I welcome you to the College of Medicine-Jeddah (COM-J), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS). Our university is unique on two aspects. Firstly it specializes in health sciences that include colleges of medicine, nursing, public health and health informatics, applied medical sciences, science and health professions, dentistry, and pharmacy across three campuses in Riyadh, Jeddah and Al-Ahsa. Secondly it adapted an innovative approach to education known as Problem Based Learning (PBL).
Increasingly, more medical schools are adopting PBL. The aim of any medical school is to produce graduates that master the required knowledge, skills and attitude that enable them to be safe and competent doctors. Compared to traditional approaches to medical education, curricula that are based on PBL concepts are more likely to produce quality physicians. The main pillars of PBL are integration of the various subjects of the curriculum, enforcing self directed learning techniques upon the students and having them utilize key problem solving techniques. All of these are achieved through intensive group-learning sessions.
We are proud of the quality and scope of our curriculum, both in the preparatory phase and the four-year medical program. I welcome all our new students and faculty, wishing them a productive time at our college.
Prof. Hassan S. Baaqeel, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG.
Founding Dean, College of Medicine – Jeddah
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
Prof. Hassan S. Baaqeel
Dr. Mansour Al Qurashi, currently the Dean of College of Medicine at King Saud bin Abdulaziz for Health Sciences-Jeddah, and also the Division Head of Neonatal Intensive Care Department at King Abdulaziz Medical City-Jeddah, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs. Dr Al Qurashi graduated from King Abdulaziz University, College of Medicine in August of 1991 subsequently did his Residency Training Program in Pediatrics at King Khalid National Guard Hospital in Jeddah and King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center (KFSH & RC), Riyadh in the period between 1992-1996, and obtained Arab/Saudi Board in Pediatrics in 1997 subsequently obtained scholarship by NGHA to do Fellowship training in Neonatology in the period between 1999-2002 and obtained Canadian Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship of June 2002 from University of Manitoba, Canada. In August 2002, he was appointed as Consultant Neonatologist at King Abdulaziz Medical City-Jeddah, Residency Training Program Director in Pediatrics between 2004-2005, and was appointed on February 2005 as Director of Medical Education and Academic Affairs at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, subsequently appointed as Associate Dean, Postgraduate Education and Academic Affairs, King Saud bin Abdulaziz for Health Sciences-Jeddah on February 2010 until 2016 and appointed on October 2016 as Dean of COM-J until now. Dr Al Qurashi has significant contributions in many of committees and organizations both in the field of Postgraduate Medical Education as well as Neonatal – Perinatal profession. He has numerous publications and presentations in national and international meetings.
Dr. Mansour Al Qurashi, DCH, ABP, MD.
Former Dean, College of Medicine – Jeddah
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
Dr. Mansour Al Qurashi
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