About the Vice Deanship
The Vice Deanship for Development and Community Partnership aims at the permanent development of the College and upgrading its performance at all levels by preparing appropriate development and training plans for all faculty, staff, and students to improve their performance according to the quality standards applied at the university level.
This Vice-Deanship includes a number of important units for the preparation, planning, and implementation of development initiatives at the college level, such as Quality and Accreditation Unit, Development Unit, Community Partnership Unit, Alumni Unit, and Risk Management Unit.
This Vice-Deanship has the continuous support from the Deanship of the College and the senior leaders of the University in order to succeed in all its developmental tasks.
Units
Community Partnership Unit
The Community partnership unit was founded within the College of Applied Medical Sciences (CAMS) to establish and oversees the implementation of all community partnership relations. The overall goal of this unit is to achieve the Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University and CAMS’ visions of excellency in community services. The goal of this unit will be accomplished by the CAMS members including faculty members, administrators, and students and it will be driven by the community’s current and future needs.
Goals
- Increase the awareness about the community service among the CAMS members.
- Establish successful collaborations between the university and external entities.
- Help in implementing community service projects provided by CAMS members.
- Facilitate ongoing community service projects financially and logistically.
Contact
Fahad Sulaiman Alsaqabi
Head of the Community Partnership Unit
Ext: 31384
E-mail: fsalsaqabi@iau.edu.sa
The Development Unit
The Development Unit of the College Vice Deanship of Studies, Development and Community Service collaborates with the university’s authorities to equip the college beneficiaries (the students, faculty members, and administrative staff) with the skills they need to perform their tasks to the fullest in accordance with the highest professional standards.
Goals
- Assess the needs of the beneficiaries for development programs in regular basis.
- Coordinate with the IAU authorities including, but not limited to, the Deanship of Students Affairs, the Deanship of Academic Development, and the Continuing Education Center to set up development workshops for the beneficiaries.
- Facilitate conducting the development workshops through scheduling, advertising, assigning place and time, and preparing post-workshops reports related to each workshop.
Contact
Dr. Faye Adel Aldehalan
Head of Development Unit
Ext: 31341
E-mail: faaldehalan@iau.edu.sa
Quality and Accreditation Unit
The Quality and Accreditation Unit of the College of Applied Medical Sciences Dammam has been established under the supervision of the Vice-Deanship for Studies Development, and Community Services (VDSDCS) to ensure that the quality and process in all aspects of the college are in place by warranting the achievements of all parameter-standards of the NCAAA; based on emerging qualitative outcomes applying evidence-based research and factual documentation. The QAU collects, compiles, analyzes, and updates the necessary supporting documents which would be beneficial to obtain accreditation from the NCAAA.
Goals
- Promote a well-cultured environment with high essence for quality in the college.
- Guide on requirements, priorities, and strategies for quality improvement.
- Analyze issues and difficulties affecting the quality and academic accreditation processes for the academic programs and advocate solutions.
- Coordinate NCAAA training sessions for faculty and staff.
- Establish a quality assurance system
- Supervise the execution and monitoring of various quality requirements and related tasks.
- Conduct and update periodic reviews related to quality processes and standards.
- Develop Key performance indicators to measure the college activities and measure beneficiary satisfaction on services provided to analyze them and report them for improvement.
Contact
Jose Rex Nahil Navarrosa
Head of Quality and Accreditation Unit
Ext: 31302
E-mail: jnavarrosa@iau.edu.sa
Risk Management Unit
The Risk Management Unit works in consistent with the college's seven departments in order to monitor, identify and control the risks that threaten the ability of the College of Applied Medical Sciences to achieve its objectives and raise them periodically to the university's risk management. These risks may be strategic, operational, compliance, or financial.
Goals
- Support university of IAU risk management strategy
- Ensure every employee of CAMS has regard for the management of risks in everyday work situations.
- Where is practicable reduce the likelihood and impact of risk events.
- provide suitable and sufficient information, instruction, and training to all relevant staff.
- Create a culture within the college which risk management are embedded as routine management discipline.
- Develop a risk aware culture that encourages all staff and student to identify risks and associated opportunities and to report through the appropriate channels.
- Ensure safety of student, faculty, staff, and visitors.
- To protect and enhance CAMS academic reputation.
CAMS risk management plan 2024
Contact
Salwa Abdullah Alshimry
Head of Risk Management Unit
Ext: 31290
E-mail: saalshamaray@iau.edu.sa
Alumni Unit
The Graduate and Professional Development Unit makes great efforts to prepare the graduate in a way that is compatible with working life, from the beginning by qualifying and preparing him for the labor market, guiding him to appropriate job opportunities, as well as promoting intimate and sustainable communication between the graduate and the college. The unit is keen to provide its services in a transparent and committed manner. The principles of confidentiality, integrity, and equal opportunities for those seeking the unit’s services.
Vision
Achieving leadership and excellence in a sustainable, interactive relationship between the college and its graduates.
Message
Preparing the graduate in a manner consistent with the requirements of practical life, and establishing sustainable relations between the graduates and the college by providing an integrated set of high-quality services from the beginning of qualifying and preparing the graduate for the labor market to providing appropriate job opportunities for him, and building sustainable partnerships with the most prominent employers in the Saudi market
Goals
The Graduate and Professional Development Unit seeks to fully prepare and support the graduate in his career and career through a set of the following objectives:
- Qualifying and preparing the graduate for the labor market.
- Providing job opportunities for graduates in major companies and institutions.
- Cultivating the spirit of sustainable connection between graduates and the college.;
- Providing a range of professional consultations for college graduates
- Concluding agreements with distinguished employers.
- Follow graduates in their professional lives.
Contact
Mrs. Mashael Ahmed Alkhameis
Head of Alumni Unit
Ext: 31298
E-mail: malkhameis@iau.edu.sa
Dr. Noor Ali Al-Khathlan
Vice-Dean for Development and Community Partnership
E-mail: cams.vdsdcs@iau.edu.sa
Ext: 31384
Mansor Abdullah A. AL Hakeem
Secretary of the Vice Dean for Development and Community Partnership
E-mail: maalhakeem@iau.edu.sa
Ext :31239
