Practitioner

A specialty concerned with dealing with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of neurological diseases in individuals from the stage of embryo and until adolescence. This includes all congenital, hereditary and acquired neurological diseases including neurological tumors, chronic diseases and injuries.

Theoretical, practical, and procedural knowledge of the following:

1. Diagnosis, assessment and making a complete treatment plan including reviews and instructions of any diseases of pediatric neurology.
2. Providing urgent care for emergency cases of pediatric neurological diseases including injuries.
3. Diagnosis and treatment of congenital malformations and disorders of pediatric neurology.
4. Rehabilitation of patients including rehabilitation of their families and living with the disease.
5. Diagnosis and treatment of all cases of neurological inflammations in pediatrics.
6. Neurological medical imaging, EEG tests and the study of nerve conduction.

Obtaining, after bachelor of medicine and surgery, a qualification or a clinical training program specialized for physicians that is not less than 24 months. It should also fulfill the minimum acceptable limit of practicing the specialty according to the standards and regulations of the commission at the time of submitting the professional registration application.

A specialty concerned with diseases of nervous system that includes the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, neuromuscular junctions and skeletal muscles.

Theoretical, practical, and procedural knowledge of the following:

1. Diagnosis, assessment and making a complete treatment plan including reviews and instructions in neurology and applying knowledge of clinical, and biomedical sciences related to neurology.
2. Basic sciences of anatomy, embryological development, physiology, pathology, and nervous system; in addition to developmental neurology, genetics and epigenetics of neurology.
3. Basic skills in neurotherapy including behavioral therapy for neuromodulation, medical, rehabilitation, interventional neurological and surgical treatments.
4. Basic knowledge of neurology, pathology and their etiology; in addition to clinical criteria including symptoms and signs, normal history, diagnosis of neurological cases and making the treatment plan.
5. Rehabilitation for the treatment of neurological patients and pathophysiology and principles of brain death declaration.
6. Basic skills in mental status examination, including tests and standard tests of cortical function. Further, it includes comatose patient examination, eye nerves examination and motion sickness test, etc.
7. Neurological medical imaging, EEG tests and the study of nerve conduction.

Obtaining, after bachelor of medicine and surgery, a qualification or a clinical training program specialized for physicians that is not less than 24 months. It should also fulfill the minimum acceptable limit of practicing the specialty according to the standards and regulations of the commission at the time of submitting the professional registration application.

A specialty concerned with methods of tumors treatment by radiation through using ionized radiation (such as high-voltage x-rays or radionuclides) in the treatment of cancer.

Theoretical, practical, and procedural knowledge of the following:

1. Diagnosis and assessment including reviews and instructions of any of the diseases that require using radiotherapy.
2. Basic principles of radiation physics, radiobiology, and radiation safety.
3. Clinical assessment and determining the stages of patients with cancer.
4. Role of radiotherapy in the treatment of cancer.
5. Importance of taking multiple and different approaches between medical specialties for the treatment of malignant tumors.
6. The process through which treatment plans are made. This includes understanding the tumor size, considerations of normal histology, and normal history of the disease.
7. Implementation and verification of radiotherapy plans for patient with cancer.

Obtaining, after bachelor of medicine and surgery, a qualification or a clinical training program specialized for physicians that is not less than 24 months. It should also fulfill the minimum acceptable limit of practicing the specialty according to the standards and regulations of the commission at the time of submitting the professional registration application.

A specialty concerned with treatment of hematological diseases and tumors of pediatrics, especially for treatment of pediatrics starting from neonates until young youth.

Theoretical, practical, and procedural knowledge of the following:

1. Cases of Leukemia and lymphomas of pediatrics and their methods of diagnosis and treatment.
2. Cases of stem cell transplant and their complications.
3. Cases of non-malignant hematological diseases and their methods of diagnosis and treatment.
4. Cases of renal, nervous system, bone and tissue tumors, etc. of pediatrics and methods of their management.
5. Side effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
6. Management of chronic and acute pains.
7. Radiological diagnostic options and laboratory investigations related to pediatric tumors.

Obtaining, after bachelor of medicine and surgery, a qualification or a clinical training program specialized for physicians that is not less than 36 months. It should also fulfill the minimum acceptable limit of practicing the specialty according to the standards and regulations of the commission at the time of submitting the professional registration application.

A specialty concerned with tumors and is concerned with their diagnosis, determining their growth and development, their treatment, and how to prevent them. This includes making a treatment plan for the patient and determining the treatment objectives. Moreover, it includes all cancers and solid tumors of adults.

Theoretical, practical, and procedural knowledge of the following:

1. Diagnosis, assessment and making the complete and appropriate treatment plan including reviews and instructions of all types of tumors and their medical stages.
2. Obtaining medical history of the patient including detailed family history of tumors, performing full clinical examination, and determining the necessary laboratory investigations and imaging to identify the diagnosis and make the appropriate treatment plan.
3. Associated diseases related to the patient and their effect on any therapeutic intervention of tumors.
4. Related clinical procedures including, for example, bone marrow aspiration and biopsy and performing lumbar puncture, etc.
5. Contact with other specialties in oncology departments such as surgery, radiation and palliative therapy and pathology to make an integrated treatment plan based on the available and best resources according to evidence-based medicine.
6. Using chemotherapy and immunotherapy and their mechanism of action. This is in addition to knowing short and long-term side effects, toxicity level and response to treatment using appropriate clinical assessment and acquaintance of multimodal treatment, including using radiation therapy and surgery.
7. Supportive and palliative measures in tumor therapy.
8. Complications and side effects of tumors, their treatments, acquaintance of emergency oncology cases and how to manage them and applying urgent and early intervention.

Obtaining, after bachelor of medicine and surgery, a qualification or a clinical training program specialized for physicians that is not less than 24 months. It should also fulfill the minimum acceptable limit of practicing the specialty according to the standards and regulations of the commission at the time of submitting the professional registration application.

A specialty concerned with the study, diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders and their prevention. It includes different disturbances related to mood, emotions, behavior, cognition and understanding. Further, it includes all ages whether such disorders exist alone or along with other medical disorders.

Theoretical, practical, and procedural knowledge of the following:

1. Ability to diagnose, assess and make the complete treatment plan including reviews and instructions of any psychiatric disorders.
2. Acquaintance of basic skills in applying knowledge of clinical and biological medical sciences; in addition to cases of medical jurisprudence related to psychiatry.
3. Acquaintance of related sciences such as normal and abnormal psychology, genetics, and neurology.
4. Making integrated psychological and social biological treatment plans for patients throughout life. Such plans will extend as the disease advances. Moreover, to determine the priorities of treatments with explaining their risks and advantages. This is in addition to the rationale of the suggested treatment.
5. Recognizing and managing patients liable for the risk of harming oneself or others, intervening to reduce the risks, in addition to recognizing emergency psychiatric cases and managing them effectively.
6. Methods of psychiatric treatment including psychiatric drugs, patterns of behavioral, family and collective treatment, in addition to methods of nervous stimulation and others.
7. Risks and advantages of complementary and alternative care methods and their effect on psychiatric care.

Obtaining, after bachelor of medicine and surgery, a qualification or a clinical training program specialized for physicians that is not less than 24 months. It should also fulfill the minimum acceptable limit of practicing the specialty according to the standards and regulations of the commission at the time of submitting the professional registration application.

A specialty concerned with respiratory care, diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary diseases for different age groups, and management of critical cases of pulmonary diseases.

Theoretical, practical, and procedural knowledge of the following:

1. Full knowledge of all theoretical sciences related to respiratory care medicine.
2. Diagnosis, assessment, and making a complete treatment plan including reviews and instructions of pulmonary diseases.
3. Reading and interpreting all diagnostic tests related to the respiratory system.
4. Management of emergency and critical cases related to pulmonary diseases.
5. Knowing all types of physiological and pathological diseases and all pulmonary diseases, how to diagnose and make treatment plans for them.
6. Prevention of Cardiovascular diseases and promoting health.
7. Knowing surgical and non-surgical interventions in the specialty.

Obtaining, after bachelor of medicine and surgery, a qualification or a clinical training program specialized for physicians that is not less than 24 months. It should also fulfill the minimum acceptable limit of practicing the specialty according to the standards and regulations of the commission at the time of submitting the professional registration application

A specialty concerned with diseases that involve the skin and mucous membranes. It also includes nail and hair diseases. It is concerned with the diagnosis of the same and knowing how to deal with different related clinical cases. Further, it includes, in some diseases, certain surgical interventions related to dermatological diseases.

Theoretical, practical, and procedural knowledge of the following:

1. Clinical diagnosis, assessment, and accurate description of all dermatological diseases and making a treatment plan for each of them.
2. Dermatological symptoms of general or systemic diseases and knowing the dermatological symptoms of autoimmune diseases for different age groups.
3. Different treatment options and medical interventions of dermatological diseases.
4. Basic plastic sciences related to dermatology specialty and knowing the microscopic diagnosis of different dermatological diseases.
5. Radiological diagnostic options and laboratory investigations related to dermatological diseases.
6. Taking skin biopsies to diagnose some dermatological diseases.

Obtaining, after bachelor of medicine and surgery, a qualification or a clinical training program specialized for physicians that is not less than 24 months. It should also fulfill the minimum acceptable limit of practicing the specialty according to the standards and regulations of the commission at the time of submitting the professional registration application.

A specialty concerned with cardiac health and the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. This specialty includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary heart disease, heart failure, valvular heart diseases, and physiology, etc.

Theoretical, practical, and procedural knowledge of the following:

1. Diagnosis, assessment and making a complete treatment plan including reviews and instructions on cardiovascular diseases.
2. Reading and interpretation of all diagnostic tests related to the heart.
3. Radiological diagnostic options and laboratory investigations related to cardiovascular diseases.
4. Dealing with emergency and critical cases related to cardiovascular diseases.
5. CPR for all age groups.
6. Prevention of Cardiovascular diseases and promoting health.

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Obtaining, after bachelor of medicine and surgery, a qualification or a clinical training program specialized for physicians that is not less than 36 months. It should also fulfill the minimum acceptable limit of practicing the specialty according to the standards and regulations of the commission at the time of submitting the professional registration application.

A specialty concerned with the study of normal physiological kidney functions, renal diseases, treatment of renal issues and treatment by renal replacement therapy such as dialysis and kidney transplant.

Theoretical, practical, and procedural knowledge of the following:

1. Assessment and treatment of medical complications in patients during and after hemodialysis and other treatments, understanding their causes and their prevention.
2. Assessment of chronic hemodialysis patients and making appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic plans for each case.
3. Assessment and treatment of medical complications in patients during and after peritoneal dialysis and other treatments, understanding their causes and their treatment.
4. Cases of kidney transplant recipients and donors.
5. Renal procedures including assessment of urinary sediments, hemodialysis port placement and dialysis catheter removal.
6.  Performing urinary assessments and access placement of hemodialysis.
7. Treatment of common complications of all procedures of renal patients.
8. Assessment of the patient’s need for emergency renal replacement therapy and when to try to take alternative or preventive measures.

Obtaining, after bachelor of medicine and surgery, a qualification or a clinical training program specialized for physicians that is not less than 24 months. It should also fulfill the minimum acceptable limit of practicing the specialty according to the standards and regulations of the commission at the time of submitting the professional registration application.