The educational mission of the Department of Health & Social Medicine in Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences is to develop intellectual and analytic resources to investigate and to address key social, cultural, and ethical barriers to the delivery of health care and to diminishing population disparities in the receipt of care.

Faculty members engage students by:

• introducing them to the specialized literatures and methods in medical anthropology, epidemiology, social history of medicine, medical ethics, and medical humanities;
• providing opportunities for supervised experiences in community, international, and clinical settings that join service with learning; and
• fostering personal development and commitment to humane and ethical medical care.