The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has announced the completion of the October 2023 cycle of the Qatar Medical Specialisation Certificate, also known as the Qatari Board of Medical Specialties (QBMS).
The ministry said, in a statement Tuesday, that the cycle included 14 Part 1 examinations and four Part 2 examinations, whereby 235 resident physicians, enrolled in 16 speciality programmes, took the exam. Of those, 181 took Part 1 examinations and 54 took Part 2 examinations.
The Qatar Medical Specialization Certificate (Qatari Board) was launched in July 2020 under the auspices of the Ministry of Public Health. The project aims to grant physicians, enrolled in accredited structured clinical training programs in the State of Qatar (there are 17 accredited programmes so far), the chance to receive higher specialisation certificates in their medical specialities from a national authority that follows the best scientific practices in this regard.
The physicians must first fulfil their requirements and then pass a number of examinations, including written and clinical exams, which test them and confirm that they have the highest levels of competence, education, and knowledge in their respective specialities. This enables them to provide high-quality medical care to citizens and residents of Qatar.
In this context, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Qatar Medical Specialization Certificate and Director, Department of Healthcare Professions in MoPH, Dr Saad al-Kaabi, said: “The successful completion of the fourth cycle of the Qatar Medical Specialization Certificate (Qatari Board) written exams is an important and decisive step in completing the project to establish the Qatari Board. This is because this year will witness the graduation of the first batch of physicians who will obtain the Qatar Medical Specialization Certificate (Qatari Board) after passing all the required written and clinical exams. This is the most important output of the project and the culmination of the efforts of those working on it.”
Dr al-Kaabi stated that the process of preparing and reviewing these examinations was carried out by local experts with the highest levels of competence in the medical sector in Qatar. Moreover, the great effort exerted by the members of the Examination Committee and the Written Examination Subcommittee played an essential role in the success of this cycle of the Qatar Medical Specialization Certificate examinations.
For his part, the head of the Examination Committee of the Qatar Medical Specialization Certificate Dr Abdullah al-Nuaimi said: “The Qatar Medical Specialization Certificate (Qatari Board) adopted a strategic direction relying on local expertise (from the Qatari and resident physicians with distinguished competence and experience) in building and developing the Qatari Board, including the development of the organisational structures, policies, standards, and regulations up to and including the preparation of its examinations following the latest evidence-based methods.
“This has significantly contributed to the Qatari Board achieving great successes in a record period of time. It has also enabled us to build efficient local capabilities, especially in the fields of preparing and developing written and clinical examinations, that ensure the continuity and sustainability of the Qatari Boards operations.”
