Objective:

The purpose of this course consists of public education for doctors, with following characteristics:

• Introduction to help provide health care for the people
• Be familiar with the Islamic culture and Islamic Republic system and know the required regulations governing the Islamic society
• To have enough knowledge about health services system and be aware of their duties and responsibilities of the system in the country
• To have enough scientific and practical knowledge to function in the diagnosis of diseases and referring patients to higher health authorities and participation in programs of prevention and public health
• Be able to use the latest scientific resources and new information in their work

Course length and shape:
Medical training is a total of seven years and includes stages: basic sciences, typology, physiopathology, clinical training and internship

Requirements to enter Medical School:

To be accepted in the relevant entrance exam, having completed high school approved by the Ministry of Education of the inside or outside the country is required. Body and mental health during studying medicine which is 7 years, is required. Maximum length allowed is 10 years and the number of medical education units are 92 units in courses for basic sciences stage, 33 units for physiopathology stage, 96 units in clinical clerkship stage, 72 units for Internship stage and 6 units in thesis.

First stage: (basic sciences) - early stage of medical education for medical primary stage is 2.5 years:

Students at this stage learn the public courses and basic and main courses. The purpose of this step is to learn body building training and exercise physiology, and health and to understand the biological factors and pathogenic mechanisms of the immune body damage and familiarize students with the principles and health issues
The maximum time allowed for passing the first step is 3 years.

Second stage:

The period for second stage is one year. The educational purpose of this stage is to give principal knowledge of physiological mechanism of diseases and familiarize students with the mechanism of diseases and factors in their manifestation and diagnosis of diseases through the analysis of the diseases.
Students during this stage are required to pass the following courses:

• Typology and physiopathology
• Monitoring pathology and pharmacology

* Physiopathology and typology are taught after completion of the basic science courses and the first six months of teaching third-year medical.
** Typology and physiopathology consisting courses in Gastroenterology, heart and blood circulation ( for around four weeks each ), Endocrinology and internal Metabolism, Kidney, blood and lungs of Rheumatology ( for around three weeks each ) with specific pharmacology and pathology and symptoms biology are taught during six months.
The maximum time allowed for passing the second stage is one-year

Third stage: Clinical Clerkship

The purpose of this stage is to diagnose diseases in laboratory and clinical perspective and to obtain the necessary capabilities to use and gain independence thoughts and rapid conclusion to the logical and correct approach with patients and designing prevention and treatment operations.
Time for a good clinical clerkship is 21 months during which the period of internal, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, eye, ear, nose and throat, psychiatry, radiology, dermatology and general courses based on the remaining units are spent according to attached tables. Location for training are the educational hospitals. Duration of this period is 21 months and the condition for internship period, is a test before participating in internship training period.

Fourth stage: Clinical internship

The purpose of this period is to strengthen skills and increase responsibility and the decisions made by students to face health issues and health affairs directly in contact with patients and with clinical examinations and laboratory instructions findings to reach diagnosis and treatment. All of these activities may be done under the relevant teachers and residents. Duration of this period is 18 months.

Fourth and Fifth Year Program is as follows:

• Training in sections shall be performed by each section planning programs and related teachers
• One day a week is allocated to teaching the remaining public courses units
• Clinical courses will be taught in the evenings

Clinical training tests will be held at the end of each section and tests for theoretical courses will be held at the end of the session.
Clinical evaluation period at the end of each section shall be done as follows:

• Observe medical ethics and maintaining medical rank and good attitude toward patients and other staff in the section
• Interest rate and persistence of regular full-time presence in planning programs and courses according to relevant section
• Accuracy and responsibility in the affairs
• Authorities are responsible for the evaluation of learning power and the rate of student in progression of clinical training during his internship

* The minimum score of 12 from 20 is required for passing the training period. Otherwise the student must repeat this training.

Courses:

The total number of medical courses are 290 units: 152 credit courses and 138 units in typology, training, internship and thesis

• Public courses 23 units
• Main courses 68 units
• The second phase 30 units
• Training 95 units
• Internship and night shifts 68 units
• Thesis 6 units