trained by the "security forces"
More than a thousand physicians and surgeons of a number of hospitals have received training in the "basic surgical skills" center at Security Forces Hospital and its affiliated centers across the Kingdom, since 2013 until now.
Dr. Saud Al-Rashidi, President of the Center for Basic Surgical Skills, said: The idea of establishing a training surgical center was born when the Security Forces Hospital embraced the first training course in the field of developing basic surgical skills for distinguished physicians at the level of the Arabian Gulf in 2000, and then the courses were repeated semi-annually In cooperation with the Academic Affairs and Health Awareness Department.
Al-Rashidi added that the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties has approved the passing of one of the center’s courses as a mandatory condition for resident physicians in surgical specialization programs, and this gives an indication of the scientific and training value of this center, pointing out that the main objective of the Center for Basic Surgical Skills is to find distinguished surgeons at the level of the Kingdom who will contribute With the experience and skills they gained in serving their religion and country, after training newly graduated doctors wishing to major in surgery, in the basic skills of general surgery and dealing with the latest devices and technologies used.
In addition to providing them with expertise and modern mechanisms in surgical work In preparation for their entry into the real field and practicing surgeries, which leads to an increase in the level of surgical performance and positively reflects on the quality of health services provided to patients According to "Al-Rashidi".
For his part, Dr. Haitham Badr, Consultant Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the course, stated that it enriches the trainees'' knowledge of many surgical skills, including the foundations of general surgery such as cutting and suturing, surgical knots and their types, methods of knots with a surgical machine and with one hand and other basic skills, in addition to laparoscopic surgery. And other machines and foundations of sterilization, through theoretical lectures and training workshops.
He pointed out that the center, since its inception until now, has held more than (70) training courses, equivalent to (16) training courses during one year through seven centers in several hospitals in the Kingdom, in addition to the main center for surgical skills at Security Forces Hospital in Riyadh. These are the Armed Forces Hospitals in Riyadh, Tabuk, Khamis Mushait, and Hada in Taif, the Security Forces Hospitals in Dammam and Makkah Al-Mukarramah, and Prince Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Hospital for the National Guard in Madinah.
Saud Al-Rashidi
