Course details

In this phase, the curriculum is structured around nine integrated organs/system units. Ninety three health problems are covered during the three years. Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is the main educational strategy, is conducted through small group tutorials and self-directed learning. Content and process of PBL are emphasized.

Health problems are organised into NINE Units as follows :

  • Unit I: Man and His Environment
  • Unit II: Life Cycle
  • Unit III: Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems
  • Unit IV: Endocrine, Metabolism and Reproductive Systems
  • Unit V: GIT & Renal Systems
  • Unit VI: Haemopoetic and Immune Systems
  • Unit VII: Integumentary & Musculo-skeletal Systems
  • Unit VIII: Nervous System, Special Senses & Human Behavior
  • Unit IX: Medicine, Technology & Society

Objectives of the Programme

Make students acquire integrated medical knowledge in different disciplines (Anatomy, Behavioral Sciences, Biochemistry, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Family & Community Medicine, Microbiology, Immunology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physiology, and Clinical Sciences) in the context of clinical and community health problems.

Early exposure to clinical practice and developing basic clinical skills and professional values in relation to problems studied in PBL tutorials

Development of basic diagnostic and laboratory skills in relation to clinical problems

Allow students to experience the community perspective of the clinical problems.

Updated on 08 November, 2015

About Arabian Gulf University

The idea to build the We_They was based on the belief in the importance of university and higher level education in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) society. This would be the start of satisfying the needs of GCC countries in terms of specialists and experts in various occupational fields connected to society.

After studying the cultural, social, and economic situation in the GCC region, the challenges it faces, the shared historical background was also examined. It was found that united aspirations towards a brighter future, one of which was to create a melded co-existence, of mentality and of advancement in knowledge for members of the society at large to promote the area and growth in its various sectors.

With this in mind, the General Convention of Arab Education for the GCC at its fourth meeting was held in Bahrain on the 4th of Jumada al-Oola, 1399 A.H, corresponding to the 3rd and 4th of April, 1979, the convention and it was decided to establish the We_They to be located in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

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