FIMA Year Book 2009 - Federation of Islamic Medical Associations

Ethical Issuesother sexually transmitted diseases aswell as the rapidly increasing diseaseslike cancer, cardiovascular, respiratory,digestive and other diseases should alsobe included. The Islamic life style and itsrole in the prevention of cardiovascularand other diseases should be part ofthe curriculum, as well as the effect ofprohibited food, intoxicants, and thedifferent food ingredients on humanhealth and behavior. The Islamicperspective in neurosciences, obstetricsand gynecology, human reproduction,sex education for Muslim youth andtheir parents should also be included,The Islamic perspective on geriatrics,health promotion through life styles,the Amman Declaration, WHOcommunity health guidelines shouldbe also included, The Islamic rulingon smoking, the Islamic perspectiveon environmental health, should allbe part of the curriculum. Medicalschool curricula should comprise theteaching and study of the “IslamicCode of Medical Ethics”. MedicalSchool curricula should emphasize thatmedicine is worship both as an approachto belief by contemplation on the signsof God, as well as from the appliedaspect by helping man in distress.Medical school curricula should includethe teaching of matters of jurisprudenceand worship pertaining to or influencedby various health aspects and problems,as well as of Fiqh (Jurisprudence) rulespertaining to medical practice, researchand development.A curriculum is never comprehensiveand up to the mark if it is lacking basicethical issues pertaining to medicalpractice with special reference to faithand knowledge of the practice of faith.The issues of professional ethics needto be included in basic as well as inclinical sciences. Moreover a holisticcurriculum must include the coreIslamic references, history of Islamicmedicine, contribution of Muslimscholars in research and developmentof medical knowledge and expertise,as well as health guidelines from theQur’an and the Sunnah of the Prophet(PBUH). Ethical values speciallyemphasized in Qur’an and Sunnah ofour Prophet, rights of the sick personin particular and human rights asdescribed in Qur’an, Hadith and Islamicliterature should be stressed. Medicalschool curricula should familiarizethe student with the medical and otherscientific heritage of the era of Islamiccivilization, the factors underlying therise of Muslim civilization, those thatlead to its eclipse, and the way(s) to itsrevival. (23)Medical curriculum must also meetthe requirements of the society. Thecurriculum must address the commonproblems of the society and must notbe adopted as such cooked by theWestern institutions for their own use.The stimulation for research based onloco-regional issues and issues of theMuslim Ummah must be includedin the curriculum. Thus at all levelsof the physician training, the aim ofacquisition of values, attitudes, andethics must be existing. At the nationallevel, training of both Muslim andFIMA YearBook 200989