Medicine Koc University

Overview

Koc University’s graduates of the School of Medicine have the means to supply significant contributions to the medical world through establishing national and international communication with the world of science, observing the latest developments in macrocosm of intelligence, as well as a mastery of new medical technology, and handling of therapeutic equipment in addition to the merit of a firm conscious.

School of Medicine’s mode of communication is in English. The first three years of the education is in Rumelifeneri campus and then onwards it continues in Topkapi based Koç University Research and Educational Hospital. Starting from the fourth year of the studies the teaching and training’s concentration shifts to develop clinical skills.

Delivering the latest in the science of patient’s care and treatment, Koç University’s Hospital was built to breed medical doctors, medical support personnel as well as nurses at an international level of expertise. Distinguished as a center for research & clinical education in & out of Turkey, Koç University hospital is a technologicaly advanced full featured hospital.

In the fourth and fifth years, students are draw into practical educational training by diagnosing and practicing. In the sixth year, students achieve the pre-graduate internship title. They progress towards graduation by going about, taking responsibility of patient’s care invariably heeded by faculty members.

Educational Objectives

• To nurture skilled physicians who protect the individual and public health, have full knowledge of human body’s biological and molecular mechanisms, can apply scientific and evidence based diagnosis and therapy, and who are equipped with basic clinical know-how, skills and approach, and aware of national and international health issues.

• Koç University School of Medicine expects all of its students to demonstrate competency in the following areas prior to graduating with the MD degree.