:- Arabian Gulf University -:

The Arabian Gulf University and the College of Medicine and Medical Sciences were established by a Decree of the General Council of Ministers of Education of the GCC Countries at their 5th Meeting in Kuwait on 30th of March 1980. The first batch of 37 students was admitted to the Premedical Programme in October 1982. The Medical Programme began two years later in 1984/85 and extended over a period of five years. The first class graduated in 1988/89. The College admits 130 to 150 students annually from the GCC member countries according to an agreed allocation formula.

Currently the total number of registered undergraduate students at the College of Medicine and Medical Sciences at the beginning of the academic year 2006-2007 is for all the 6 years. Registered graduate students number in the Masters programmes and in the PhD Programme.

The College of Medicine and Medical Sciences of the Arabian Gulf University follows an Integrated, Community Oriented, Problem-Based, Learner-Directed curriculum. In this system of education, teaching and learning are not carried out by lectures designed and given by individual departments, but through an integrated organ system, problem solving process carried out by the students, in small groups, with the faculty members acting as facilitators. This educational strategy, which is currently being adopted by an increasing number of medical colleges throughout the world, aims at equipping the medical graduate with the desired knowledge, the appropriate attitudes and professional skills which are necessary for the effective and successful practice of medicine in this community.

The College of Medicine and Medical Sciences is committed to graduating students with the following attributes, attitudes and competencies :

The ability to identify patient problems, in terms of accuracy and comprehensiveness, and to initiate management plans in keeping with levels of experience and skills;
The ability to bring to these tasks of problem identification and management, sound clinical scientific thinking, humane and compassionate attitudes and values, and effective communication skills; the ability to ‘place’ individual patient problems in the broader contexts of family and community;
The ability to understand the role, and methodologies of research, in assessing the significance of illness and disease to communities, and the effectiveness of interventions;
The ability to identify on-going learning needs, opportunities and priorities, and to act upon them.