Programs

The Faculty of Health Sciences offers a variety of academic programs in the Health Sciences. Curricula are community-oriented and multidisciplinary, to equip graduates with the professional literacy, competencies, teamwork, and skills needed to meet challenges in the dynamic work environment of today's health sector.

Undergraduate degree programs lead to a Bachelor of Science degree within a minimum of a three-year framework. Graduate degree programs lead to a Master of Science degree or a Master of Public Health degree.

BS in Nursing

The Nursing Program at FHS-UOB is community-based and socially sensitive. The Program believes that Nursing is both a scientific discipline based on scientific knowledge, values, and ethics, and a profession which aims at practicing the discipline.

At the core of the Nursing Program lies the belief that health is a basic social right where the needs of individuals, families, and communities are respected and attended to.

The Nursing Program at the Faculty of Health Sciences offers a three-year Undergraduate BS degree. The course of study is done in partnership with various hospitals in Lebanon. Parallel programs are offered on the Main Campus of the University (Al Kurah) and at the Souk El Gharb campus.

The Nursing Program is dedicated to fostering quality nursing education and developing the nursing profession and the health care environment in Lebanon and the region. This is done by embracing innovation in the delivery and management of evidence-based health care education underpinned by research and ethics.

The Program aims at providing a positive environment for faculty, staff, and students through enhancing leadership abilities, analytical and critical thinking, technical skills, and community involvement.

THE DEGREES WE OFFER UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM MISSION
The Nursing Program is dedicated to providing quality nursing education and promoting the nursing profession and the health care environment in Lebanon and the region. This program embraces an evidence-based health care education underpinned by research and ethics.

The Nursing Program Focuses on providing a positive environment for faculty, staff and students through the development of leadership abilities, analytical and critical thinking, technical and community involvement.

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The Nursing Program at UOB offers a curriculum underpinned by strong scientific foundation and innovative pedagogical approach to:

• - Develop students’ knowledge and skills and sharpen their critical reasoning to practice in increasingly complex and technology-based health care systems.
• - Equip students with the necessary nursing competencies to assume their roles as clinicians, educators, advocates, team workers, and leaders in diverse health care settings and provide safe and high quality of care for the individual/patient, family and community.
• - Sensitize students to the sociocultural, economic, political, and regulations that have influence on care delivery and nursing profession.
• - Promote students’ potentials and skills of scholarly inquiry and research to lay the foundation for professional and self-development as well as lifelong learning.
• - Create a learning environment that nurtures students’ humanistic values, awareness of social and cultural diversity, ethics, and professional behavior.

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Demonstrate knowledge, critical thinking and clinical judgment.
2. Provide safe, patient-centered, and competent care to individuals, families, and communities.
3. Apply leadership knowledge and skills in decision making and problem solving considering the environmental factors.
4. Assume commitment for personal and professional development.
5. Demonstrate clear, accurate, and proper oral and written communication in interacting with the healthcare team, teaching and caring for the patients.
6. Collaborate effectively with peers and healthcare team.
7. Use health informatics, patient care technology, and communication devices to ensure safe and effective nursing practice.
8. Respect ethical and legal principles in nursing practice.

"Effective December 20, 2022, this nursing program is a candidate for initial accreditation by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing. This candidacy status expires on December 20, 2024."