Program Overview

Dubai Medical University Programs

The Dubai Medical University offers a range of programs in the field of medicine and health sciences. The programs are designed to provide students with a comprehensive education and training in their chosen field.

College of Medicine

The College of Medicine at Dubai Medical University offers the following programs:

• Doctor of Medicine (6 years)
• Doctor of Medicine (4 years)
• Bachelor of Biomedical Science
• MS in Health Professions Education
• PG Diploma in Health Professions Education

Program Details

MD Program Aims

The MD program at Dubai Medical University aims to graduate physicians with the following attributes:

• Medical Expert
• Evidence-based practitioner and scholar
• Patient care provider and health advocate
• Communicator
• Collaborator, innovator, and leader
• Professional
• System-based healthcare advocate
• Self and profession enhancer
• Socially accountable

MD Program Principles

The curriculum is guided by the following principles:

• Balanced – Promotes intellectual, moral, spiritual, aesthetic, creative, emotional, and physical development.
• Horizontally integrated – revolving around a set of presentations that integrate early clinical relevance.
• Coherent – Makes explicit connections and links between the basic science knowledge and clinical practice.
• Vertically Integrated – utilizing competency progression as a framework guiding student learning.
• Relevant – Seeks to connect the valued outcomes of a curriculum to the pupils being taught it; provides opportunities for pupils to make informed choices.
• Student-centered – with a modality that allows for students to track their own learning and identify their own learning gaps.
• Spiral – where there are longitudinal threads running throughout the curriculum where outcomes are revisited at monitored intervals.

Accreditation

The Doctor of Medicine (MD Program) is accredited by the Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA), Ministry of Education, Higher Education Affairs, United Arab Emirates. The program is a six-year competency-based program with a total of 224 Credit Hours, organized in three inter-related phases – each is two years with two critical points "Gates" at the end of phase I and II.

Research

The university has a strong research focus, with research areas including:

• Research Publications
• Research Policies
• Dissertations
• Laboratories
• Research Support

Admissions

Admission criteria for the programs include:

• Admission Criteria for Doctor of Medicine (6 years)
• Admission Criteria for Doctor of Medicine (4 years)
• Admission Criteria for Bachelor of Biomedical Science
• Admission Criteria for MS in Health Professions Education
• Admission Criteria for PG Diploma in Health Professions Education