1- Training Aims and Objectives
Aim: Istanbul Okan University Faculty of Medicine aims to educate physicians who are professionally equipped, committed to ethical, professional and human rights principles, sensitive to health needs in regional, national and global social, cultural and economic contexts, producing scientific approach and humane service.
Objectives:
- To maintain and develop an educational program that focuses on the competencies that a graduate physician should have (health service provider and health advocate, scientist, good communicator and human values, team member, leader and manager)
- To design the basic components of the education program on the basis of the Turkish National Core Curriculum, taking into account the priority health problems of the society at regional and national scale and develop program components in line with international health indicators and needs
- Sensitivity to professional values and behaviors in education, focusing on personal development
- Adoption of current and effective education, training, measurement and evaluation methods
- Continuous professional / institutional development approach in education, to ensure that faculty members are equipped with effective learning methods
- To demonstrate multidisciplinary approaches and practices in education, service and research
- To develop opportunities for students to participate in international exchange and visit program
To create sustainable and systemic conditions for national and international accreditation and qualitative development of undergraduate and graduate education program
2- Research and Development Aim and Objectives
Aim: Istanbul Okan University Faculty of Medicine aims research and development activities that contribute to the development of international scientific knowledge and evidence-based scientific practices.
Objectives:
- To cooperate with universities and organizations in various disciplines in order to increase the quantitative and qualitative development of research and development studies by considering the needs of society and the benefit of society, to develop products and patents
- To provide infrastructure and opportunities for research design and multidisciplinary study planning
- To provide epidemiological research trainings necessary for the creation and support of new projects
- To encourage the presentation of institutional research at scientific meetings and publication in journals
- Developing scientific projects through undergraduate and postgraduate programs
3- Health Services Aim and Objectives
Aim: Istanbul Okan University Faculty of Medicine and Health Centers aim to provide quality health services in all fields of medicine and related fields, in accordance with the needs of the society, scientific technology, effective, reliable, fast, with an approach that embraces universal human values.
Objectives:
- To adopt an approach that prioritizes patient safety and patient rights and to maintain all practices within the framework of medical ethics rules
- To adopt a community-oriented service approach that protects and improves public health and embraces human values
- To provide a health service that focuses on the individual and is sensitive to the sociocultural context in which the individual lives
- To establish a reputable institutional structure that is culturally and environmentally sensitive, innovative and continuously developing
- To establish and develop the necessary quality system and infrastructure to provide early diagnosis and treatment services by using medical knowledge and technology
- To carry out clinical education, health service delivery and research activities in co-operation