I’m Dr. Soran M Karim and I’m a human anatomist and academic lecturer at Hawler Medical University (HMU), and I would describe myself as an open-minded, ambitious, free thinker who is quite easy-going, adaptable, creative, empathetic, hyper-energetic, insightful, organized, passionate, persistent, resourceful, collaborative, and sincere with a curious and adventurous kind of personality who believes in and encourages the medical students to try and do their best in thinking outside the box. I consider myself a po-mo (postmodern) kind of educator and academic who believes in putting fun back in the fundamentals (as students have developed a bad impression of studying at medical school in general and human anatomy in a special kind of way over the years, and this needs to be fixed). I’ve never been afraid to introduce new techniques, concepts, and ideas to aid in the students' learning process, and I was proudly the first to enroll the students in extracurricular activities whilst encouraging small group study sessions long before it was recognized globally back in the 2010s.

I strongly believe in teamwork, students studying in groups, and sharing their thoughts and critical thinking to enhance their overall state of mentality and to expand their horizon, to release their full potential and passion toward studying medical science, not to mention breaking the ice by releasing the tension that has been surrounding studying anatomy. I strongly believe in teamwork, students studying in groups, and sharing their thoughts and critical thinking to enhance their overall state of mentality and to expand their horizon, to release their full potential and passion toward studying medical science, not to mention breaking the ice by releasing the tension that has been surrounding studying anatomy.

I’ve developed my own personal system and database for teaching human anatomy, student examination and assessment, and a personal database for dissection. I’m a great listener, and unlike other educators, students’ opinions and their feedback really matter to me because after all, we are supposed to be a team. Teaching is my passion beyond passion, and I don’t approve of the military ways that our medical students in the governmental section have been exposed to over the years,, as this kind of treatment will severely bend the future patient-physician relationship.