Message from the Director Institute of Health Care

Abstract

Fifteen years have passed since the Institute of Health Care was founded within the University of Malta. In line with advances in health care professional education worldwide, and indeed with advances in medical knowledge, technology, health service delivery and care, the University of Malta forged ahead and raised the professional education of nurses, midwives and professions allied to medicine onto an academic platform. The Institute was set up to develop diploma, degree and post-graduate courses in Communication Therapy, Dental Technology, Environmental Health Science, Medical Laboratory Science, Midwifery, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, 2002, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, and Radiography. Furthermore, the Institute earned a sound academic standing in the interdisciplinary Master and Post Qualification Diploma in Health Services Management that has attracted medical and pharmacy graduates in addition to our own health care graduates. It is with great satisfaction to report that fifteen years down the road, the Institute of Health Care has steadily grown in esteem and recognition both within our University as well as Swith our counterparts internationally.