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For the purpose of achieving high quality in higher education and upgrading health services in Iraq, and guided by the mission and objectives of Al Zahraa College of Medicine and the Community Health and Family Medicine Branch, and in order to support a health system based on Public Health care and Family Medicine as a strategic option in Iraq, the Community Health and Family Medicine branch seeks to meet the need for highly trained and prepared competencies in the specializations of Community Health and Family Medicine.
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Deep faith and continuous effort to inculcate the concepts, foundations, and practices of Community Health and Family Medicine at the philosophical, practical, and academic level of students of Al Zahraa College of Medicine at Basra University. Therefore, the branch carries out every activity that contributes to enhancing individual and community health, medical education, scientific research, and advisory work.
The branch also seeks to spread the culture of participation & organized teamwork to solve problems and address imbalances towards building an integrated and fair health system in Iraq centered on Primary Health Care, Public Health, and Family Medicine.
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By teaching the health and disease modules, we aim to:
1. Qualifying doctors who are able to meet the preventive, curative, and rehabilitative needs of society.
2. Empower students to understand the implications of epidemiological and health services data for their future practices.
3. Facilitate students' tasks in developing their practice of medicine, not only in terms of the benefit to individual patients but to society as a whole.
4. Providing students with the necessary skills to critically assess evidence supporting potential disease risk factors or clinical interventions.
5. Supporting and strengthening research capabilities at the branch, college, and health system levels.
6. Supporting and evaluating the required procedures for implementing the Community Health and Family Medicine system in Iraq.
7. Ensuring high quality in medical education and health services in accordance with the quality standards required locally and internationally.
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