Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences (AJUMS) is a medical school in Khuzestan Province of Iran.
Located in southwestern Iran in the city of Ahvaz, the university was established as a College of Medicine administered by the Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz in 1955, which itself was a revived reincarnation of the ancient Academy of Gundishapur that existed in the same area in antiquity. The university separated and fell under the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran in 1986.
The university has 3 campuses in Ahvaz, Behbahan, and Abadan, and is constituted of 9 Schools, offering doctorate degrees in science and medicine in 27 fields.
The university administers 8 public hospitals in the city of Ahvaz, and 20 other hospitals in the surrounding areas, as well as dozens of clinics scattered across the province.
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Faculties
- Faculty of Pharmacy: The faculty of pharmacy is the only pharmacy faculty in the south of Iran. It was established in 1974. The educational program offered in this school are based upon Iran's nationwide educational schedule prepared by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran. The degrees available in this faculty are Doctorate of Pharmacy (for Pharmacy students), PhD in Pharmacology, PhD in Pharmaceutics and MSc in Toxicology.
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Paramedicine: the School of Hospital Sciences was established at the university in 1972. The school offered programs in the fields of laboratory sciences, radiology sciences and maritime sciences. The school was renamed afterwards to school of Para-Medicine Sciences. The Para-Medicine school expanded its programs to nutrition sciences, laboratory sciences, anesthesiology, library and information sciences, radiology sciences and health information technology sciences. Prof. Dr. Mohammad Taha Jalali is the dean of the Para-medicine School.
- Faculty of Health
- Faculty of Dentistry
- Faculty of Nursing: the nursing and midwifery faculty was established in October 1968. It began by accepting 20 nursing students per year. Students attend a three year program and received a certificate equivalent to a Bachelor's degree. In 1970 the program was extended to four years and enrolled 30 nursing students per year. In 1986, the Ministry of Health and treatment was established and all faculties were transferred to Ahvaz Medical University. At this time three majors were offered: nursing, midwifery and operating room technician. A postgraduate degree (Masters degree) in both nursing and midwifery was offered in 1993, covering medical-surgical, psychiatric nursing and pediatric nursing as well as a Masters degree program for midwifery and an associate degree of Emergency Medical Technician. In 2008, this school began a Nursing PhD program. In 2016 297 students enrolled in Bachelors degree of nursing, 175 in Bachelors degree of midwifery, 91 in Masters degree of nursing, 85 in Masters degree of midwifery, 41 in Bachelors degree of operating room and 114 in straight Bachelors degree of operation room and 19 in the PhD program.
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Scientific Journal Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences
- Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology
- Jundishapur Journal of Natural Pharmaceutical Products
- Jentashapir Journal of Health Research
- Jundishapur Journal of Chronic Disease Care
- Jundishapur Journal of Health Sciences
- Jundishapur Journal of Oncology
References
External links
- Official website
- imam khomeini hospital
- 7th Iranian Congress of Medical Physics at AJUMS, 2006
- Emergency Medicine Department
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