History of Medical Sciences

Program Description:

The Study of science development and the basic causes of its progress and regression in human societies has always been of great importance to scientists, particularly in the field of medical sciences. Iran with its ancient history has had a reputation to take interest in diverse sciences, including medical sciences which have almost been neglected in the last two centuries. Therefore, it is necessary that researchers who are involved in the field of Medical Science History review this worthwhile heritage. The aim of the program is to achieve the aforementioned goals in a wellorganized and predefined manner. 

M.Sc. in History of Medical Sciences is the initial educational degree in this field. Admitted students are taught the emerging history, progresses, factors affecting its appearance, advent and regression as well as recognition of factors affecting its evolutional transitions. Based on their historic and scientific reviews, students are expected to develop new arenas for research and education to improve the society's health qualities further. The History of Medical Sciences has not been thought of as an exclusive subject except in cases of few particular fields and is only thought of under the name of Medical Ethics. Within the last few years, a new revolution has begun through vitalizing the medical sciences' heritage by introducing the courses on traditional medicine, traditional pharmaceutics and medical ethics. Establishment of the course History of Medical Sciences could be addressed as a complementary step towards the goals. 

Objectives:

The main aim of the program is to study the medical heritage of mankind, developmental movements, and contribution of Iran and other Islamic societies to innovative actions to the past medical science and the effect on today's medicine. The mission of the program is to train groups of specialists in the field of medical science history, particularly in Islamic Civilization era, who are able to recognize ancient medical resources, to review them and fully contribute a collection of scientific references and data as well as research on interdisciplinary courses of different related levels.