Kulliyyah of Medicine
| International Islamic University Malaysia Kulliyyah of Medicine | |
|---|---|
| University | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public, Ministry of Health Malaysia |
| Type | Teaching Hospital |
| Affiliated university | International Islamic University Malaysia,Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital, Sultan Ahmad Shah Hospital |
| Services | |
| Beds | 659 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1999 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.iium.edu.my/medicine |
International Islamic University Malaysia Kulliyyah of Medicine is a government funded medical institution located in Kuantan, Pahang.
The long term strategic plan of the International Islamic University Malaysia Kulliyyah of Medicine is to establish its own [[teaching hospital}} with Islam as its foundation. IIUM Hospital will promotes Islam as The Way of Life and creation of a society imbued with Islamic values through peace, moderation, just, compassion, quest for knowledge, sustainable economy and in harmony with the environment.
As a new initiative for Malaysia through its location in the east coast region of the peninsula, IIUM Hospital integrates well with the ECER development initiative to be part of the future platform for the national healthcare referral network especially for the people in the east coast. The IIUM Hospital will also contribute to sustainable employment opportunities for a wide array of medical and related professions in a conducive environment to strive for excellence. As an international medical centre, IIUM Hospital will provide a platform for both local and international professionals the appropriate environment to excel in research and innovation. In its pursuance for excellence in the region and worldwide, its location in Kuantan augurs well for healthcare tourism.
The undergraduate medical course is currently undertaken at a few sites, which are the Kuantan Campus, Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan (HTAA), Hospital Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah and Hospital Pekan. These hospitals are located in Pahang and are used for teaching during the clinical phase of the course. The use of the hospital is sealed by the Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) in 1997 to cater for the needs of undergraduate as well as postgraduate teaching in the future.
Kulliyyah of Medicine has over 120 full time highly qualified academic staff. They are recognized as specialists and sub-specialists in many clinical specialties nationally. Many sit in conjoint boards or specialty boards and in the very near future this will further be expanded and enhanced with increase in both the number and types of expertise. The current infrastructure in terms of hospitals and healthcare facilities are inadequate to support this expansion and therefore there is an urgent need for a hospital for the kulliyyah for which IIUM Hospital is envisaged to fill in the gap.
Kulliyyah of Medicine has now expanded into postgraduate activities. These are Master and PhD programmes in basic medical sciences and also in clinical postgraduate programmes supervised by the various conjoint boards of each specialty. The basic requirements for clinical postgraduate programmes are the existence of adequate infrastructure of sufficiently high standard and the clinical expertise that will run the course. The latter demands the existence of sufficient number of experienced clinicians to supervise the students during the training. The provision of the necessary infrastructure and the need for expansion of the teaching staff require the kulliyyah to acquire its own teaching hospital and therefore IIUM Hospital will be a necessity to bridge this gap.
Kulliyyah of Medicine is located in Pahang with a population of nearly 1.4 million people and this is expected to reach 2 million by the year 2020. The neighbouring state of Terengganu will expand her population to 1 million by the same year, making a catchment population of at least 3 million by 2020. This region houses a huge existence of expatriates and local professionals in the petrochemical and automotive industries and this represents a specific need for medical expertise. There is an urgent and crucial need for a tertiary teaching hospital to serve this vast area with the various needs of the population. IIUM Hospital will serve this need and ensure a high quality medical care for this region with the creation of clinical center of excellence. This will be in line with the national plan to develop ECER and SEZ within the Pahang and southern Terengganu region.
[[International Islamic University Malaysia Kulliyyah of Medicine#Malaysia|Kulliyyah of Medicine] uses Hospital Tuanku Ampuan Afzan (HTAA) in Pahang as the main teaching hospital. The total number of beds in the nine government hospitals in the state is 1585, 8 private hospitals with 143 beds and 1 estate hospital with 10 beds. The bed to population ratio for Pahang is 1:773, with the ratio in Terengganu at 1:837. For comparison, the ratio in Klang Valley is 1:232, Penang 1:349, Johor 1:473 and the national average is 1:496. The WHO recommended average is 1:400 and clearly there is a need to increase the number of beds for the people in this region. IIUM Hospital will address this shortage.
[[International Islamic University Malaysia Kulliyyah of Medicine|Kulliyyah of Medicine]e in Kuantan uses HTAA as the main teaching hospital for the university. HTAA is a service hospital with basic teaching facilities. HTAA is also used by other kulliyyahs as well as by local private learning institutions to accommodate nursing, allied health science and pharmacy students. [1]
