The medical education unit, through its various academic functions, oversees the mission of the faculty of medicine: to educate and train students and physicians to be ethical, highly competent, compassionate, socially responsible professionals dedicated to enriching medical research and scholarship globally, and to leading the advancement of health care delivery in Lebanon and the Middle East. The Medical Education Unit is home to the MD program, post-graduate residency and fellowship programs at AUBMC, and graduate programs in the biomedical sciences.