Department of

Medicine

About department

Welcome to the Department of Internal Medicine at the College of Medicine & Health Sciences, National University of Science & Technology. The Department is committed to excellence in education, clinical service, and research. Our faculty members have major clinical and teaching roles in serving as clinicians and educators.

Course Objectives

Physical Diagnosis and Clinical Integration 1 course:

  • CLO 1 : Develop history taking skills
  • CLO 2: Develop physical examination skills
  • CLO 3: Relate clinical communication skills
  • CLO 4: Demonstrate the relationship of specific physical examination technique with human structure and function

Physical Diagnosis and Clinical Integration 2 course:

  • CLO 1: Relate pathophysiological mechanism of common diseases
  • CLO 2: Elicit focused history from the patient and their attendant to arrive at a provisional diagnosis
  • CLO 3: perform a focused clinical examination to elicit clinical findings using appropriate skills and standard techniques
  • CLO   4:   Formulate   provisional   diagnosis based on focus history and clinical findings
  • CLO 5: Communicate effectively with patient, their attendants and health care team members
  • CLO 6: Demonstrate the empathy and respect towards patient, attendant, teachers, peer and other health care team

Medicine clerkship (MD 5) course:

  • CLO 1 : Explain the pathophysiology of common diseases based on clinical manifestations
  • CLO 2 : Obtain an accurate and complete medical history from patients and attendants
  • CLO 3 : Perform a complete and accurate physical examination using standard techniques
    on patients.
  • CLO 4 : Infer appropriate investigations based on history, examination findings and
    differential diagnosis.
  • CLO 5 : Describe a management plan based on the differential diagnosis and investigations.
  • CLO 6 : Display good communication skills showing empathy and respect towards patients,
    teachers and all members of the health team.

Medicine sub-internship (MD 6) course:

  • CLO 1: Relate pathophysiological mechanisms to the causation and manifestations of common diseases.
  • CLO 2: Elicit focused history from the patients and their attendants to arrive at a differential diagnosis.
  • CLO 3: Perform a focused clinical examination to elicit clinical findings using appropriate skills and standard techniques
  • CLO 4: Infer provisional diagnosis based on focused history taking and clinical examination findings.
  • CLO 5: Select an investigation plan to confirm the diagnosis.
  • CLO 6: Construct a problem-oriented management plan based on history, clinical examination, and investigations.
  • CLO 7: Communicate effectively with the patients and their attendants, peers and members of healthcare teams.
  • CLO 8: Demonstrate empathy and respect towards the patients and their attendants, teachers, peers and all members of health care team.

Courses offered:

  • Physical Diagnosis and Clinical Integration 1 (PDCI 1)
  • Physical Diagnosis and Clinical Integration 2 (PDCI 2)
  • Medicine clerkship (MD 5)
  • Medicine sub-internship (MD 6)

Faculty profile:

Dr. Tarig Eltoum Fadelelmoula

Designation: Head of Department
Email: [email protected]
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Dr Anjum Parvez

Designation: Professor
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Dr Ayyalil Abdul Karim Navas

Designation: Assistant Professor
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Dr Mazin Saleh Abdul Jabbar

Designation: Assistant Professor
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Dr Hamdi Saleh Abdul Kadir Al Mutori

Designation: Assistant Professor
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Dr Faisal Moin

Designation: Assistant Professor
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Dr. Ajith Jacob

Designation: Assistant Professor
Email: [email protected]
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Head of Medicine

Dr. Tarig Eltoum Fadelelmoula

Head of Internal Medicine
Tel: 26852042

Facilities detail

  1. A well-equipped skills lab which has
    1. i) Manikins
    2. ii) SimulScope

    iii)Heart and lung sound trainers

    1. iv) Training on Medical equipment (digital monitors, ECG machines, Oxygen delivery systems etc)
    2. v) Simulators
    3. vi) Videos prepared by the college faculty on the lines of Macleod’s videos to train the students in examining the various organ systems

    vii) Examination trays and trollies

  2. Tutorial rooms and other venues for small groups teaching.
  3. Hard copies of subject related prescribed text books and reference books and e-books of the same and other study material.
  4. SOLE access
  5. Access to NU library for thousands of medicines text books and journals.
  6. Clinical teaching areas in various specialties and subspecialties in Sohar hospital.