to raise the standard of nursing
The Saudi Commission for Health Specialties signed a Memorandum of Understanding with King Fahd Medical City yesterday to launch a training program in King Fahd Medical City to enhance the level of newly graduated nursing specialists, at the Medical City headquarters in Riyadh.
The memorandum of understanding, which was discussed several months ago, aims to establish a targeted training program to strengthen the graduates of nursing colleges and raise their professional level, and to include them in health work and benefit from their services after ensuring that they have a safe practice.
The Secretary-General of the Health Specialties Authority, Prof. Dr. Ayman bin Asaad Abdo, said: “The authority is the authority concerned with classifying health practitioners to work in the Kingdom. The aim is to provide qualified Saudi cadres in the field of nursing.
He added, "This step came within the framework of the authority''s permanent cooperation with leading medical centers to implement training programs to achieve the desired goals in qualifying Saudi health cadres."
And he added: "The authority believes in the importance of providing a safe health practice for health practitioners before their integration into health work."
The Secretary-General extended his deep thanks to Dr. Mahmoud Al-Yamani for the efforts made by Al-Fahd Medical City to complete the memorandum of understanding that will positively affect the health sector in general and the King Fahd Medical City in particular.
For his part, Deputy Secretary-General Dr. Suleiman bin Omran Al-Omran said: "The memorandum of understanding will result in a training program aimed at strengthening the graduates of nursing faculties, including them in health work and benefiting from their services after ensuring the availability of safe health practice."
He added, "King Fahd Medical City has distinct material and human capabilities and realizes the importance of qualifying Saudi cadres specialized in the field of nursing to satisfy the shortage of health services in the Kingdom."
Dr. Mahmoud Abdel Jabbar Yamani, Executive Director General of King Fahd Medical City, thanked and appreciated what the Health Specialties Authority was doing in the field of qualifying and training national cadres to engage in the medical field in the Kingdom, considering that these kind efforts raise the efficiency of the health sector and produce highly qualified cadres.
It is worth noting that the Health Specialties Authority will financially support the implementation of each course, and also provide King Fahd Medical City with an analysis of the examination results for this category, provide advice and support during the program implementation period, and coordinate periodic meetings with those in charge of the program.
King Fahd Medical City shall announce the opening of the door for admission, receive applicants'' files, implement the program, specify the names of the faculty, appoint a program director, form a training committee, organize workshops, provide office support, and provide the Health Specializations Authority with a monthly report for the program, and the names of trainees who Complete the entire program, and ensure that the trainees must pass the classification examination.
