Dezful University of Medical Sciences

This article includes a list of general references, but it remains largely unverified because it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (August 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

'Dezful University of Medical Sciences' (DUMS) (Persian: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی و خدمات بهداشتی درمانی دزفول‎) is one of the leading^{[citation needed]} universities in Khuzestan province and the whole country. This university is affiliated to the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran.

University History[]

Dezful Medical Faculty initially admitted 30 students in 1372^{[clarification needed]} who were considered as a quota for this faculty. However, this quota was canceled due to lack of educational facilities at the faculty after 3 years. Later, Dezful Medical Faculty admitted students through the university entrance examination, but the admitted students studied at Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences and Health Services of Ahvaz. The procedure continued until 1386 (2007) when the Faculty of Emergency Medicine officially and physically began its activity with the admittance of 60 undergraduate students at the Faculty of Emergency Medicine in Dezful.

In 1387(2008), the center succeeded in obtaining the principled consent for the license of the Faculty of Medical Sciences as an independent educational, research and therapeutic unit and managed to admit 90 students through the university entrance examination for all three fields of study including the bachelor of laboratory, nursing, and anesthesiology. This college was awarded a medical license in 1391(2012), and in the year 2012 along with the second round of provincial travel of the Presidency and the Supreme Board of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, initial studies were launched to examine the upgrade of the faculty to the University of Medical Sciences, and with the establishment of 3 Faculty of Nursing and, Paramedicine and Medicine, as well as the training of the Dezful Hospital and the establishment of specialized ICUs (NICUs), Dialysis, MRI, Spiral CT Scan, Angiography, and Physical Growth And increasing educational and research facilities in 2013 Dezful Faculty of Medical Sciences were upgraded to Dezful University of Medical Sciences.

One of the major achievements of the University in 1397 (2018) was to obtain the approval of the internal assistant of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, which is the advent of the graduate level at the university level. In 2018, the University of Dezful received a license to conduct the OSCE test for clinical competency testing and has achieved significant success in the field of basic science and pre-internship tests in the last few years.

Developmental stages of the university in accordance with health goals[]

1993: Faculty of Medicine

2007: Faculty of Emergency Medicine

2008: became Independent from Ahvaz University of medical sciences

2012: Admission of the first course of medical students independently

2013: Upgrade to university

2016: Entry of the first medical students to the practice stage

2017: preparing the preliminaries of establishing new fields of studies and obtaining a license for admission of postgraduate students.

2017: obtaining permission license for the internship, holding two Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) at the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery.

Schools and faculty members[]

DUMS consists of three schools:

• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Nursing
• Faculty of Paramedical Sciences

From 2013 to 2018, the total number of faculty members increased from 28 members to 97 including 47 clinical faculty members, 21 basic sciences faculty members, and 28 instructors.

Fields and capabilities of the university[]

• Medicine
• Nursing
• Laboratory sciences
• Anesthesia
• Surgical technology
• Medical emergency

At present^[when?], the potential of students enrolled in the university is over 1100. Also, the number of staff working in Dezful University of Medical Sciences is about 4300.

DUMS Educational Hospitals[]

1. Grand Dezful Hospital
2. Nezam Mafi Hospital-Shush
3. Karoon Hospital-Gotvand

Higher education centers in the region which are under the auspices of DUMS[]

1. Dezful University of Medical Sciences
2. Jundishapur University of Technology- Dezful
3. Islamic Azad University, Dezful Branch
4. Teacher education center of Shahid Rajaee, Dezful
5. Teacher education center of Khadija Kobra, Dezful
6. Payame Noor University of Dezful
7. Center of applied science and technology, Dezful
8. Islamic Azad University, Shush Branch
9. Payame Noor University of Shush
10. Islamic Azad University, Gotvand Branch
11. Payame Noor University of Gotvand

References[]

^[1][2][3]

External links[]

• Official Website of the Dezful University of Medical Sciences
• http://educationiran.ir/en/dezful/dums