Fatima College of Health Sciences - Abu Dhabi

Built in 2006, the Fatima College of Health Sciences (FCHS) intends to meet the United Arab Emirates increasing requirement for talented professional medical experts. The school begun by offering the BSc. in Nursing program in 2006 and has, from that point forward extended to offer more than 10 degree programs at BSc. and also, Diploma levels in Health Sciences. The nursing system is functioning in a joint effort with Griffith University in Australia.

Besides the Bachelor Degree, the school of nursing provides a connecting program for practitioner nurses who hold a diploma. The program was intended to graduate nearby students in the nursing field and to improve the qualification and learning of the diploma holder nursing professionals already working in the area of healthcare.

The school has a directive to help the healthcare sector in Abu Dhabi and UAE by and large to fulfill its needs by graduating accomplished and skilled nurses. The Fatima College of Health Sciences has the amazing privilege to be named for Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Al-Katabi, Mother of the United Arab Emirates, Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation, Head of the General Women's Union, President of the General Federation of Women and President of the Arab Women's Organization.

In the convention of numerous incredible colleges, including Kings College London, Boston College, Radcliffe College, Imperial College London and Amherst College, the Fatima College of Health Sciences is a degree awarding institute.

Fatima College of Health Sciences is focused on:

• Train proficient and capable experts, who will carry out evidence-based practice in various medical service settings.
• Give adaptable, dynamic and socially perceptive educational modules that are quick to respond to the changing healthcare requirements in the UAE.
• Sustain a culture of connected and operational research.
• Encourage community focused services in association with external health professionals and the society in general.
• Give astounding student focused learning conditions using technological development and encouraging objective analysis and evaluation.
• Generate strong and beneficial training-learning situations that encourage deep rooted learning.

Accreditation:

Fatima College for Health Sciences, partnered with the Institute of Applied Technology, achieved a universal accomplishment by getting the worldwide institutional accreditation "Advanced SACS" of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in the United States.

The Institute of Applied Technology in every one of its organizations is viewed as the primary educational institution to acquire this accreditation within this new set of rules for international establishments of higher and technical training which is connected interestingly as a coordinated framework for quality assurance, including institutes of higher and pre-university teaching.

Why FCHS?

Fatima College of Health Sciences offers diverse Health Sciences Programs in three principle campuses Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Ajman. The fourth campus of the college in Al Gharbia will begin taking in students from September 2014. As of now there are around 800 students enlisted in the courses offered in the various campuses.

FCHS provides students the chance to acquire information and build up an assortment of skills:

Health Skills

• Capacity to work in the clinical surroundings.
• Contamination counteractive action.
• Being kind and thoughtful to patients and their families.
• Quick reaction to urgent circumstances.

Ability to Communicate

• Being perceptive of spectators, content and reason
• Composing healthcare records extending from casual status reports to proper project reports
• Creating and conveying healthcare lectures to an assortment of audiences.
• Capacity to work with other health industry experts.

Intellectual Skills

• Basic intuition and critical thinking
• Assess circumstances and discover answers
• Improved understanding of healthcare, nursing and medicine

Individual Skills

• Fostering fundamental abilities basic for a professional vocation.
• Obligation regarding patient care and security
• Leader of health groups

Admission Requirements

• All Students entering FCHS Should satisfy The English requirement by acquiring band >= 5.0 in AC IELTS or EmSAT >=1100. Native student who neglects to get IELTS band 5.0 or their EmSAT between 500 to 1099 will be admitted to the Foundation Program to be trained for college entry.
• Secondary School Certificate or its equal, verified by Ministry of Education / ADEK.
• IAT Secondary Certificate or a High School with a base minimum of 70% for admission to Bachelor of Nursing, Bachelor of Physiotherapy, Bachelor of Radiography and Medical Imaging, or Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedics).
• For Bachelor of Pharmacy secondary school with a base rate = 80%
• IELTS (Academic) Band >= 5.0 or comparable (EmSAT = 1100); UAE national candidates bring down score (EmSAT between 500 to 1099) may join the Foundation Program of FCHS.
• Medical Clearance is required for affirmation.
• Females are the only students admitted.

Incentives for UAE Nationals

• Nationally and Internationally licensed courses
• Monthly Stipend paid by the scale.
• Yearly Bonus
• Guaranteed employment is available upon graduation to the students of FCHS in a joint effort with SEHA and the Ministry of Health.

Vision

To be the leading provider of health sciences education and research in the region

Mission

• Offer flexible, dynamic and culturally sensitive curricula that foster student centered learning and provide skillful and ethical healthcare graduates
• Conduct clinically relevant health research that promotes innovation, creativity, critical thinking and industrial impact
• Promote services that empower the population to make informed health decisions

Values

In pursuit of its mission, FCHS maintains the following key values for its day-to-day operations and code of conduct:

Innovation

Promote a culture of creativity that responds to the developing healthcare needs of the UAE

Excellence

Embed a culture of quality to deliver outstanding teaching, research and personal performance

Professionalism

Commitment to professional appearance, language and behavior Promote tolerance, ethical values and goal oriented graduates

Sustainability

Integrate sustainable practices into all aspects of planning and operations