“…As part of this program, the 6-year longitudinal course Fundamentals of Medical Skills (FMS) was introduced in 2011, with English as the official language. The course focuses on the development of communication ( 2 - 4 ), practical, and clinical skills with an aim to prepare the students for residency or clinical practice. The content follows the core curriculum subjects and combines essential knowledge, skills, and algorithms of various clinical disciplines (washing hands, basic, advanced, pediatric and trauma life support, drawing blood, urinary catheter insertion, nasogastric tube insertion, intravenous/intramuscular/subcutaneous injection, out-of-hospital labor, immobilization, clinical case simulations, role-playing situations, standardized patients).…”