Sidra Medicine, a member of Qatar Foundation, has achieved accreditation for five new paediatric programmes by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education International (ACGME-I).
The new programmes include urology; critical care; emergency medicine; gastroenterology and infectious diseases. This brings the total of ACGME-I accredited residency and clinical fellowship programmes at the healthcare organisation to 13.
Prof Ibrahim al-Janahi, chair of Medical Education at Sidra Medicine, said: “This is a fantastic achievement for Sidra Medicine, as it demonstrates the high caliber of our residency and fellowship programmes. The programmes, which are based on a globally recognised international standard such as the ACGME-I, are part of our strategy to offer trainees top quality medical education. We currently have 96 residents as part of our paediatric residency programme and 63 fellows in our clinical fellowship programmes. We remain committed to expanding our academic credibility as a premier teaching hospital in the region.”
The ACGME-I is a body directly aligned with ACGME, the international best practice standard that accredits the majority of graduate medical training programmes for doctors in the US. The accreditation demonstrates that Sidra Medicine’s graduate medical education programmes have met ACGME-I’s established standards for institutional, foundational and advanced specialty education.
The 13 accredited ACGME-I paediatric programmes currently available at Sidra Medicine are cardiology; nephrology; neurology; pulmonology; general surgery; emergency medicine; infectious diseases, gastroenterology; critical care; neonatology; child and adolescent psychiatry; urology; and radiology.
A view of Sidra Medicine.
