Horizon of Medical Education Development

Architecture Aspects of Hospitals as Educational and Therapeutic Settings in the Flourishing Era of Islamic Civilization

https://doi.org/10.22038/hmed.2024.78784.1353
Volume 16, Issue 1
Winter 2025
Pages 1-6
Horizon of Medical Education Development

Document Type : Letter to Editor

Author

Masoud Youssefi 1, 2, 3

1 Medical Sciences Education Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

2 EDC, Mashhad University of medical sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

3 Department of microbiology and virology, school of medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

Abstract
Introduction: Modern architecture is often used in the construction of new hospitals. Many of these hospitals lack a pleasing sense of Persian-Islamic architecture that can be effective in reducing the suffering of the patients. However, such an approach has been used to build hospitals in the era of Islamic civilization. Hospitals had different specialized wards, kitchens, baths, prayer rooms, and pharmacies. Libraries, lecture halls, as well as inpatient and outpatient clinics enriched the hospitals as medical education settings. In addition to strength in construction, some hospitals were eye-catching beautiful buildings adorned with fountains and other decorations. Many hospitals were built in gardens close enough to physicians' homes for better access and with pleasant decorations for the patients. The familiar elements of Persian-Islamic architecture in the external and internal architecture of hospitals can be relaxing for patients who remain in the hospital for long days; such an approach has been neglected in the designing of today’s hospitals despite its rich history in the Islamic civilization era.

Keywords

Hospital
Islamic civilization
Architecture
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