A pillar of the College of Medicine, the Department of Family and Community Medicine and Behavioral Sciences emphasizes dynamic, diverse, and multidisciplinary methods. Our goal is to cultivate future doctors physicians who, by incorporating patient psychology, behavior, and medical ethics into their education, exemplify compassion, respect, and ethical integrity. Our curriculum, which covers health biostatistics, epidemiology courses, research projects, and evidence-based medicine programs medicine, instills preventative and health promotion ideas concepts from year 1 to year 5. Students have conducted more than 350 community-based research projects over the past 17 years. Our students learn research by doing research. To inculcate research skills, in 2010, the department initiated a Research-Based Learning (RBL) program that aims to train and engage the students in a culture of research/evidence-based healthcare theory and practice as early as possible in their medical education. Using small group settings and simulation models, we supervise clinical training during the pre-clerkship period to promote excellence in practice.Students have performed over 100 community-based projects in the last six years. Using small group settings and simulation models, we supervise clinical training during the pre-clerkship period to promote excellence in practice.

Our department hosts conferences, symposia, and seminars as part of its active professional development initiatives. In order to provide patient-centered treatment that includes family and community medicine, psychiatry, and behavioral sciences, we place a heavy emphasis on developing strong interpersonal and communication skills as well as interdisciplinary cooperation. By means of varied educational approaches and active community involvement, we equip the physicians of the future to advance comprehensive and economical healthcare. We aim to further build local and worldwide cooperation in the areas of non-communicable illnesses, mental health, epidemiology, medical education, and health promotion practice.