DOHA: The Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has become the first healthcare provider in the region to achieve the institutional accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education – International (ACGME-I).
This makes Qatar the second country outside of the US to have this prestigious accreditation.
The accreditation is effective from July 1 this year so that medical residents specialising in the current year will be educated under this accreditation.
Qatar joins Singapore as the only countries outside of US to achieve this status.
The ACGME is the body responsible for accrediting the majority of graduate medical training programmes, such as internships, residencies and fellowships for physicians, in the US and the ACGME-I is the international arm of the ACGME.
“I am immensely proud of our team for the collaborative effort in achieving this accreditation,” said Hanan Al Kuwari, Managing Director of HMC.
“This accreditation will enable us to train and retain the best local talent and to attract top medical graduates and clinical faculty from all over the world as it demonstrates our commitment to providing a world class learning environment,” she added.
Dr Abdullatif Al Khal, Director of Medical Education at HMC said: “Implementing the ACGME-I standards will help to improve the training and educational environment of doctors during their specialisation period which leads to better quality and safer patient care,’’ he said. The Peninsula
