Gulf Medical University

The Gulf Medical University is located on a stretch of land extending up to a 1 Million Sq.ft.[5] and a built area of 1 Million Sq.ft. (being built in phases) that currently houses the main campus and its support facilities. It has within itself laboratories, classrooms and administration buildings, a stand-alone building that houses the library and the modern multimedia centers, a Restaurant and a sports complex with courts for tennis, basketball, volleyball and grounds for cricket and football.

Full Frontal View of Gulf Medical University.

The Information and Learning Centre covers an area spread over two floors incorporating a computer laboratory having 80 terminals with 8 multi-media labs, a graduate study centre, 8 small group learning rooms and internet browsing facilities, Medline abstracts for viewing and printing, medical data bases for accessing full-text articles covering 400 journals, and hard copies of journals, text books and monographs covering both areas of basic and clinical sciences are available. Wireless connectivity in the whole campus provides access to both the internet and intranet resources for students and faculty.

The Center for Advanced Simulation in Healthcare (C.A.S.H) is created with specific areas that can be used for training in communication skills, demonstration and practice of clinical skills on the simulator models.

Some of the simulation set-ups include: Adult ICU, Neonatal ICU, Delivery Suites, Minor Operating Theatre, General Ward, Imaging and Diagnostics, Simulation Control Rooms, etc.

CASH is linked to the GMCHRC hospital management system that provides opportunity to learn written formats in the form of patient charts, data entry and data retrieval for patient management and a digital video/data projection system with video and teleconferencing facilities.

GMU established Centre for Advanced BioMedical Research & Innovation (CABRI), a 25000 sq. ft . automated interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Centre within Gulf Medical University. CABRI has funding of AED 20 million.

The Centre for Quality Enhancement (CQE) focuses on planning and implementation of quality management systems.

The GMU testing center is the latest addition to the new facilities of Gulf Medical University. This new unit is capable of accommodating placement tests, examinations or any other form of testing.

The testing centre has been designed to be user-friendly to people with special needs with access through elevators and rooms possessing wide doors, being some of the more visible additions.[6]

The University has a series of facilities for indoor and outdoor recreational activities. The facilities, hosted at the Body & Soul Health Club, located on the campus grounds,[7] include:

• Three Tennis courts with floodlights
• A glass-back Squash court
• An indoor Badminton court
• An indoor Basketball court
• An indoor Volleyball court
• A unique 5-a-side Soccer Pitch
• A cricket pitch with customizable practice nets
• A set of snooker & pool tables
• Indoor Table Tennis

The College of Medicine offers a 5-year Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) programme. The programme is approved by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, UAE;[9] is listed in the World Health Organisation's Avicenna directory;[10] and with the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research.[11] A year's rotating residential internship follows the successful completion of the programme.[12]

Students undertaking the MBBS programme also have the opportunity to participate in GMU's Summer Training Programme.[13]

GMU's College of Dentistry offers a 5-year Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) programme. One of the aims of the programme is to encourage students to become active participants in improving oral health care and awareness in the UAE.[14]

The College of Pharmacy offers the only entry-to-practice Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program (5 years) in the UAE. Admissions are open for PharmD after higher secondary school. With the extensive internship, the graduates of PharmD are eligible to write pharmacist licensure exam right after graduation. Two years of clinical practice makes the PharmD graduates apply for Clinical Pharmacist license too. The PharmD program is undergoing international certification by Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, USA.[15]

The College of Allied Health Sciences offers a ​3 ¹⁄₂-year Bachelor of Physical Therapy (BPT),[16] followed by a 6-month rotating internship. Students become familiar with health promotion; disease and disability prevention; and develop positive attitudes to the care of individuals and the wider population.

The College of Graduate Studies offers graduates of accredited medical schools, both in and outside the UAE, 6 postgraduate courses.[17]

Masters Programmes offered by GMU are:

• Masters in Clinical Pathology (MS CP)
• Masters in Toxicology (MS Tox)
• Masters in Public Health (MPH)
• Masters in Human Reproductive Biology (MS HRB); the first of its kind in the UAE.[18]
• Masters in Physical Therapy (MPT)
• Diploma in Toxicology (Dip Tox)

Graduate Programmes offered by GMU are:

• MBBS
• BBMS
• DMD
• Pharm D
• BPT
• BHS - MLS
• BHS - MIS
• BHS - AST
• BHS - NS

GMU's Centre for Continuing Education and Community Outreach aims to provide physicians and other health professionals with the opportunity of continuing professional development. The centre offers a series of certificate courses over 10-month or short-term study periods.[19]

GMU also offers online certificate programmes in Health Insurance Accountancy and Medical Tourism Mediator.[20]

GMU launched its own online journal in 2012 and has contributed research articles to a wealth of international medical journals[21] such as: Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention; Journal of Surgery Pakistan (International); International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research; and the International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences.

Elected representatives from the Student Council form the Student Council Executive Board. This is made up of one elected student from each program who will attend the respective college council meetings called for by the deans of the respective colleges.

A General Secretary is elected from amongst the Council's Executive Board along with a few Joint Secretaries on an annual basis. The institute hails its elected officials by placing their names on the University boards main entrance hall.