This is a clinical a training year for the first year family medicine residents at JUST University, 12 credit hours,12 month duration, teaching is a mixture of both didactic-lectures and seminars- and bed site at JUST health center and King Abdulla University hospital(KAUH).
Hospital rotations include Internal medicine( 3 months), Pediatrics( 3 months) General surgery( 2 months) and Obstetrics and gynecology(2 months)
Residents will have a 2 month period for Introduction to family and community medicine,they will also participate in longitudinal care of patients in the Family Medicine Center at JUST University, during clinic weeks and also during continuity clinics interspersed with other learning. Experiences involve patient care and orientation toward quality care in primary care, residents during this rotation are exposed to different health problems commonly seen at primary healthcare settings. They will be taught how to take the proper, timely managed medical history, examination, and communication skills. They will actively participate in management plan as well.
Instruction will be by full time family medicine faculty At JUST and King Abdulla Hospital, who will help residents develop skills in the evaluation and management of a variety of health problems at primary care level. Instruction in patient care emphasizes disease prevention, health maintenance, utilization of community resources and management of the emotional aspects of patient care, panel management, with special attention to the appropriate use of consultants. This training year will provide an outstanding learning experience for residents who will spend training period at a university health center and the affiliated hospital. Didactic teaching is composed of lectures and seminars, which are selected based on the common diseases with an emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion.