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A specialty concerned with diagnosis and treatment of periodontic tissues and their alternatives through advanced and surgical technologies to maintain dental health and functions.

Theoretical, practical, and procedural knowledge of the following:

1. Surgical procedures and healing.
2. Tissue repair and renewal.
3. Gingival diseases and cases.
4. External and pathological factors that cause gingival diseases.
5. Periodontal and mucosal gingival surgery and dental implants.
6. Preventive and/ or interceptive treatment.
7. Surgical and non-surgical treatment of gingival diseases.
8. Relation between gingival state and dental health.
9. Gingival treatment along with dental rectification.
10. Gingival treatment along with dental pulp lesions.
11. Biotic materials of dental implants and biological engineering.
12. Dental implant surgery.
13. Treatment of gingiva that surround dental implants.
14. Maintain dental implants.
15. Emergency treatment of periodontic tissues.

Obtaining, after bachelor of dentistry, 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 rehabilitation of the functions of the dental, oral, maxillomandibular and surrounding tissues as a result of their loss or damage by using biocompatible alternatives.

Theoretical, practical, and procedural knowledge of the following:

1. Articulation issues and their rectification.
2. Swallowing issues and their rectification.
3. Dental and facial plastic surgery.
4. Oral and facial pains and temporomandibular joint disorders.
5. Occlusion and occlusion dysfunction.
6. Dental, facial and maxillomandibular rehabilitation.
7. Geriatric considerations in compensatory care.
8. Design dental, facial and maxillomandibular prosthesis.
9. Removable dental prosthesis.
10. Fixed dental prosthesis.
11. Dental implants.
12. Facial and maxillomandibular prosthesis.
13. Sleep disorders and their rectification.
14. Digital technology in dentistry.
15. X-ray and digital diagnostic radiology.

Obtaining, after bachelor of dentistry, 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 providing primary care for the mouth and teeth through simple preventive and therapeutic procedures.

Theoretical, practical, and procedural knowledge of the following:

Diagnosis and therapeutic planning:

1. Reding medical data and diagnostic images.
2. Making a diagnostic and therapeutic and/ or referral plan.
3. Management of emergency dental cases.
4. Knowledge of the effect of systemic diseases on the oral and dental health.

Maintenance of oral and dental health:

1. Assessment of full oral healthcare results.
2. Prevention of oral and dental diseases in different age groups.
3. Diagnosis and treatment of simple oral and dental diseases.
4. Treatment of oral and dental pains.
5. Treatment and prevention of mild gingival disorders.
6. Treatment of root and root canal diseases.
7. Performing extraction of primary teeth.
8. Applying full infection control.
9. Fighting dental caries.
10. Performing preventive measures and odontoplerosis.
11. Replacement of lost primary teeth.
12. Management of emergency dental pulp cases.

An approved bachelor of five years duration, along with an internship year (12 months).

A specialty that uses molecular tracking tools (usually labelled with radioactive atoms) for diagnosis and treatment. Such tracking tools are usually used for producing images that provide for information about the organ function, in addition to the cell function on the molecular level (molecular imaging). The most common medical applications for nuclear medicine include early diagnosis of coronary heart disease, diagnosis of cancer, determining the disease stages and assessment of the effect of cancer treatment.

Theoretical, practical, and procedural knowledge of the following:

1. All types of nuclear radiological imaging and correlating them to clinical aspects and understanding all the related sciences.
2. Essential skills in the specialty including risk assessment for different age groups and cases.
3. Making a differential diagnosis for each case and knowing its most appropriate radiological option
4. Management of patients inside the imaging suite and how to manage urgent unexpected cases such as CPR and others.
5. Writing medical reports in a clear understandable manner, so that the medical decision can be taken according to the same.
6. Assessment of the patient’s need for radiology and contrasts and their methods of use and injection.

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.

Microbiology is a branch of medical sciences concerned with prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. This scientific field studies different clinical applications of microorganisms to improve health.

Theoretical, practical, and procedural knowledge of the following:

1. Diagnosis and assessment including reviews and instructions of any diseases that require dealing with medical microorganisms.
2. Biology, disease etiology and main symptoms.
3. Proper methods for collecting, handling, and transporting clinical samples, especially high-risk samples.
4. Health and safety requirements of microbiology laboratories.
5. Reading the laboratory diagnosis of bacterial diseases using conventional, semi-automatic and automatic methods. This includes preparing media and antibiotics studies.
6. All main new technologies that are available in microbiology, based on DNA technologies (for example, PCR), monoclonal antibodies, knowing the technology, integrating laboratory technologies and choosing the appropriate method to reach a clinical diagnosis.
7. Local infection control methods, including the spread of infection, its management in the hospital and the community health along with understanding the principles of patient isolation and applying them.

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 blood transfusion and all aspects of collection, testing, preparation, storage and prescreening transfusion. This includes posttransfusion follow-up, indications for injection and infusion, and the safety of its components

non-human and synthetic products and alternatives that involve DNA technology.

Theoretical, practical, and procedural knowledge of the following:

1. Diagnosis and therapeutic aspects including reviews and instructions of immunohematology and blood storage.
2. Related histocompatibility, molecular biology and biotechnology.
3. Indications and complications related to using blood products.
4. Management of the medical laboratory and blood center including quality, safety and regulatory aspects.
5. Ensure the appropriate use of blood, ensure adequate supply and supervise the provision of a safe and effective blood supply.

Supervise the blood bank and provide human cells and tissues therapeutic products for the purposes of organ transplantation.

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 diagnostic radiology and its use in diagnosis and treatment of diseases that involve the human body. It relies on multiple different technologies in radiological imaging and is not only limited to imaging but also includes different medical and surgical interventions.

Theoretical, practical, and procedural knowledge of the following:

1. All types of radiological imaging and correlating them to the clinical aspects and understanding all the related sciences.
2. Necessary skills in the specialty, including assessment of risks for different age groups and cases.
3. Making differential diagnosis for each case and knowing its most appropriate radiological option.
4. Management of patients inside the imaging suite, including how to manage urgent unexpected cases such as CPR and others.
5. Writing medical reports in a clear understandable manner, so that the medical decision can be taken according to the same. Moreover, to know how to verbally convey the same in emergency cases to contribute to life saving.

Assessment of the patient’s need for radiology and contrasts and their methods of use and injection.

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.

Anatomic Pathology is the study of organs, tissues and cells in physiological and pathological cases. Further, it includes the study of the body and its anatomy, diagnosis and histological reading of tissues, cancer cells and identifying the stages of cancer cases

Theoretical, practical, and procedural knowledge of the following:

1. Diagnosis and assessment including reviews and instructions of any diseases that require diagnosis through histological reading.
2. Acquaintance of methods of surgical samples collection.
3. Skills in dealing with the microscope to read the histological tissues in diseases that require surgical intervention.
4. Principles of tissue fixation and processing and performing special and common pigments.
5. Basic skills in clinical, radiological and other laboratory data integration, in order to provide the best diagnosis according to reading of histological tissues.

Advising and recommending to perform additional medical investigations or procedures that help reach the appropriate treatment.

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 clinical and laboratory examination, diagnosis and medical care of diseases of blood and blood forming tissues.

Theoretical, practical, and procedural knowledge of the following:

1. Diagnosis and assessment including reviews and instructions of any diseases that are related to tissued forming the blood.
2. Determining the difference between physiological and pathological cases related to hematological and lymphatic systems.
3. Diagnosis and providing healthcare in hematological disorders/ tumors.
4. Pathophysiology and diagnosis of incurable hematological tumors of pediatrics and adolescents.
5. Providing the appropriate methods of diagnosis and treatment of a person with iron related disorders.
6. Indications and complications related to using blood products.

Basic skills in clinical, radiological and other laboratory data integration, in order to provide the best diagnosis according to reading of blood tests results.

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 primary and secondary, central and peripheral and musculoskeletal neuropathology.

Theoretical, practical, and procedural knowledge of the following:

1. Full knowledge of all theoretical sciences of neuropathology specialty.
2. Knowing diagnostic options of neurological diseases, tumors, inflammatory disorders, and neurological pains and acquaintance of all their aspects through reading their histology.
3. Acquaintance of neuropathology sciences, its aspects, methods of samples collection, skills in dealing with the microscope, tissue fixation and processing and performing pigments.
4. All drugs that affect the nervous system, drugs that contradict them, their interactions in the body, and the symptoms that result from some of them.
5. Radiological diagnostic options and laboratory investigations related to neurological diseases and considering the neural tissues to study dementia and investigating hereditary cases.
6. Combining clinical, radiological and laboratory cases to provide the best diagnosis according to the results of neural histological reading.

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.