FACULTY OF MEDICINE

The Faculty of Medicine is one of the leading providers of health care education in Somalia. Dedicated to innovation and excellence, we strive to improve health and social equality through a unique focus on translating discoveries into tangible outcomes for patients and communities.

Clinical practice and fieldwork are integral parts of most of our courses. Partnering with some of the largest health care providers in Somalia, we offer unparalleled opportunities for our students to gain hands-on experience in clinical and laboratory settings.

 VISION

The Faculty Vision is to develop high quality healthcare practitioners who exhibit lifelong learning, leadership and service as well as clinically, professionally, and culturally competent graduates.

MISSION

The mission is to train skilled and ethically sound medical doctors for the maintenance and development of health care delivery in Somalia and humanity in general. 

GOALS

The medical doctor, as a leader of a health team, should be competent in areas other than patient care alone. A significant part of this training should be carried out in the community in which the doctor is going to practice. The broad objectives of the faculty curriculum are:

1. To provide a sound scientific and professional basis for the production of doctors who would be capable of working anywhere in Somalia.
2. To provide such training as to equip the health personnel to render primary health care [PHC]. In this regard, the curriculum has been oriented to give greater emphasis on primary health care.
3. To produce doctors who satisfy internationally recognizable standards, and who should undertake training into specialized areas of medicine and health sciences.
4. To produce doctors with sufficient management ability to provide leadership in health care delivery.

This curriculum has defined the following eight areas in which doctors should be competent.

1. Patient Management
2. Promotion of health and prevention of disease
3. Medico-Legal duties
4.  Ethics 
5. Management & Administration
6. Teaching and learning
7. Understanding the role of Traditional Medicine
8. Community Leadership
9. Research

Provided by the SIU faulty of medicine, this programme is available by full time learning, allowing you to study flexibly while balancing work and personal lifes. The faulty of medicine deepens your understanding of medicine and surgery, and how they relate to performance. It will help you to advance your career in medicine and surgery.