Teaching Activities Medical Students Makassed Hospital is affiliated with the School of Medicine of Al-Quds University and represents its main teaching hospital. Residency Program Makassed Hospital is fully-accredited for post-graduate training in six medical specializations by both Jordanian and Palestinian medical councils. These specializations are: Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Orthopedics and Anesthesia. Some specialties are also accredited by the Arab Medical Council. Nursing College Makassed Hospital has its own nursing school, a two-year fully accredited program. Nursing students from various institutions receive training at Makassed Hospital. Other Training Laboratory technology students Physiotherapy students Medical secretary students Short courses for special purposes Research Makassed Hospital is active in both clinical and basic sciences research. Various departments at the hospital participate in multicenter clinical trials approved by the hospital ethics committee.