Mission
Continuous upgrading of the educational process at Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies through revision and continuous improvement of the quality of the educational programs and student assessment processes.
Expected Functions and Duties
As the case with any academic center in the College, the main functions of the HPEC are divided into Education and Training, research and publications, and services:
Education and Training:
- Curriculum design, revision, mentoring, and development
- Student Assessment such as; developing new methods, upgrading assessment guidelines, reviewing all kinds of exams, follow up the conduction of exams on Digi-Assess program, follow up clinical based exams, etc…
- Faculty Development Programs for fulltime/part-time staff working in the college and hospitals in different fields of HPE and Educational Technology.
- Holding educational and training activities for medical staff working in the hospital and other community healthcare settings.
- E-Learning Activities; through development of many interactive online courses, follow up the digital process of education using both the Digi-class and Digi-scheduler programs, and follow up and monitoring process of Incision Academy Simulation Platform.
- Providing consultations for faculty in issues related to teaching, assessment, and course management. This will be done both through one-on-one training (inside or outside the HPEC) or in the form of meetings with multiple faculty members from different programs.
- Planning and conducting workshops for students in the different areas (Study skills, Self-learning, PBL concept and steps, Presentation skills, student assessment methods Orientation, Professional communication, etc…)
Quality and Accreditation
- Working as an important asset in helping ISNC different programs obtain the academic accreditation at the national and international levels.
Research and Publication
- Publish researches in the field of Health Professions Education.
- Support the students and staff to conduct research in the field of Health Professions Education.
- Collaborate with other health professions educators outside the College or experts’ educators inside the College in doing research.
Community Partnership.
- Providing tailored faculty development training activities to academic staff from other institutions.
- Providing consultations to other HPEIs in the field of health professions education.
Unit’s Management
Director of the Unit
Dr. Asmaa Abdel Nasser, MHPE, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medical Education
Prof. Shereen El Tarhouny
Professor of Medical Biochemistry
Joint Master of Health Professions Education (JMHPE)
Contact information
Health Professions Education Center (HPEC),
Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies,
Al Mahjar Street, Al Mahjar, Jeddah, KSA
P.O. Box: 31906, Jeddah 21418
Center Room # 204 Ext: 115, 114, 327
E-mail: isnc_hpecenter@ibnsina.edu.sa
