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Next 2. Continuing education
1. Objectives of the faculty
1.1. Medicine
1.2. Dental science
1.3. Physiotherapy
1.4. Behavioural science (psychology)
1.5. Population health
The general objectives of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences are:
to preserve, refine and advance knowledge in basic and applied medical science, relevant to understanding, preventing and alleviating human disease;
to provide the highest quality undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education in medicine and biomedical science;
to contribute to leadership in the development of the community by effective interaction with groups outside the University.
to provide leadership in the refinement, advancement and dissemination of knowledge in relation to oral health;
to provide excellence in educational programs in order to prepare graduates who are competent to provide for the oral care needs of the community;
to foster the involvement of the dental profession in relevant community groups.
to preserve, refine and advance knowledge in physiotherapy sciences relevant to the promotion and maintenance of health;
to achieve excellence in undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education in physiotherapy;
to contribute to leadership in the development of the local and international community by effective interaction with the physiotherapy profession and other appropriate groups outside the University.
to preserve, refine and advance knowledge in basic and applied psychology;
to produce graduates with a comprehensive perspective of a broad range of areas of psychology and its place in the community;
to train graduates to use scientific methods of investigation for the accumulation of professional knowledge.
to help eduate undergraduates, postgraduates, clinicians in all sectors of the health care industry, scientists, professionals and leaders in population health.
to provide a translational bridge between new technology developments in genomics and proteomics through health services and social structures to the population whose health we aim to protect and promote.
to inculcate a population health approach in all areas of health care and in the communtity where opportunities for disease and injury prevention exist (often through agencies and individuals outside the health system).
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