Bachelor in Midwifery

The Midwifery Program graduates professional, competent, and qualified midwives who are ethically and socially accountable to care for and serve Palestinian mothers, as well as their newborns, families, and the community. The program’s efforts focus on promoting leadership and enhancing research and lifelong learning to positively transform maternal healthcare in Palestine.

• Understand the physiological and psychosocial principles of the midwifery care provided to patients in general, with a specific focus on the care provided to women during pregnancy and childbirth.
• Recognize the role of the midwife in providing safe, competent, and high- quality midwifery care.
• Work collaboratively with other healthcare providers to improve the quality and effectiveness of midwifery care.
• Utilize evidence-based practices in providing midwifery care for women, newborns, children, families, and the community.
• Deliver culturally sensitive care to meet the diverse health needs of women, families, and communities.
• Demonstrate competency in the clinical practice of midwifery through the care provided for the women and the new born.
• Develop an ongoing process of assessment and evaluation of midwifery care using analytic and up-to-date scientific approaches.
• Establish a leadership role in the health sector through critical thinking, as well as participation in research and development.

1. Providing integrated health care to pregnant women and asylum health services in various health facilities and community.
2. Collaborating with other health care services and emphasize team work.
3. Following the scientific method in provision of health services to ensure the provision of integrated health care.
4. Being active members and influential in the health system.
5. Preparing and criticizing of research through the study of the basic principles for conducting research.
6. Exercising leadership roles in various health care institutions.

Tawjihi with an average of 70% science stream, and conditionally 90% from literary stream.

1. Primary health care centers
2. Hospitals (maternity wards, labor rooms, neonate and normal nursery wards, gynecology clinics, antenatal clinics, theatre)
3. Academic and community health institutions
4. Research centers
5. Women administrative departments

Graduation requirements

1. Successfully complete 136 credit hours including theoretical and clinical component.
2. Finish internship of 480 clinical training hours to be spent in different areas concerning midwifery practice (conduct 60 deliveries at least).
3. Pass the comprehensive exam.

 

Midwifery Bachelor Program Requirements And plan

Required courses	Elective credit hours	Required credit hour	Total credit hours
University Requirements	6	18	24
Faculty Requirements	0	22	22
Department Requirements	6	78	84
Free Electives	6	0	6
Total credit hours			136

Faculty Required Course (22 credit hours)

No.	Course title	Course number	Clinical C.H.	Theoretical C.H.	Total C.H.
1	Biology for Health Professions	0200102	0	3	3
2	Anatomy and Physiology I	0200103	0	4	4
3	Chemistry for Health Professions	0200104	0	3	3
4	Computer Skills for Health Professions	0200106	1	2	3
5	Ethics of Health Professions	0200107	0	2	2
6	Biostatistics for Health Professions	0200301	0	3	3
7	Scientific Research for Health Professions	0200302	0	3	3
8	First Aid	0200200	0	1	1
	Total				22

 

Department Required Courses- “DR” (78 credit hours)

No.	Course title	Course number	Theoretical C.H.	Clinical C.H.	Pre-requisite	Total C.H,
1	Introduction to Nursing and Midwifery	0201101	2	0		2
2	English Writing Skills	0201102	2	0		2
3	Basic Nursing I	0201150	3	0		3
4	Basic nursing I Clinical	0201151	0	2	concurrent with 0201150	2
5	Anatomy and Physiology II	0201232	4	0		4
6	Basic Nursing  II	0201252	2	0	0201150	2
7	Basic Nursing  II  Clinical	0201253	0	3	concurrent with 0201252	3
8	Adult Nursing I	0201254	3	0	0201252	3
9	Adult nursing I  Clinical	0201255	0	3	concurrent with (0201254)	3
10	Introduction to public health and epidemiology	0201328	3	0		3
11	Microbiology	0201233	2	1		3
12	Pharmacology	0201236	3	0		3
13	Adult nursing II	0201356	2	0	(0201254)	2
14	Midwifery I	0206300	4	0		4
15	Midwifery I Clinical	0206301	3		concurrent with (0206300)	3
16	Midwifery II	0206304	3			3
17	Midwifery II Clinical	0206305	3		concurrent with (0206304)	3
18	Neonatology	0206306	2			2
19	Neonatology Clinical	0206307	2		concurrent with (0206304)	2
20	Child Health	0206302	3			3
21	Child Health Clinical	0206303	3		concurrent with (0206306)	3
22	Advance Midwifery I	0206400	3			3
23	Advance Midwifery I  Clinical	0206401	3		concurrent  with (0206400)	3
24	Gynecology	0206402	2			2
25	Gynecology  Clinical	0206403	2		concurrent with (0206403)	2
26	Community Health	0201468	3			3
27	Community Health Clinical	0206405	2		concurrent with (0206468(	2
28	Graduation project	0206406	1			1
29	Leadership and Management	0201473	2			2
30	Advanced midwifery II	0206409	2		(0206400)	2
31	Clinical Training Internship	0206500	0	480		0
Total						78

*One credit for clinical courses equals 48 contact hours in the training setting.

Department Elective Courses: (6 credit hours)

Number	Course title	Course number	Theoretical C.H.	Clinical C.H.	Pre-requisite course	Total C.H.
1	Women’s Health Issues	0206408	2			2
2	Communication and Counseling	0201238	2	0	0201210	2
3	Applied Psychology	0201239	2	0	0201210	2
4	Sociology	0201211	2	0		2
5	Psychology	0201210	2	0		2
6	Health and Wellness	0201329	2	0		2
7	Health Education	0201348	2	0		2
8	Family Health	0201349	2	0		2
9	Mental Health	0201364	2			2
10	Nutrition and Dietetics	0201235	2	0	2	2
11	Human Growth and Development	0201237	2	0	2	2
12	Health and Physical Assessment	0201256	2	0	2	2
13	Alternative Therapy	0201330	2	0	2	2
14	Health Economics	0616402	2	0		2

Introduction to Nursing and Midwifery (0201101)  2 Credit hours

Nursing & midwifery are the art and science that deal with clients or individuals, groups, or families. Nurses & midwives are equipped to manage clients in health and illness. The sciences of nursing& midwifery emphasize health promotion and illness prevention at community and hospital basis. Nurses & midwives have variation in the level of education and expertise. At each level, the nurse & midwife have different roles and responsibilities, so this course will acquaint the students with general terms of health and to the profession of nursing and midwifery.

English Writing Skills 0201102 (2 Credit hours)

This course develops specific language skills for training in the nursing field. This advanced level course will target the vocabulary, listening, speaking, reading, and writing competencies that are commonly required in nurse training programs. Particular attention will be paid to improving student competency in interacting in social situations, giving and receiving information and instructions, using language persuasively and effectively to get things done, and in constructing and understanding specific formats and texts in a nursing context. Students will develop and improve their listening, reading skills through the use of authentic and realistic listening tasks and reading formats commonly used in the nursing field. Also students will develop and improve their speaking and writing skills through a variety of nursing care context and purposeful writing skills useful in the nursing field.

Basic Nursing I (0201150) 3 credit hours

This course is designed to prepare today’s students for challenges of tomorrow. Broad knowledge base is required to provide care to the whole person in both health and illness and in a variety of settings. The integration of theory and practice of skills makes the course especially appropriate for building foundations for nursing practice, providing a knowledge base for the development of nursing actions and skills and nurse client relationship as well as growth within the profession of nursing. This course aims in helping the student to learn, develop and become competent with skills, most commonly required in bedside nursing through utilization of nursing process.

Basic Nursing I Clinical (0201151) 2 credit hours

This course is designed to freshmen nursing students. This course enables the students to practice all necessary and required bedside nursing skills before going to hospital settings. For they perform these skills in a well-equipped nursing skills laboratory under the supervision of clinical instructors.

Anatomy and Physiology II ( 0201232) 4 credit hours

The study of Anatomy and Physiology II presents the structural and functional organization of the human body organs and systems, this course allows students to understand basic concepts and make reasonable predictions and analysis. This course addresses body systems that are not covered in Anatomy & Physiology I, these systems are: The senses, cardiovascular system, respiratory system, digestive system, urinary and reproductive systems. It explains the functional significance of organs and their relation to the physiologic, biochemical, and homeostasis mechanisms. Within each system, certain deviations from normal structure and function are considered briefly to establish a better basis for the understanding of health problems and to foster an appreciation for the complexity of the human body. Prerequisite: Anatomy and Physiology I 0200103.

Basic Nursing II (0201252) 2 credit hours

Basic nursing II is designed for sophomore nursing students. This course is continuity of basic nursing I. Main topics to be discussed is Physical Assessment in which students learn how to perform physical examination on real patients in order to diagnose problems and nursing process in order to design a care plan to patients. Also this course focuses on implementing and performing the learned and practiced basic nursing skills at the clinical skills laboratory for healthy or ill individuals in the hospital settings, utilizing the nursing process. Prerequisite: Basic Nursing I 0201150 / Basic Nursing Clinical I 0201151

Basic Nursing II Clinical (0201253) 3 credit hours

This course is designed to allow students to implement their acquired nursing skills at the hospital settings. It exposes the students to situations in which they have to care for patients with different problems and diseases. Also, it allows students to show their competency in performing the required bedside nursing care Prerequisite: Basic Nursing I 0201150 / Basic Nursing I Clinical 0201151

Adult nursing I (0201254) 3 credit hours

This course is designed to provide opportunity to analyze theories, concepts, research issues and trends in caring for adults with basic and commonly occurring health care needs. Content include internal and external environmental factors affecting the health of adults with basic and commonly occurring health care needs. Emphasis is on the role of professional nurse in health promotion and maintenance, illness care, and rehabilitation of adults. Prerequisite: Basic Nursing II 0201252 / Basic Nursing II Clinical 0201253

Adult Nursing I Clinical (0201255) 3 credit hours

Clinical practice is focused on application of theories, concepts, research issues and trends in caring for adults with basic and commonly occurring health care needs . Emphasis is on the role of professional nurse and on the use of the nursing process with adults experiencing health problems and their families. Prerequisite: Basic Nursing I 0201150 / Basic Nursing II 0201252

Introduction to Public Health and Epidemiology (0201328) 3 credit hours

This course is a basic requirement for preparing students to be able to enroll in the community health-nursing course.  This course introduces the students to some of the principles and skills in public health as well as the major communicable diseases in the area. And to familiarize nurses with the basic concepts and models in Epidemiology that can be used by community health nursing graduates, in the practice of community health nursing in different settings.

Microbiology (0201233) 3 credit hours

The intention of this course is to present basic information, relevant to nursing practice, with the principles of microbiology and the nature of microbial disease. This course will give the nursing student a fundamental background of knowledge that will be applicable to the care of infectious patients, to the control of microbial diseases, and an understanding of microorganisms. The course will provides the student with an introduction to the sub disciplines of bacteriology, virology, mycology and parasitology. The laboratory will provide practice in aseptic techniques, the use of disinfectants and antimicrobial agents, and microscopic study of bacteria.

Pharmacology (0201236) 3 credit hours

Pharmacology is pre-requesting course for nursing students to study general mechanisms of drugs and chemicals action responsible for pharmacological or toxic effect, processes affecting the fate of drugs in the body.  In this part of pharmacology students study general principle of pharmacology include pharmacokinetic and pharmacy dynamics. Some drugs and chemical that affect peripheral nervous system, cardiovascular system respiratory system, and blood will discuss too. Discussion of drugs affecting: Central Nervous system (CNS) Depressions, Parkinson, Anesthetics, Endocrine, drugs and antibiotics. In this section students concentrate on nursing implications for drug.

Adult nursing II  (0201356) 2 credit hours

This course is a continuity of Adult Nursing I. It provides the students with opportunity to learn injury disease process and the appropriate nursing measures for provision of nursing care for adults and their families with complex multisystem health care needs. Emphasis is on the role of the professional nurse in health promotion and maintenance, illness care and rehabilitation of adults. Prerequisite: Adult Nursing I 0201354 / Adult Nursing I Clinical 0201255

Midwifery I  (0206300) 4 credit hours

The theoretical aspects of midwifery I module will enable the student to build the theoretical background needed for the midwifery discipline. Students will focus upon the scope of the professional midwifery practice, the role of the midwife in the hospital or community. It will equip the midwife with the knowledge needed about applied anatomy, physiology, embryology and genetics. The pre-conceptive care, antenatal care and high risk pregnancy issues will be covered in depth in this module.

Midwifery I Clinical (0206301) 3 credit hours

In this module the student will have their clinical practice at the antenatal clinics to gain experience in the provision of antenatal care and in detecting deviation during pregnancy.

Midwifery II  (0206304) 3 credit hours

This module focuses on normal labor, birth and postnatal period. Students will be given the knowledge essential for normal labor, birth and postnatal care also will recognize the management of any complications which may arise during these periods.

Midwifery II Clinical (0206305) 3 credit hours

In practicum II the student will gain the skills needed to carry out obstetric procedures during labor, birth and the postnatal periods the student will be directed to perform normal deliveries and develop the skills needed to deal with the mother and baby in the postnatal period.

Neonatology (0206304) 2 credit hours

The purpose of this course is to enable the students to gain the knowledge required to assess and care for the healthy newborn, to recognize deviations by early detection of newborns at risk. Also it will discuss the diseases and disorders of the term and premature babies. The needs, approaches and treatment given in the intensive care baby units for sick neonates will be covered in depth.

Neonatology Clinical (0206306) 2 credit hours

The clinical aspect of the neonatal course is to develop the skills of the student to deal with sick neonates and learn to perform advanced procedures needed in case of emergencies or during clinical practice in the intensive care baby units.

Child Health (0206302)  3 credit hours

The course is designed to promote the knowledge of the student midwife concerning child health. She will be exposed to care of the healthy child and be able to explore the children at high risk.

Child Health Clinical (0206303)  3 credit hours

The student midwife will develop her skills in assessing healthy newborns, infants and children, also the student will acquire the skills needed to do screening for children and discover children at risk.

Advanced Midwifery I  (0206400) 3 credit hours

The theoretical aspect of the advanced midwifery module will provide the student with in-depth knowledge concerning abnormalities which may occur during labor and delivery. Complications and disorders associated with labor and postnatal which have an impact on the mother and baby’s health also will be comprehensively discussed.

Advanced Midwifery I  Clinical (0206401) 3 credits

The clinical aspect of advanced midwifery will be geared towards the care and management of high risk mothers during pregnancy, labor, birth or the postnatal periods, students will develop skills and attitudes needed to deal with the health status of mothers and babies at these critical stages.

Gynecology  (0206402) 2 credit hours

This course is designed to address issues in gynecology, pathophysiology of menstrual disorders, sexual health, infertility, abortions, family planning and sexually transmitted diseases. The student will broaden her knowledge concerning the gynecological problems and issues relevant to the Palestinian women.

Gynecology Clinical (0206403) 2 credit hours

The clinical aspect of gynecology will contribute to the student’s ability to perform skills and procedures needed in gynecological care, to diagnose abnormalities in the reproductive system of the women, and to be able to provide pre and post-operative care. Also it will enable students to provide care and counseling to her clients at the family planning centers.

Community Health (0201468) 3 credit hours

The course provides theoretical learning for students on selected principles of community health, public and family health nursing. Students conduct in-depth community and family health assessments employing basic epidemiological principles and data collection strategies. The nursing process is utilized by students engaging in health promotion and maintenance strategies in a variety of community health settings. Prerequisite: Introduction to Public health and epidemiology 0201328

Community Health Clinical (0206405) 2 credit hours

During this course, the students will practice the clinical side in schools, clinics, vocational schools and rehabilitation center and will apply and use the theoretical concepts that they learn during the theoretical course. Prerequisite or concurrent with Healthy Communities 0201468.

Graduation Project (0206406) 1 credit hour

The course content will include current trends and issues in the nursing practice, education and health care.  Educational concepts will be covered where the student will become familiar with the domains of teaching & learning and the ability to apply concepts in the preparation for conducting seminar, workshops and presentations.

Leadership and Management (0201473) 2 credit hours

This course covers different concepts and issues in management and administration in nursing. The management process, leadership theories and leadership styles will be introduced.  An overview of organizational structure in the health care agencies and the variables used in assessing an organization will be discussed. The aim of this course will be directed toward helping nursing students understand the responsibilities of a manager in nursing and how to best meet these responsibilities in the future to better serve the health care system as leaders in the future.

Women’s Health Care Issues  (0206408) 2 credit hours

The course enables the student midwives to develop holistic perspectives concerning the health needs of well women through their life span cycle. The course promotes students to develop skills to assess the physical, social physiological and cultural needs of the Palestinian well women, highlighting the promotion and development of positive change.

Advanced Midwifery II  (0206409) 3 credit hours

The theoretical aspect of the advanced midwifery module will provide the student with in-depth knowledge concerning abnormalities during postnatal period which have an impact on the mother and baby’s health also.

Clinical Internship  (0206500)  480 contact hours- non credit

This is a non-credit program designed to provide the midwifery student with an additional 480 clinical hours in a variety of clinical settings as medical- surgical unit, pediatric and emergency units for the mastery of nursing skills under the guidance of the nursing staff where the student is assigned. It has to be completed in the Summer Semester after the third year of study.

Communication and Counseling (0201238) 2 credit hours

This course is designed specifically for nursing students, and is directed toward helping them to build effective communication and counseling skills. This course will concentrate on communication process, skills, types and principles of brief counseling that is intended to improve mental health, emotional or behavioral issues in individuals.

Psychology  (0201210) 2 credits

This course deals with the basic psychological concepts, theories and the normal psychological functions of everyday human behavior.  It also deals with the reasons why people’s behavior is as they do. The course aims at installing a realistic understanding of the student’s own behavior and how it is acquired, maintained and changed. Psychology helps students to develop an insight into the nature of man and suggests how psychological knowledge and procedures may be applied to situations of personal and social problems.

Applied clinical psychology (0201239) 2 credit hours

This course includes a scientific study and application of psychological principles for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving all psychologically-related distresses and dysfunctions. It promotes the status of well-being, personal growth and development. The core of practice in clinical psychology is mastering psychological assessment as well as psychotherapy.

Sociology (0201211) 2 credit hours

This course is designed to bring out knowledge of human behavior that is necessary for human survival as human being in a society. Its aim is to give the student basic information about how society functions, and how it influences the daily living of each individual. It is also greatly emphasized throughout the course that man is “Biopsychosocial” being, therefore, it is of great importance for the student nurse to understand the dynamics involved in the treatment of patients and how important it is to take the social aspects into consideration when making out a nursing care plan.

Mental Health (0201364) 2 credit hours

This course is designed to enable the students to understand the concepts of Mental Health and illness, and to become familiar with measures that can enhance one’s mental health.  It is considered as an introduction for the psychiatric nursing course that will be studied in the senior year. It is a theoretical course that explains human behavior in health and illness, studies the development of human personality, and explains the coping process of the human being. In addition, the course discusses very common psychological and emotional conditions of people during crisis, abuse, death and dying, grief and stressful living circumstances. Prerequisite: Psychology 0201210.

Health and Wellness  (0201329) 2 credit hours

This course focuses on the use of concepts from nursing, nutrition, pharmacology, and biopsychosocial sciences to critically examine the determinants of health, wellness and illness across the lifespan. Environmental, sociocultural and economic factors that influence health care practices are emphasized. Theories of health, wellness, and illness are related to health-promotion, disease-prevention, and illness-prevention nursing interventions.

Health Education (0201348) 2 credit hours

This course is designed to provide the student with an insight into those psychological principles utilizing the teaching learning process. The focus of this course is on instructional skills, teaching methodology of lecture, discussion and presentation, and the application of theories of learning in the practice and teaching of nursing within the classroom, community and hospital settings. The basic assumption of this course is that the ability to teach is an acquired behavior; and, therefore, specific teaching skills can be isolated and practiced in the presence of the instructor and classmates for immediate feedback.

Nutrition and Dietetics (0201235) 2 credit hours

This course will provide content of the psychosocial and environmental factors influencing nutritional habits & nutritional related illnesses.  Nutrition requirements related to age, sex and activity will be included.  The basic food groups and their nutritional values will be emphasized.

Human Growth and Development (0201237)2 credit hours

This course is designed to provide basic knowledge of the nursing care of individuals from conception, prenatal period through adolescence to middle age, old age and death.  It presents a comprehensive survey of how children grow and develop and how they learn, think feel and act.  The emphasis is on the application of biological, psychological and environmental factors affecting the adaptive capabilities of individual for achieving the tasks of each developmental stage.

Family Health (0201349) 2 credit hours

The family health course enables the student to focus upon the holistic approach towards the Palestinian family. Where they will discuss the culture, needs problems that the families encounter and how to approach or intervene when necessary. The course is based upon the psychological and sociological theories that apply to family nursing.

Alternative Therapy (0201330) 2 Credit Hours

This course is designed to introduce students to different approaches and modalities of alternative therapies that are used all over the world. In addition, it will discuss the clinical application of these modalities and its effectiveness in promoting health. Therapies such as herbalism, body work, healing touch, acupuncture and aromatherapy will be investigated.

Health and Physical Assessment (0201256) 2 Credit Hours

This course is designed to provide student nurses with powerful tools to detect subtle, as well as obvious, changes in a client’s health. It introduces students to examination and techniques of adult physical assessment. Physical assessment enables students to assess patterns reflecting health problems and to evaluate the client’s condition and response affect the extent of examination. Health assessment & physical examination is a head –to-toe review of each body system that offers objective information about the client & allows student nurses to make clinical judgment.

Health Economics 0616402 (2 credit hours)

In this course we will learn how to apply microeconomic tools to the study of health and medical care issues. We will examine the special features of medical care as a commodity, the demand for health and medical care services, the economic explanations for the behavior of medical care providers (i.e., physicians and hospitals), the functioning of insurance markets, and technology diffusion. Our discussions will touch on current policy topics such as the prospective payment system, relative value scales, insurance reforms, rationing, and price regulation. We will also be examining the role of and economic justification for government involvement in the medical care system. Finally, we will use the tools we have learned to review and analyze various proposals for health care reform

Faculty Required Courses

 

Biology for Health Professions (0200102) 3 credit hours

Through the study of this course, students will describe and integrate basic biological principles and define the major biological terms presented in lecture. Subjects to be covered will include the following areas: The characteristics of living things and how living things differ from inanimate objects, the chemical architecture of living things and the functions of the major groups of biological molecules, the parts, their structure and functions, of animal cells, how animal cells differ from plant cells and prokaryotic cells, and cell division processes (mitosis and meiosis), the hierarchical architecture of the human body: molecules, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and whole organism; and how do animal maintain internal constancy (homeostasis) and the anatomy and physiology of the systems that make up the human body, including, circulatory, digestive, respiratory, endocrine, immune, and reproductive systems.

 

Anatomy and Physiology I for Health Professions  (0200103) 4 credit hours

The aim of this course is to introduce the students to main types of tissues and the organic-systemic level of organization in human body. The concept of homeostasis and the contribution of body systems in maintaining homeostasis, frame of reference for anatomical studies and anatomical language (body regions and landmarks, planes and axis, and body cavities),epithelial tissue, connective tissue, integumentary system, osseous tissue, axial and appendicular skeleton, articulations, muscular tissue, nervous system including neural tissue, spinal cord and spinal nerves, brain and cranial nerves, somatic and autonomic nervous system, in addition to major senses including vision, hearing, smell, taste, and somatic sensation will be covered in this course.

Chemistry for Health Professions  (0200104) 3 credit hours

The primary objective of the course is to provide the student with the basic concepts in chemical field, to develop basic chemical skills and understanding, to develop the students’ skills to solve quantitative problems. General chemistry is a three-credit course, it is an elementary course that is especially designed and offered to Health Professions in their first year. The course concentrates on the fundamental principles of chemistry, with emphasis on atomic structure, mole concepts, stoichiometry, Chemical reactions in aqueous solution, acid- base equilibrium, thermodynamics, and chemical kinetics.

Computer Skills for Health Professions (0200106)  3 credit hours

The goal of this course is to make students fluent with the skills, concepts, and capabilities of computers necessary for students and practitioners working in health-related fields. These include a fundamental understanding of computer hardware and electronic communications, file management and operating systems, document editing using MS-Word, data analysis and graphing using MS-Excel, data presentation using MS-PowerPoint, and using the internet, electronic libraries, and computer networks for data communication and literature review.

Ethics of Health Professions (0200107)  2 credit hours

The main objective of this course is to show how ethical theory can illuminate problems in health care system; the course exposes the student to principles, methods, and justification of morality. It also discusses ethics in the following topics: genetics, gender concept, manipulation, justice, professional-patient relationship, artificial insemination, cloning, and behavior control.

Biostatistics for Health Professions (0200301) 3 credit hours

This course will introduce the students to process of statistical data collection, organization, recording, and preparing data for statistical analysis, and then to use the required statistical procedures to test the preset hypothesis of the research. Subjects to be covered will include types of variables, types of samples, methods of data collection and the common statistical analysis in research applications. Statistical tests including descriptive and inferential statistics of both parametric and nonparametric variables will be covered; Statistical analysis by SPSS software will cover all the studied tests as a parallel laboratory computer-training. Tabulations and plots of results presentation followed by results interpretation and discussion will be the final step of this course.

Scientific Research for Health Professions (0200302) 3 credit hours

The primary objective of this course is to enable the students to use the scientific research methodologies during the study of clinical and administrative problems of health Professions practice. Subjects to be covered will include the major considerations in selecting a research problem, the steps of research applications, common design and components of the research, literature review and documentation, results presentation, analysis and discussion and the final statement of conclusions and recommendations of the research (prerequisite: Biostatistics for Health Professions 0200301).

First Aid (0200200) 1 credit hour

The purpose of this course is to train undergraduate students in health complex of Al-Quds University, to respond appropriately to emergency situations. The course content and activities will prepare students to better recognize emergencies, make first aid decisions, and provide care with little or no first aid supplies and equipment. This course teaches students the skills needed to manage emergency situations until emergency medical services personnel arrive and take over.