Department of Clinical Biochemistry

AN OVERVIEW:

The Clinical Biochemistry Department is one of the important basic sciences departments of the College of Medicine, King Khalid University. The Department teaches Biochemistry courses to medical students and other Health Sciences Colleges (Dentistry and Pharmacy). The academic staff performs many researches in Clinical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Genetic Engineering.  

VISION, MISSION AND GOALS:

VISION: Strives for excellence in teaching, medical research, and community service utilizing Department's faculty staff expertise and research.

MISSION: Preparing graduates at a high level of scientific skills and laboratory experience to help in understanding the basis of biochemical biological processes within the human body in health and disease, and to enable in the continuous progress in the field of health sciences in all medical fields.

GOALS:

1. Efficiency in teaching medical students and other colleges such as Applied Medical Sciences, Dentistry, and Pharmacy the theoretical and practical courses of specialties related to Biochemistry.
2. Active participation in conducting researches concentrating on studying clinical topics, community health problems, and endemic diseases, at national, regional, and international levels.
3. Publication of the results of researches in local, regional and international periodicals, and presenting them at conferences.
4. Departmental participation in fields of community service and environment.
5. Performing general, specialized, and confirmatory diagnostic laboratory tests.

The department teaches MBC226 and MBC227 and MBC534 courses for the MBBS program. In addition, the department teaches biochemistry courses for the Pharmacy [MBC223 MBC228] and Dentistry [MBC224 MBC225] colleges.

Department Committees

The Department, represented by its teaching staff members, has been participating in several committees of the College and the University, as well as forming a number of permanent and temporary committees at the Department:

1.      College and University level:

·         College Academic Affairs Office

·         College Academic Guidance Committee

·         College Postgraduate Studies Committee for Basic Sciences

·         College Stem Cell Research Committee

·         College Research Ethics Committee

·         Committee for preparing a biostatistics curriculum for postgraduate students at the faculty’s basic sciences departments

·         Committee for organizing the College's Annual Scientific Research Day event

·         College E-learning Committee

·         Committee for developing the University's Website

2.      Department level:

·         Academic Timetable Preparation

·         Curricula Evaluation Committee

·         Scientific Research Committee

·         Teaching Staff Member Promotion Committee

·         Committee for Auditing and Revising Examination Results

·         Committee for the Master's Degree in Clinical Biochemistry

·         Committee for looking at ways to bring Saudis with competencies to work at the Department.