Learning ResourcE cENTER

The learning Resource Center (LRC) at Kasr Al Ainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University is a pioneering learning center of excellence.

For health care institutions worldwide, the “information age” has ushered in a variety of technological innovations that are fundamentally changing the quality of health care delivery and medical education. Information has become an essential commodity within the modern health care system, as important as medical equipment or pharmaceuticals.


Changes in medical education and practice are happening at a fast pace. In the past decade, innovative methods for medical education, training and practice have been developed. Medical schools around the world have modified their “ Recommended Core Guidelines” to include not only print sources of information but also computer –based resources; computer assisted instructional materials, web-based learning, the internet, and other telecommunication technologies. Such technologies can put a virtual library of information at the student or physician’s fingertips.


A second area of change has been the transformation of the learning and training environment. Clinical skills labs have been established to meet some of the skills and attitudinal problems for medical students and health care professionals, allowing them the opportunity to practice a wide range of practical skills in a stress free environment.


Considering the ever-increasing number of enrolled medical students, the massive information pool ushered by the Information Age, and the constant advent of innovative curricula and teaching methodologies, University tutors in Egypt are facing pragmatic challenges. Meeting these challenges, or opportunities depending on how we regard them, requires our dedicated attention, innovative thinking and relentless efforts. In order not to lag behind the rest of the world, we have to embrace the latest innovations in medical education and practice.


Establishing the Learning Resource Center (LRC) in our 180 years old medical school was an essential requisite to reforming our educational system and enhancing our learning environment

To provide medical students with innovative tools and opportunities to acquire knowledge, skills, and attitudes that will enable them to become effective and safe members of the health care society

To employ the latest advances in Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) to enhance medical education, practice and research

To acquire, maintain and provide access to comprehensive educational aids that support the curriculum

To help students develop good study habits and effective learning strategies

To provide a modern well-equipped facility that contributes to study and clinical training and maximizes access to information by students, residents, and faculty members

To train medical professionals on using innovative teaching methodologies and information technology for professional purposes
Donor Organizations

TheEuropean Commission: TEMPUS (Trans European Mobility Program for University Studies)
Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research: HEEPF (Higher Education Enhancement Project Fund)
Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Award for Medical Sciences)