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ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

1. OBJECTIVES AND EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLES

  A. OBJECTIVES :

  To produce competent, compassionate and  community oriented  health and allied
     personnel in congruent with man power needs of the country.
  To carry out relevant basic and applied researches for the advancement of knowledge
      and  improvement of the health care system of the country.
  To disseminate knowledge essential for the improvement of the health care system and
      health professionals training in the country.
  To provide essential health care services of highest quality for the regional population
      curative, preventive, and laboratory services, and specialised health care for referred
      and needy patients.
  To serve as a base for continuing  medical  education of health   professionals to keep
      them abreast  with scientific advances, and to assure life long competence of the health
      workforce.

   B. EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLES

    Training health professionals in RURAL and URBAN teaching and service settings so that
    the graduates acquire  knowledge and skills  relevant to the needs of the  community and
    practice setting.
           Providing curricula and teaching programmes that are COMMUNITY ORIENTED that
    enable a graduate to identify health problems of the community and to improve the patterns
    of health care. Training different health professionals together as a TEAM to establish and
    Enhance the ethos of teamwork, early professional socialisation, and respect for colleagues.
         Implementing HORIZONTAL and VERTICAL INTEGRATION of  biomedical, social and 
    behavioural sciences with clinical medicine and community health to produce a multi science
    based, and competent health professionals.
        Involving students in planning and evaluating the teaching program, fostering students 
     development of an appropriate  attitude to learning  by direct  students participation in
     teaching through  PROBLEM BASED APPROACH,  and cultivating  the   exploration of
     knowledge by involving them in RESEARCH.
           Ensuring life long competence of professionals through provision of "CONTINUING
     PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION and TRAINING" to practising graduates.

2. ACADEMIC  DEPARTMENTS & TRAINING PROGRAMES

   A. ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS

BASIC AND SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT
   Categories:  English, Sociology, anthropology, Health Economics, Psychology,
                      Ethiopian Geography,Ethiopian History, General & Organic chemistry,
                      mathematics, physics, biology

PRE-CLINICAL DEPARTMENTS
         Anatomy              Pathology
        Physiology             Pharmacology
       Biochemistry         Microbiology

CLINICAL DEPARTMENTS
           Internal Medicine                       Radiology
          Surgery                                  Ophthalmology
          Paediatrics                              Dentistry
          Obstetrics and Gynaecology          Neuro-Psychiatry

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH

DIPLOMA PROGRAMMES TRAINING DEPARTMENTS Department of Nursing Department of Midwifery Department of Environmental Health (Sanitary Science) Department  of Laboratory Technology Department of Sports & Physical Education

   B. TRAINING PROGRAMMES

	Degree programmes        Medicine - Duration of training - 6 years Degree awarded - Medical Doctorate.        Health Officer (Post basic) Duration of training - two and half years           Degree awarded - Bachelor of Science in Public Health.
	Diploma programmes (each of the following programmes  requires two year training)       Clinical Nursing              Laboratory Technology       Public Health Nursing        Midwifery       Environmental Health

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