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  School of Medicine - Department of Family and Community Medicine

Overview

The Department of Community Medicine was established in the year 1975 as one of the basic departments of the faculty of medicine . In the year 1994 the family medicine programme was established as one of the activities of the department of community medicine. This activity was further expanded and became one of the clinical departments of Jordan University Hospital. From an academic perspective , this activity was joined to community medicine in one department which is the Department of Family and Community Medicine . The department teaches courses to second and third year medical students in the field of public health ( epidemiology , biostatistics , environmental health, occupational health, maternal and child health and health care manag More...