also provides an introduction to epidemiological concepts for students. During this course the students will learn about the main types of epidemiological studies and key issues in their use. The course introduces students to the basic principles and methods of epidemiology, with various examples about communicable and non-communicable diseases. Topics include measures of health and risk, epidemiological study designs and issues of validity & bias.
Module description: Medical Ethics – BMS 234
This course provides the student with an understanding of the parameters of professional practice and the legal and ethical responsibilities of the clinical professional from the Islamic point of view. This course also provides the student with the basic concepts of patient care, the clinical duties towards the patients, professors, colleagues, and employees.
Module description: Biostatistics – BIOS 101
This course is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of Biostatistics and statistical analysis methods for the foundation year students.
Module description: Communication Skills – COMM 101
This course will deal with the styles and tools of human communication. It aims to equip students with the kit of positive communication and interaction with society. It also drives at creating balance in students’ personalities mentally and emotionally.
Module description: Computer for Health Sciences
This course will enable the students to have the comprehensive understanding of computer systems. It will introduce the students to hardware and major type of software components as well as give the students hands on operation experience.
Module description: English Language 101
The course is designed for the students to achieve best in their academic language. This course is highly recommended for students in foundation year; therefore, the student will acquire all the skill.
Module description: Biology – 101BIOL
This course provides students with knowledge of all the biological basics, fundamentals and theories especially concerning human begins. After completing the course, the students should be informed with all structures and systems of the body and how they work to perform their functions.
Module description: Ethics in Health care – ETH 101
This course is an introduction to the philosophical study of morality, including the theory of right and wrong behavior in health care field, and the theory of virtue and vice. Moreover, the health care practitioner duties and rights.
Module description: General Physics – PHYS 101
This course serves as an introduction to the essential elements of physics needed by premedical students in the branches of mechanics, movement, forces, fluid mechanics, electric and magnetic phenomena, radiation and the nature phenomena by using the language of physics.
Module description: Introduction to Chemistry – CHEM 101
This course is an introductory course to the basic principles of chemistry in all aspects of general analytical and organic chemistry. It is provided in the foundation year, and it has theoretical and practical components.
Module description: English Language 102 – 102 ENGL
This course has been designed to develop students’ knowledge of the form, meaning, and use of English grammar structures at the intermediate level which helps student to understand and communicate better in social and academic situations. In addition, it enhances students’ academic writing skills through employing some academic strategies such as simple in-class writing strategies – prewriting process approach – clustering – brainstorming techniques and samples that explain many grammatical style rules and functions and also Identifies components of effective writing and communication.
Module description: Medical Terminology – ENGL 105
This course designed to help students to acquire knowledge necessary for basic understanding of medical terminology, and to aid in learning to define and spell medical words correctly.
Module description: Pathology and Pharmacology – 235 BMS
This course focuses on the system of human disease and its effects on the human body. It emphasizes the disease process, basic concepts, terminology, prevention, etiology, signs and symptoms, diagnostic and treatment modalities and prognoses for the common diseases of the body systems. This course provides a basis of thinking for health information professions by providing a framework and foundation for the common disease and their drug treatment. The emphasis of the Pharmacology topics will be on terminology, drug classifications, uses, side effects, interactions, incompatibilities and common dosages
Module description: Introduction to Public Health and Epidemiology – 231 PHS
This course provides an introduction to public health and its main concepts. It covers the major public health and spans across a range of topics such as epidemiology, public health informatics and surveillance, health economics, public health laboratory science, and related fields. The course also provides an introduction to epidemiological concepts for students. During this course the students will learn about the main types of epidemiological studies and key issues in their use. The course introduces students to the basic principles and methods of epidemiology, with various examples about communicable and non-communicable diseases. Topics include measures of health and risk, epidemiological study designs and issues of validity & bias.
Module description: Medical Ethics – BMS 234
This course provides the student with an understanding of the parameters of professional practice and the legal and ethical responsibilities of the clinical professional from the Islamic point of view. This course also provides the student with the basic concepts of patient care, the clinical duties towards the patients, professors, colleagues, and employees.
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