Community Center
Participating in community services is one of the main goals that Riyadh Elm University (REU) carries out.
The University not only qualifies doctors but also participates in various activities which help the society achieve its supreme goal; a healthy and hygienic community.
Since its establishment, Riyadh Elm University (REU) has been making educational programs for the enlightenment of the public. The university staff, students and interns consider participating in community services coupled with a number of researches and studies as an essential part to become leaders in health promotion and prevention.
Our Vision
The Community Service and Sustainable Development Center seeks to contribute efficiently to the management of organizational knowledge and resources, and to motivate the university’s employees to effectively serve the community needs and achieve leadership and excellence.
Our Mission
Rooting the practices of volunteering and serving the community by offering educational, training, and awareness programs that suit all segments of society and contribute to achieving the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.
Goals
- Developing plans and reports to achieve qualitative development in the field of community service and consolidate the concept of sustainable development.
- Building strategic community partnerships with various governmental and private sectors that provide sustainable community services.
- Motivating the university’s employees to actively participate in community activities and work in a team spirit by providing a supportive and stimulating environment.
- Providing opportunities for continuous education in all fields by establishing and organizing training courses, seminars and workshops, which contributes to the development of society and keeping pace with Vision 2030.
- Supporting distinguished initiatives in community partnership activities and sustainable development, and building bridges of communication with experts.
- Exploiting all university’s capabilities, facilities, and the human cadres’ skills.
King Salman Centre for Children Health
Riyadh Elm University (REU), (Formerly Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy) obtained the approval of His Royal Highness King Salman Bin Abdulaziz, to establish the King Salman Center for Children Health.
Introduction
His Royal Highness, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz was and still supporting and raising many of health projects in Saudi Arabia generally and in Riyadh specifically.
His Royal Highness takes care of the development and elevation of the citizen and ensures to offer the massive education, health and service projects, he also develops Riyadh environment by building well service – integrated structure that ensures health and welfare.
Health care is one of his many interests. He pays special attention to this sector by building many therapeutic hospitals and health centers in Riyadh, it is also manifested in his benevolent initiative step in establishing rehabilitation centers, Renal failure health centers, establishing social centers for mental health and King Salman health center, supporting orphanages and all health activities in Riyadh or other governs and centers.
King Salman Center will conduct surveys of the health of the children periodically to stop the spread of the diseases and to propose ways of protection as well as designing and providing health educational programs by arranging lectures, visual presentations and distribution of Posters and leaflets containing safety means and educate children through health festivals including School children. The center will also host professors and international experts to provide technical support and medical consultations in this field.
- We believe in the pursuit of knowledge that benefits humanity and we believe in building a team of multiple parties to participate with the knowledge and culture and to create Riyadh generation of children free from diseases and armed with science
- To be an excellent center in areas of research, monitoring and health education for children of Riyadh city
- To have a local and global impact
- Conduct Surveys Riyadh children to assess the health situation in specific regular dates with collaboration of other health sectors to create a database of the most important diseases prevalent in Riyadh children and propose appropriate solutions
- Provide health education programs by different media to cover the groups of children in Riyadh and producing booklets, brochures and CDs talking about children’s health care
- Organizing seminars and health annual meeting under the auspices of His Highness to discuss the most important health problems Facing children in Riyadh region based on the results of health studies in Riyadh and the proposed solutions in collaboration with all health government and private sectors and monitor the implementation of the meetings’ recommendations
- Establishing a database and an electronic record-keeping center that contains all the articles and scientific research published in scientific journals on the health of children Riyadh and get them indexed and submitted to the researchers and those interested to facilitate their tasks
- To issue a regular electronic health education journal in simplified Arabic