Al Quds Medical School (AQU), established in 1994 as the first Palestinian medical school. It was deficient in cadavers for Anatomy teaching. This stems from cultural norms which prohibit cadaveric dissection.
Accordingly, AQU resorted to computer-assisted learning (CAL) in this topic and the use of diverse mannequins and models that match human anatomy topography. Procurement was not possible due to the prohibitive cost.
Luckily, and with the kind assistance of FQMS we managed to buy the initial batch of Anatomy manikins which served our Anatomy instruction till 2013, when the yearly intake of the medical school was around 60 students.
In 2013, the policy of the university made it imperative to increase the number of new enrollees to 150 and thereafter by yearly increments of 40, until we reached an intake of 300 students in 2017.
This imposed a heavy burden on our Anatomy facility coupled with the fact that many of the original models became useless from wear and tear over the years.
This necessitated the Faculty to establish a new Anatomy lab to accommodate the increased number of students and to replace a lot of the old models acquired since 1994.
Again, FQMS has miraculously come to our assistance by approving the purchase of new Anatomy models to equip the new lab.
The list of Anatomy models covered all the body parts and musculoskeletal bone structure. Without this new facility, the medical school would have found it difficult to teach the practical component of Anatomy discipline and this would have jeopardised the delivery quality of our curriculum.
In addition, the medical faculty delivers Anatomy teaching to Dental, Pharmacy and Nursing students thus putting a great burden and intense need for a second Anatomy lab with the installation of new purchased Anatomy items.
I have to register my sincere thanks and great appreciation for the assistance FQMS has provided and is still sustaining this help to AQU. Without this ironclad support Al Quds Medical School mission would have been hampered immensely.
Hani Abdeen BM. FRCP (UK). FCCP
Dean SoM Al-Quds University
Abu Deis – Jerusalem East
Palestine
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