Welcome to Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine’s website.
Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine offers education and research in the fields of health education and services with the aim and the vision of being an active, innovative, and pioneering medical faculty on a global scale.
The primary aim of our educational and training programs is to raise qualified physicians upholding ethical values. In addition, our main duty is also to provide a setting for physician-scientists to produce universally qualified knowledge and technology.
There are many faculty members and researchers in our faculty, each of whom has a national and international reputation in their particular speciality. These faculty members, each of whom we are proud of, are outstanding academics whose thoughts and works are applied to both domestically and internationally in their respective fields of specialization.
The Prof. Dr. Süleyman Yalçin City Hospital of Istanbul Medeniyet University serves as the public face of our faculty and is a top-tier, fourth-level facility where specialty medical treatments are carried out. Our University Hospital is equipped with all the types of equipment necessary for practising modern, cutting-edge medicine. With the services it provides, our hospital, which houses all medical specialities, continues to be an attractive destination for both the citizens of our country and abroad. Our hospital is able to manage the growing patient flow with remarkable tenacity thanks to the teamwork of our friendly physicians and other healthcare personnels. Our hospital keeps working to strive for continuous improvement without compromising the established level of quality.
In addition to the important duties of our faculty members in education and training, our students also have crucial responsibilities. It is important for us that these students have high ideals, walk with confidence in their ability to succeed, never give up on their values, be researchers who do not compromise on scientific inquiry, and emphasize 'human first'.
As Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine, we firmly believe that our students will improve their skills and abilities through interactions with faculty members. It is our primary duty to provide the support and assistance our students need.
The rapid advancements in information, communication, and technology have had the biggest impact on medicine. There have been significant changes and transformations in the field of medicine. The macroscopic age, which lasted up until the 19th century, was followed by the microscopic age in the 20th century, and the 21st century is the age of molecular medicine. Diagnosis, follow-up, and treatment must now be carried out at the molecular level. The maxim, "there is no disease but the patient", which was said much earlier, has gained meaning today with the advent of personalized molecular medicine. Applications are swiftly abandoned when they are determined to be erroneous, while on the other hand, many innovations, whose long-term results are not yet predictable, find application areas. These all have a profound impact on medical education.
The excessive accumulation of knowledge, which is no longer possible to transfer, and preserve has lost its importance today. By teaching the essential ideas and principles of medicine at a sufficient level, promoting the habit of critical analysis and life-long learning as well as the interpretation of information and its use has become much more meaningful than burdening students with the material. It is also true that information is ineffective on its own. In order for information to be functional, it must first be comprehended and internalized. Only then it will be possible to use the application, analysis, and synthesis processes to transform information into value.
As physicians and academics at Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine, we have an understanding that requires serving all people with purely humanitarian concerns, without making any discrimination based on religion, language or race, and without expecting anything in return. This understanding also requires grabbing and lifting human dignity from wherever it falls. With this understanding, I extend my deepest affection and utmost regard.
Prof. Dr. Sadrettin Pençe
Dean, Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine