Clinical Placements
After the initial 2 years in Cyprus, students in the MBBS programme spend Years 3 and 4 in approved teaching hospitals in North America, Europe and Israel including:
Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
The Sheba Medical Center is a university-affiliated tertiary referral hospital that serves as Israel's national medical center in many fields. Located at Tel Hashomer, adjacent to Tel Aviv, it is the most comprehensive medical center in the Middle East, renowned for its compassionate care and leading-edge medicine. It is also a major medical-scientific research powerhouse that collaborates internationally with the bio-tech and pharmaceutical industries to develop new drugs, treatments and technologies, and a foremost global center for medical education.
Today, the Sheba Medical Center combines six major facilities: a vast medical research complex, medical education academic campus, acute care hospital, children's hospital, women's hospital and the country's main rehabilitation hospital.
The Sheba Medical Center comprises 64 medical departments, 75 laboratories, 110 outpatient clinics and 1700 beds. With more than 6000 healthcare professionals and scientists on campus, including 900 doctors, 1300 paramedic professionals 1650 technicians and support staff and 2200 nurses, Sheba conducts 32000 operations annually and handles 1.5 million patient visits a year.
Jackson Park Hospital & Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) this not-for-profit charitable organization has a prime purpose of extending medical services in the fields of research, education, public health and community welfare.
It is an acute, short-term comprehensive care facility with a 326-bed capacity, serving the south side of Chicago. The hospital offers a wide range of inpatient and outpatient diagnostic, therapeutic and ancillary services with a commitment to medical education at all levels. The hospital offers full medical, surgical, obstetric, pediatric, psychiatric, and medical stabilization (detox) services as well as medical sub-specialties including cardiology, pulmonary, gastrointestinal disease, renal, orthopedics, ENT, ophthalmology, infectious disease, HIV, hematology/oncology and geriatrics.
The emergency department handles approximately 25,000 patient visits annually with full-time attending physician coverage, nurse practitioners, resident physicians and medical students.
The hospital also provides medical education and training through its family medicine residency program and several affiliated medical schools.
Affiliated Hospitals in Cyprus
During Year 1 and 2, our students gain a variety of clinical experiences at leading hospitals in Cyprus:
Aretaeio Hospital, Nicosia
Aretaeion Hospital is a new private medical facility in the capital of Cyprus, Nicosia, with high tech equipment and highly trained and motivated medical and ancillary staff. The hospital provides beds for 70 patients and comprises all diagnostic, therapeutic, medical and surgical services including 6 operating theaters; Hematology, Biochemical, Microbiological, and Radiology Laboratories; Physiotherapeutic E.N.T., In Vitro Fertilization and Operational Endoscopy Units and a Treadmill Stress Test Laboratory.
BOC Oncology Centre, Nicosia
BOC Oncology Centre is a not-for-profit charitable organisation devoted to the cause of treating cancer with the use of the latest state-of-the-art technology and through cooperation with hospitals and voluntary organizations. It comprises two main departments: The Department of Radiation Oncology and Diagnostics and the Department of Medical Oncology.
Apart from being a research institution, BOC Oncology Centre is a fully operational medical centre which is primarily dedicated to the treatment of patients and the improvement of their living standards.
Ygia Polyclinic, Limassol
Ygia Polyclinic is a private hospital located in the second largest city of Cyprus, Limassol. It offers modern facilities with a wide range of departments including general surgery, oncology, plastic surgery, ENT, gynaecolgy, obstetrics and paediatrics. It contains 152 beds, 11 operating theatres, a Chemical Laboratory, X-Ray facilities, Tomography Examinations (CT & MRI), and a Multidynamic Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Apollonion Hospital, Nicosia
Founded in 1991, Apollonion is an ultramodern private hospital purposely built to offer the best and most complete medical care to its patients. Its facilities include a First Aid and Intensive Care units, Endoscopy and Bronchoscopy Department, In-vitro fertilization unit, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Haematology, Ultrasound and Mammography, X-ray department, C.T. Scanning, Doppler, Peripheral Angiography, Neurophysical laboratory, Osteoporosis lab, Lithotripsy, Pneumoniology lab, Laser Centre, Physiotherapy and Cardiac lab.

