Students will gain academic and clinical experience with regards to Cardiac Perfusion. They will be experts of life support equipment such as ventricular assist devices and intra-aortic balloon pumps.

Perfusionists are crucial members of the open-heart surgical team. They help maintain blood flow to the body's tissues and regulate levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood. Their role is to ensure the management of physiologic functions by monitoring the necessary variables and administer anesthetic agents or drugs. They also conduct cardiopulmonary bypass using a heart-lung machine and other ancillary equipment.

The primary aim of the program is to academically and clinically prepare the cardiovascular perfusion student for professional practice. The program will focus on developing a strong knowledge base in cardiothoracic anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology, as well as pharmacology, fetal and neonatal cardiac development and perfusion science.

This specialization is a rare one in the Middle East region and Palestine.

The cardiac Perfusion technology Program will be recognized as a program providing the highest quality curriculum whose graduates serve as professionals who are innovative, research-driven, experts in the field.

The mission of the cardiac Perfusion Program is to prepare competent perfusionists with the knowledge, skills, and disposition to effectively carry out the responsibilities of the profession. The program provides an experiential learning platform that prepares graduates to act as skillful professionals who demonstrate critical thinking, multi-disciplinary collaboration, research expertise and commitment, professional awareness, and leadership.

1. Upon completion of the program, all students will demonstrate the ability to comprehend, apply and evaluate information relevant to the role of the perfusionist.
2. Upon completion of the program, all students will demonstrate technical proficiency in the skills necessary to fulfil the role of a perfusionist.
3. Upon completion of the program, all students will demonstrate personal behaviours consistent with professional and employer expectations for the cardiac perfusion practitioner.

• To earn a bachelor degree in Cardiac Perfusion Technology Program, a student must complete 134 credit hours. These include completion of University, College, Department compulsory and elective courses.
• Spend a minimum of 4 years in the program.

Grading Scale for Cardiac Perfusion Technology Courses

• The minimum passing mark for each course is 60%.

• A student who does not pass a course (achieved D- or below) is allowed to repeat the failed course up to two times.
• students are allowed to retake any course to raise their grade point average (GPA).