The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Naeem Al-Aboudi, confirmed that dealing with the index of increasing the number of students in medical colleges will not be at the expense of absorptive capacity and quality requirements.

In his speech during the official opening of the nineteenth international scientific conference of the College of Medicine at the University of Baghdad, the Minister of Education said, in the presence of a number of deputies, university presidents, and Iraqi and foreign personalities, that this conference represents an appropriate opportunity to provide an appropriate academic climate for the required review of the environment of this type of education and the challenges that accompany it, and to measure the index. performance in general.

He urged more attention to the quality of the inputs of the educational process and linking its disciplines and outputs with the community’s need for specialized services and participation in solving its changing problems that require educational institutions to take into account flexibility and innovation and keep pace with innovations in the field of knowledge, indicating that the medical colleges, which reached thirty-one colleges, vary in their educational systems between The integrative system, courses, semester and annual meet in the mission and goal set by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in reaching the highest level of performance and interaction that is based on the tripartite of the student, the curriculum and the professor until the equation of quality and accreditation is achieved.

The Minister of Education added that medical colleges in Iraq have spared no effort to reach the furthest point in their absorptive capacity to contain inputs with a quantitative impact, so that they currently host more than thirty-seven thousand students in all stages and graduate more than two thousand and eight hundred doctors annually.

He called for the studied expansion of these colleges horizontally and vertically, conditional on the availability of educational hospitals and specialized teaching staff, pointing out that the quality of the inputs of the educational process and the education process itself and its outputs occupies a priority and forefront in the agenda of higher education and scientific research, especially with regard to medical education, which appears to be at a positive level of performance after it Many medical schools in universities have obtained programmatic accreditation from the National Council for the Accreditation of Medical Schools, which represents a clear and tangible result of focusing on the correct work in the field of quality of educational programs.

In the context of the official opening activities, a speech was delivered by the President of the Republic, Dr. Abd al-Latif Jamal Rashid, in which Dr. Kamel Karim was deputized, as he emphasized that the sobriety and nobility of the College of Medicine at the University of Baghdad is sufficient to enrich the scientific conference with distinction, since its honorable scientific history is an essential part of the scientific and academic legacy, as he explained The representative of the Prime Minister, Mr. Muhammad Shia’a Al-Sudani, Dr. Salih Samad, said that the College of Medicine at the University of Baghdad represents a scientific edifice that all Iraqis are proud of because of its medical outputs of great impact on the provision of medical services.

In the same context, the President of the University of Baghdad, Dr. Mounir Al-Saadi, indicated that the conference aims to open up to international institutions in order to build distinguished scientific partnerships that contribute to the advancement of medical education, stressing at the same time that the “Study in Iraq” initiative launched by the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Naeem Al-Aboudi witnessed The registration of more than 600 students from 12 countries to study in the faculties of the University of Baghdad alone.

In his speech, the representative of the World Health Organization in Iraq, Dr. Ahmed Zueitin, expressed the organization’s keenness to cooperate with the College of Medicine at the University of Baghdad in order to achieve an integrated partnership to advance medical sciences and ensure comprehensive health coverage in Iraq.

The official opening of the conference witnessed speeches by the representative of the British Royal College, Dr. Abdul Majeed Al-Salmasi, the representative of Iraqi doctors in the United Kingdom and the European Union, Dr. Muhammad Al-Sudani, the representative of Arab doctors, Dr. Mervat Abu Al-Maati, the Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Baghdad, Dr. Amin Al-Alwani, and a number of events, including honoring personalities and showing a documentary film. About the history of the College of Medicine in Iraq and the stages of its establishment and development through its various stages of time, while the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Naeem Al-Aboudi, opened the Ibn Al-Haytham Hall in the College of Medicine and art and medical exhibitions.

Department of Media and Government Communication

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research

May 14, 2023