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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


4. A Committee of cultural relations which carries out its duties in


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



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



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



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


hours

Weeks Code Course

Anatomy

Histology

Biochemistry

Physiology

Radiology


7 7 050102MSS Musculoskeletal

system + Clinical

skills

Anatomy

Histology

Biochemistry

Physiology

Radiology


7 7 050102CRS Cardio-respiratory

system + Clinical

skills

1 University

requirement

Human Rights

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2nd

year / Semester III


hours

Weeks Code Course

Anatomy

Histology

Biochemistry

Physiology

Radiology


7 7 050203NS Nervous system +

Clinical skills

Anatomy

Histology

Biochemistry

Physiology

Radiology


7 7 050203EGUS Endocrine and

Genitourinary

systems+ Clinical

skills

2nd

year / Semester IV


hours

Weeks Code Course

Anatomy

Histology

Biochemistry

Physiology

Radiology


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


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)


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

30

4th

Year/ Semester VIII


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


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Courses of Clerkship Phase II

5

th Year (Extended year)


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


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


Musculoskeletal system +

Clinical skills

7 175

Cardio-respiratory system +

Clinical skills 7 175

Human Rights 1 -

Total 350

2

nd year / Semester III


Nervous system + Clinical

skills

7 175

Endocrine and

Genitourinary systems+

Clinical skills

7 175

Total 350

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2nd

year / Semester IV


Gastrointestinal system

and Nutrition + Clinical

skills

7 175

Concepts of Health and

Disease

5 125

Total 300

3rd

Year / Semester V


Infectious Diseases 1 4 100

Infectious Diseases 2 8 200

Total 300

3rd

Year / Semester VI – 4th

Year/ Semester VII (extended semester)


Internal Medicine 22.5 565

Surgery 22.5 565

Case Based Integrated

Block Medicine and

Surgery

6 150

Total 1280

4th

Year/ Semester VIII


Cardio-Pulmonary 6 150

Neuroscience 4 100

Dermatology 3 75

Investigative Medicine 2 50

Total 375

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5th

Year (Extended year)


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


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.

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