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130826P - 17-YEAR EXPERIENCE IN IMPLEMENTATION OF ISLAMIC MEDICAL CURRICULUM IN SOUTH EAST ASIA - (Word Slides)

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Presented at a Seminar on Islamization of the Medical Curriculum and Practice held at the International Islamic University Kuantan Malaysia 26-27th August 2013 by Professor Omar Hasan K Kasule MB ChB (MUK), MPH (Harvard), DrPH (Harvard) EM omarkasule@yahoo.com, WEB: www.omarkasule.blogspot.com


HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
·         Before 1995 some medical schools such as Yarsi required their students to study Qur’an and other Islamic sciences as part of the curriculum.
·         The year 1995 was pivotal when Islamic medicine was defined at a PPIM Seminar in KL in July 1995 as Islamic values and paradigms in medicine and not specific modalities.
·         This opened the door to Islamization of scientific medicine and medical practice.

THE ISLAMIC INPUT IN THE MEDICAL CURRICULUM (IIMC)
·         1995: the planning for the Islamic Input in the Medical Curriculum (IIMC) that was implemented at Kuantan with the first batch of students in 1997.
·         IIMC presented the following Islamic themes fully integrated into the rest of the curriculum: basic Islamic concepts, Islamic civilization, epistemology, creation and the basic medical sciences, medical fiqh especially ibadat pesakit, medical ethics, fiqh muamalat, personal development, and leadership and management.
·         The curriculum was integrated in three ways: the teachers of medical subjects were also the teachers of IIMC, IIMC was integrated in the lectures of specific disciplines, and items on IIMC were integrated in all examinations.

THE ISLAMIC INPUT IN THE MEDICAL PROGRAM (IIMP)
·         Practical components were added by the departments of orthopedics, gynecology, and internal medicine
·         2005: The name of the program was change to the Islamic Input in the Medical Program (IIMP).

SPREAD OF IIMC IN MALAYSIA
·         The period 2000-2004 witnessed intense efforts to popularize the program at many seminars, conferences, and workshops in Malaysia.
·         Several nursing and medical schools took up the idea.
·         UISM requested IIUM professors for help to set up their program and they added many interesting innovations and improvements.
·         The Selangor University Nursing school adopted some aspects of IIMC.

SPREAD OF IIMC OUTSIDE MALAYSIA
·         The period 2005-2009 witnessed intense efforts at seminars and conferences to popularize the IIMC in other Asian countries such as Brunei, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India.
·         IIMC was taught at the Faculty of Medicine University of Brunei 2005-2009.
·         Teaching the Islamic input proceeded at various medical schools in Indonesia.



THE ISLAMIC HOSPITAL CONSORTIUM
·         Graduates of IIMC started practicing in various hospitals in Malaysia from 2003 onwards
·         Concepts of IIMC became known more especially as patients and hospital administrators observed that these doctors had extra value added to their education that impacted patient care positively.
·         This contributed partially to the growth of the Islamic Hospital Consortium (IHC) that has now more than 10 member hospitals.
·         The success of the Malaysian IHC has influenced similar efforts in Indonesia, Bangladesh, and other countries.
·         IIMC has matured and it is now time to make a deep evaluation to guide future developments.