At Shifa College of Medicine we focus on developing lifelong competencies in our graduates. We have adopted the competency framework modeled by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Canada. These competencies – CanMEDs refer to our goals of developing medical graduate who is: medical expert, collaborator, communicator, scholar, health advocate, manager and professional.

The curriculum at Shifa is learner centered, clinically oriented and will introduce you to patient presentations in all your learning from day one which will progress to clinical clerkships where you will be shadowing clinicians. Our class rooms, laboratories, clinics have been designed with the curriculum in mind. Audio-Visual aids, on-demand internet, an allin-one custom built resource-facility where you, the student as well as the faculty can access multiple sources of learning including powered mannequins, best-practice as well as an extensive library of audio and video files. Furthermore, to cater to your good mental health we also have a dedicated team of trained counselors always ready to guide you.