The Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University (FOM-SCU) was established as the first community-oriented/based, problem-based, student-centered medical school in Egypt and a pioneering innovative school in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. FOM-SCU has been designated as a WHO Collaborating Center for health manpower development since 1978 and till now. FOM-SCU is one of the founding members of the “Network of Community Partnerships for Health through Innovative Education, Service, and Research”, now called “Towards Unity for Health” (TUFH).

In 2001, the Medical Education Department at the Faculty of Medicine Suez Canal University (MED-SCU) was established. It is the first department to be founded in medical education in all the Egyptian universities and the Middle East as a whole.

MED-SCU addresses the challenges and threats to the delivery of proper medical education and hence, the promotion of better health cares and service. The foundation of MED-SCU has opened the road to produce specialists and expert providers by offering Diploma, Master, and PhD degrees, as well as short-term training courses. 

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