Universities in the West Bank and Jordan ranked the top ratios in passing the recent medical exam, which its results showed concerning figures about the success rates of students in the former Soviet Union, according to the results of the Israeli Ministry of Health shown in the 48 news site that has submitted the last union exam, about 49 graduates studied at Al-Najah University in Nablus and Arab American University in Jenin did the union exam 46 of them passed the exam about 94%, and 33 graduates from Jordan did the exam and 30 of them passed the exam about 91% which are the highe
But for the concerning results, that was from the former Soviet Union which had the highest number of graduates who applied for the union's exam, and the lowest percentage of passing the exam. From Moldova where 299 graduates did the exam only 92 graduates succeeded about 31% meaning that more than two-thirds Moldova graduates failed in the exam. From Ukraine 251 of its graduates did the exam and only 65 of them passed about 26%. The same situation with Romania 244 graduates took the exam only 71 graduates passed about 29%.
The director of the orthodontic program at Arab American University, Dr. Imad Abdul Khaliq, participated in the Orthodontics Conference of Mediterranean countries, held recently in Alexandria Egypt, with the participation of the world's leading lecturers.
Dr. Abdul Khaliq presented a research paper entitled "Modern methods of diagnosis and treatment for facial asymmetry and occlusion in orthodontics". The participants expressed the advanced level that the Arab American University has reached to, especially in the orthodontic program, where treatments are made through the latest scientific methods.
Dr. Imad Abd Elkhaliq, Professor at the Faculty of Dentistry at the Arab American University, participated in a special meeting for the International Orthodontic Board's Board Licensing Committee held in Washington, DC.
Dr. Abd Elkhaliq pointed that the International Federation of Orthodontists has formed a scientific committee specialized in orthodontic examinations worldwide, they are only 16 countries including the State of Palestine. The Orthodontic Program is the only one in Palestine offered by the Arab American University. Pointing, the university has recently established a new campus in the city of Ramallah specialized for this program and fully equipped with the latest technologies.