"Medicine is an art, and attends to the nature and constitution of the patient, and has principles of action and reason in each case."

         After the uprising of 1991 in the Kurdistan region of Iraq it became essential to initiate a medical school. The college was established in 1992 to accomplish a mission of providing well trained doctors to serve the community. The mission also aimed to activate health projects, researches, health promotion and community participation in improving health services provided to the population.
      Today, I am proud to announce that Dohuk College of Medicine is fully committed to and is successfully proceeding towards achievements of its set goals. Doctors graduated from the college have proven to be successful in their community and abroad while conducting their postgraduate studies.
      The college has now graduated about 317 doctors and given postgraduate degrees to 46 participants in different disciplines of medicine, also a significant improvement had been achieved in building new departments, updating the library and initiating scientific partnerships with other universities and institutes.

Dr. Farhad K. Sulayvani, CABS., FRCS.,
Dean,
Dohuk College of Medicine,
University of Dohuk ,
Kurdistan Region , Iraq .
Dean@med.uod.ac

Mission :

The mission of DCM is to graduate doctors who are
•  Knowledgeable, skillful and able to address the health needs of their society.
•  Concerned with their issues of equity, quality and relevance in providing health care.
•  Decision makers
•  Adhered to the ethical standard in their practice.
•  Able to be an active team leader.
•  Effective educator within the community
• Good health promoter and practitioner of preventive medicine.
• Able to recognize the importance of research in enhancing health standard of the population.
• A believer in continuing medical education as a tool of keeping good standard of skill and knowledge.

Objectives:

The Objectives of DCM are:
•  To graduate a highly skilled doctors who will be able to address health problems of their community.
•  To conduct researches targeted at solving common problems in the community.
•  To provide opportunities for wide range of postgraduate studies leading to higher degrees for doctors in the region.
•  To contribute in spreading and updating medical knowledge and skills among doctors through continuous medical education.
•  To be the main source of medical expertise and service delivery for the province through active participation of the staff in hospitals and health centers.
•  To be the foundation for health promotion, by adopting preventive medicine approach and health education.