Mission
The King Abdulaziz University Hospital is vested with the commitment to provide :
theoretical and practical education for students.
treatment and health education for patients and other members of the community
teaching and training for its staff
scientific research
It is the mission of the King Abdulaziz University Hospital and of the Outpatient Facilities to provide a spectrum of tertiary health care services of highly professional quality to the community as far as basically needful for a modern, comprehensive and thorough medical education of students of medicine, nursing and medical technology comprising the acquisition of sound hands-on experience.
Besides the health care services to patients and the teaching and training of students, a third (3rd) part of the mission, equivalent in value and importance, is directed to scientific research activities which are of a standard for publication in scientific journals or during seminars/congresses and/or are suitable for ongoing joint research work together with institutions of other universities.
Goals
The three (3) fundamental pillars equal in value forming the Mission of the King Abdulaziz University Hospital are:
Healthcare.
Teaching and Training.
Research.
Accordingly, the goals of the King Abdulaziz University Hospital with its Outpatient Facilities are defined as follows:
Provision of advanced (tertiary care level) “state-of-the-art” health care services.
Teaching and training of students, patients, physicians, nurses and other staff.
Establishment of research activities oriented on measurable results which are preferably, but not exclusively related to epidemiological significant or otherwise important health issues of the Western Region .
The goals will include a particular spectrum of medical specialties:
Internal Medicine (and selected subspecialties)
Surgery (and selected subspecialties)
Gynecology and Obstetrics (and selected subspecialties)
Pediatrics (and selected subspecialties)
Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
Emergency Medicine
Neurology and Psychiatry
Radiology (and selected subspecialties)
Laboratory Medicine and Anatomic Pathology
Objectives
The objectives of the King Abdulaziz University Hospital and its Outpatient Facilities focus on the establishment of a success facilitating environment to achieve the set goals. To develop this environment, a periodical purposeful review has to be implemented and innovative actions have to be taken. This specific success facilitating environment is described by the following summary of inherent capabilities:
To optimize the care of patients in order to provide a maximum benefit to the patient
To provide optimal educational facilities in order to grant a maximum benefit to the curricula of the King Abdulaziz University College of Medicine and Health Sciences
To support clinical and other research opportunities for the Faculty and Hospital staff in order to provide maximum benefit to the society, the hospital and the researcher from the results of such research activities.
Malaz Dist., Riyadh
Tel : 01 4786100