Training to be a doctor in medicine is challenging. The constant advances in diagnosis and treatment of diseases necessitate a balanced curriculum, from teaching good bedside manner, to focusing on technologically oriented techniques in patient-management. Medicine as a discipline is based on science, the art of diagnosis and human touch in patients care. Sudan faces many health problems and these are reflected in the curriculum set by the faculty. With these challenges in mind, the Faculty of Medicine in the University was established in 1996. It is situated in Khartoum capital of Sudan, Riyadh area. Study peried 5 years Spread in 10 semesters.

The faculty consists of 12 departments as follows:

1. Basic Sciences departments:

• Anatomy
• Physiology
• Biochemistry

2. Paramedical departments:

• Microbiology
• Pathology
• Pharmacology
• Community medicine
• Radiology

3. Medical departments:

• Paediatrics & child health
• Medicine
• Surgery
• Obstetric & Gynaecology

Administration:

The President of the University is the top of the pyramid working in close association with the Academic Secretary and the University Principal. This body is concerned with the general policy of the University from an administrative & financial point of view.

The body concerned with the academic affairs is the Senate Meeting in which all Deans and heads of departments are members together with the administrative body. These meetings are regularly conductive to pass examination results as bounded by the University Regulations.

The monitoring body of the academic activities at a faculty level is the Faculty Board in which all fulltime staff members are participating and also including some part-timers.

At the level of the departments a departmental meeting is conducted bimonthly to monitor the departmental academic activities and other departmental affairs. All these meetings are minted and regular exchange of information is practiced along the pyramid.

Buildings:

The University Faculty of Medicine is composed of 3 campuses one in Rieyad which comprises the administration offices of the president, Principal, Academic secretary, Dean, & departments of anatomy & biochemistry, including a some of 8 lecture theatres. The lecture theaters are named by the names of distinguished medical personnel whose efforts in the medical field is significant & their role in medical education is well appreciated. These lecturer theatres are:

• Prof. Daoud Mustafa
• Ast Babikir Badri
• Prof. Abd Alaal Abedalla
• Shiekh Mohamed Kabeer
• Beliel
• Abozina
• Mohamed Alhassan
• Room 15
• Examinations Rooms = (Dr. Sabir Mohamed Al-Hassan & Grand Examination Hall, computer exam hall)

The second campus is situated in Khartoum Extension No. 3 where the Academy
Charity Teaching Hospital (ACTH)

This charity hospital is the main teaching hospital for the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing.

It is 200 beds hospital. The departments of medicine, surgery, obs & Gynae & Paediatrics are situated. All bed side teaching is done in this hospital however the faculty is using other hospitals as training sites like:

• Khartoum Teaching Hospital.
• Children’s Emergency Teaching Hospital.
• Soba University Hospital.
• Children Emergency Hospital Omdurman.
• Ibrahim Malik Teaching Hospital.
• Police Teaching Hospital.
• The Military Hospital

A newly established montery is also situated in ACTH with a dissection room, which can accommodate up to 120 students at the same time.

The Third campus is situated in Khartoum, East Nile Extension No. 3 where the Ban Gadeed Teaching Hospital (BGTH)

This hospital is teaching hospital for the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing. It is 115 beds hospital. The departments of medicine, surgery, Obs & Gynae & Paediatrics are situated.

Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Mohamed Kardaman

To graduate doctors with excellence in curative and preventive medicine and scientific research to work in all areas in Sudan and abroad, capable of continuously educating themselves and have hight medical ethics.

The minimum entrance requirements for admission to the Faculty of Medicine are either a Sudanese secondary school certificate or its equivalent with at least seven subjects obtained at one and the same examination. In case of O-LEVEL/IGCSE, a pass in each basic sciences subjects (Biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, English language) +any two other subjects qualify a candidate for admission (Obtained at one and the same examination).

Minimum percentage required by Sudan school certificate (or equivalent after evaluation)80%.

Scholarship: Any student who attains the highest cumulative score (not less than a cGPA of 4.00) will be eligible for a scholarship (exemption from the tuition fees for the following academic year).

The curriculum is based on a modified traditional curricula where integration of basic medical sciences is done with clinical teaching early on. It is based on three phases (over ten semesters = five academic years).

Phase I: a) Basic sciences: Human biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Psychology, Computer science, English language. b) Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry with Computer science, and Scientific English, Arabic and Religious Studies, Sudanese studies are also taught. Clinical sessions are provided during this phase.

Phase II: Pathology, Microbiology, Pharmacology with Clinical Medicine, Surgery, Community Paediatrics and Child and Reproductive Health. The teaching of basic sciences is based on a clinical, problem solving approach.

Phase III: Community Medicine and Public Health, Forensic Medicine, Research Methodology and Statistics. The course leads to development of a research proposal of an original nature which is then executed and written by the student as a graduation thesis. The students should produce a thesis of good quality before they are allowed to sit for the final examination. The clinical teaching continues for three academic years including the introductory year during phase II. The course leads to the degree of MB.BS, (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) where the student is required to obtain satisfactory levels on Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Pediatrics.

• The University's Charity Teaching Hospital (ACTH) (More Info.)

• Yastabshiroon Medical Centre (Riyadh, Khartoum) (More Info.)

• Yastabshiroon Centre for Obstetrics andGynecology
  (Well-Woman Clinic Riyadh, Khartoum) (More Info.)

• The University Medical Centre (Yastabshiroon/Omdurman)

• Albanjadeed Teaching Hospital (Haj Yusuf, Khartoum North) (More Info.)

• Khartoum Fertility Centre.

• Khartoum Specialist Clinic.

• Alzaytouna Specialist Hospital. (More Info.)

• The University Printing Press. (More Info.)

All students who wish to be admitted to the University of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine will:

• Have a high level of commitment to to enter a caring profession.

• Demonstrate an interest in people and their health and the importance of the health and cultural issues in society.

• Have achieved high academic standards and have shown qualities of self-motivation.

• Show sense of personal responsibility and a wide range of personal interest.

During the medical course the student will:

• Be educated in multi-Faculty College with rich cultural opportunities offered by the Sudan.

• Study medicine in Khartoum, a community of wide ethnic, cultural and socio-economic diversity.

• Develop an inquiring and critical approach to learning.

• Understand the scientific principle of medicine.

• Learn about patients in a variety of settings, in the hospital, health centre and the community.

• Learn the essentials of good clinical practice, which will be based on the core knowledge, skills and attitudes required for the safe practice of medicine.

The student will learn about:

• Health and its promotion.

• The scientific basis, presentation, management and prevention of the common diseases and the impact of illness on the patient and the patients family.

• The enviromintal and social basis of health and illness in the context of population.

• The scientific basis, presentation, management and prevention of the common diseases and the impact of illness on the patient and the patients family.

• How to investigate a patient, and determine the cause of illness in a community and how to research in disease and promotion of health.

• How to base judgment on scientific evidence and not on impression.

The student will develop skills by:

• Learn to communicate effectively with patient's relatives and professionals.

• Becoming proficientin essential clinical examination skills.

• Becoming proficientin essential clinical practical procedures.

• Becoming proficientin research methodology,in evaluating a scientific publication and drowing valid conclusions that may assist in future decision making.

Prizes:

The awarding authority of all prizes is the Senate of the University.

The University Prizes:

The University Prizes are open for competition to all students in the Faculties of the University. They are awarded to the students who score the highest mark in each single subject of any stop examination, provided that the mark scores is not less than grade "A" and no "F" grade in the other subjects.

Each subject prize is to the value of USD 100 or its equivalent.

Faculty of Medicine Prizes:

i. The Amipharma Prize:

A prize offered by Amipharma Co., annually to the best student in all faculties who scores the highest mark in the Chemistry examination of of the first semester, provided that the mark scores is not less than grade "A" and no "F" grade in the other subjects.

ii. Mohamed El Amin Hamid Prize:

A prize offered by the family of the late mohd El Amin Hamid is offeres annualy to the best student who scores the best mark in the Pharmacology examination at the end of the 6th semester, Faculty of Medicine, provided that the mark scored is not less than grade "A" and no "F" grade in the other subjects.

The prize is to the value of USD 100 or its equivalent.

iii. The Sudanese Medical Agencies Ltd. Prize:

A prize offered by the Sudanese Medical Agencies Ltd. is offered annually to the best student who scores the best mark in the Microbiology examination at the end of the 6th semester, Faculty of Medicine, provided that the mark scored is not less than grade "A" and no "F" grade in the other subjects

The prize is to the value of USD 100 or its equivalent.

iv. Dr. Wadie G. Mousa Prize:

A prize offered by the family of the late Dr. Wadie Gayed Mousa is offered annualy to the best student who scores the best aggregate throughout his/her academic years in the Faculty of Medicine.

The prize is to the value of USD 100 or its equivalent.

v. UMST Honorary Distinction Certificate:

An Honorary Distinction Certificate is offered annually by the University to any student who scores a minimum of grade "A" in all clinical subjects of the M.B., B.S. exam.