College of Medicine University of Tikrit

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Tikrit University College of Medicine (TUCOM)
كلية الطب جامعة تكريت
TypePublic university
Established1987
Academic affiliation
University of Tikrit
Address
Yamouk street
,
Tikrit
,
Saladin Governorate
,
28001
,
Iraq

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tikrit+University+College+of+Medicine/@34.5814672,43.6936062,19z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x15514e21cb28288f:0x95cfbe511068f3a1!8m2!3d34.5818354!4d43.6940326!16s%2Fg%2F11gdgx8vjk?entry=tts
CampusUrban
LanguageEnglish
Website https://cmed.tu.edu.iq/

Tikrit University College of Medicine (TUCOM) is a government medical school in Tikrit, Iraq. It is part of the University of Tikrit.

Contents

History

It was established in 1987 [1] alongside colleges of Education and Engineering. The first semester was in 1989.

Curriculum

The college adopted a community-oriented problem-based learning curriculum [2] from its establishment. [3] [4] This was the first in Iraq and followed examples globally and in the Eastern Mediterranean Region e.g. Ismailia and Gezira.

Deans

  1. Ghanim Alsheikh Sep 1988-Jan 2000
  2. Abul-Ghani Mohammed Ali Feb 2000-May 2003
  3. Abid Ahmad Salman May 2003-Jun 2010
  4. Wisam Suhail Najim Jun 2010-Feb 2017
  5. Salih Attiyah Allaw Feb 2017-Mar 2019
  6. Usama Ghad Abul-Qadir Mar 2019-?
  7. Wisam Suhail Najim (current) [5]

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References

  1. GY Mustafa Alsheikh; Sulaiman, Nabeel D. (2015). "The fully integrated problem based medical curriculum: experience in Tikrit University College of Medicine". doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3990.6000.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Alsheikh, Ghanim (1999). "Tikrit University College of Medicine Curriculum Document Summary". Program Evaluative Studies. 2: 1–22.
  3. GY Mustafa Alsheikh; Sulaiman, Nabeel D. (2015). "The fully integrated problem based medical curriculum: experience in Tikrit University College of Medicine". doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3990.6000.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Alsheikh, Ghanim; Al-sheikh, Mustafa; Kadhim, Talib; Hassoon, Abbas; Rowandozi, Injam; Mustafa, Omar (2022-07-30). "Review of Iraq's nationwide attempts to transform medical school curricula over the last ten decades" (PDF). Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 28 (7): 539–548. doi:10.26719/emhj.22.046.
  5. "كلية الطب - نبذة عن الكلية". cmed.tu.edu.iq. Retrieved 2023-07-30.