Postgraduate programs are an important tool for drawing a road map to prepare highly qualified and specialized professional cadres to work in the health system to achieve national self-sufficiency.

The steps for establishing new programs include multiple stages:

1.    The compliance of the program with the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties by applying to this service.

•        Obtaining the recommendation of the Central Training Committee and the scientific councils (or committees) related to the program.

   

•     Approval of the program establishment request by the Education and Training Executive Council.

•     Designing the program’s training curriculum in accordance with the followed procedures.

•     Developing accreditation standards and programs for training centers that will participate in the training in the future in accordance with the applicable standards.

•     Training centers shall obtain program accreditation to commence the training program.

• Inclusion of the program on the registration and application portal of the SCFHS and launching the program in the beginning of the training year.

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