Medical School

The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine offers a highly innovative teaching program for the MD degree, in Hebrew. Relevant information for current students can be found on the Hebrew website.

As we are training Israel’s future physicians to serve the health needs of the 21^st century, we strongly support future-looking curricula, teaching techniques and technologies based on the most advanced educational theories. A particular challenge is training the teachers in new educational modalities and creating a cadre of local medical leadership. By doing this, we endeavor to transform Israel’s northern periphery into a national center for medical education.

At the core is a well-rounded curriculum that prepares its students to practice medicine in the 21st century. Our pre-clinical studies program is conducted using a novel, integrative, multi-disciplinary approach by a series of “clinical arenas” in which the classical fields of medicine are integrated according to normal biological and pathological processes. Among the benefits of this approach is the fresh perspective of how the various systems of the body interact in their healthy and in their diseased states. Employing hundreds of physicians ensures our students receive the broadest possible education and multiple viewpoints.

The pre-clinical courses are continually evaluated and improved (e.g. content, scope, scheduling, method of learning), to meet current professional and academic requirements and needs; student evaluation of courses and lecturers are of course also considered. Counselors are available to assist struggling students, and a special academics achievement committee makes sure that learning takes place to the maximum, and that no one is left behind.

The clinical aspect of medical training, after the intense pre-clinical period, strengthens the connection between the Azrieli Faculty and local hospitals as well as, of course, serving as a most critical component of medical school learning. This is when the students really get to acquire knowledge first-hand and apply what they have absorbed to date - while still in a learning environment! 

Our physicians and researchers spend time providing frontal lectures, case-based learning (CBL), team-based learning (TBL), and other instruction-related tasks. They are, however, much more than teachers. Many of the physicians participate in the mentoring program, sit on Faculty of Medicine committees, offer workshops, or fill administrative and networking roles.

For medical students to be recognized by the Israeli government as medical doctors, they must pass national medical board exams in the following disciplines:

• Pediatrics
• OBGYN
• Internal medicine
• Psychiatry
• Surgery

In addition to the national exams, each medical school administers its own examinations in other relevant fields.

A leading physician at a major hospital in the center of the country summed up the training very well: “While the medical knowledge of physicians from Bar-Ilan is the same as from other Israeli schools, the passion of the Bar-Ilan graduates is exceptional.” It has become common knowledge that our students possess a great sense of sensitivity, compassion and concern towards their patients.