Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) – FOM

Chairperson’s message

The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of the Faculty of Medicine, KDU was instituted in December 2014, with the purpose of ensuring the highest possible standards of medical education within the faculty. It is one of the oldest IQACs at KDU.

Quality in medical education is of paramount importance. This is because it would impact the quality of medical care provided by these graduates in the future. Lack of quality in medical education can result in cases of medical negligence, errors, and mistakes, which can all affect the life of a person.

Therefore, the Faculty of Medicine of KDU firmly believes in continuous monitoring of the quality of their degree program and believes it to be their ethical responsibility to so with the ultimate aim of ensuring safe patient care.

The IQAC of the Faculty of Medicine expects to create an environment and internal culture that will enable continuous improvement of the quality of all academic, academic support, and administrative activities within the Faculty of Medicine. The prime objective of the internal quality assurance cell is to establish a system of quality assurance based on the principles of good governance in order to ensure that the academic programs offered and planned by FOM conform to the national and university-level educational standards so that they maintain the desired level of quality to fulfil the expectations of the stakeholders.

 Dr Dulantha De Silva
Senior Lecturer and Consultant Surgeon