Kuwait : Complete Profile - What is GIS - World Health Organization
Kuwait : Complete Profile - What is GIS - World Health Organization
Kuwait : Complete Profile - What is GIS - World Health Organization
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<strong>Health</strong> Systems <strong>Profile</strong>- <strong>Kuwait</strong> Regional <strong>Health</strong> Systems Observatory- EMRO<br />
Faculty of Dent<strong>is</strong>try<br />
▪ The faculty will undergo an assessment process with the Association of Dental<br />
Education in Europe (ADEE). The Assessment group will also include member of the<br />
American Dental Education Association (ADEA) in November 2005.<br />
▪ Preliminary d<strong>is</strong>cussions <strong>is</strong> on with American Dental Associations for an accreditation<br />
v<strong>is</strong>it as soon as it begins oversees accreditation program<br />
Faculty of Pharmacy<br />
▪ The faculty <strong>is</strong> currently undergoing a self-evaluation process for the B.Pharm through<br />
the ACPE (USA)<br />
Faculty of Allied <strong>Health</strong> Sciences<br />
▪ The four departments in the Faculty are currently preparing the documentation for<br />
accreditation of their program. Accreditation of two programs <strong>is</strong> expected within the<br />
next 1- 2 years. Two departments may opt for benchmarking their programs.<br />
<strong>Kuwait</strong> Institute for Medical Specialization (KIMS)<br />
▪ Self-evaluation of the training programs have been undertaken by the institution<br />
▪ Review the postgraduate training programs by external reviewer<br />
▪ Evaluation of the postgraduate training programs and the MPC Program (for<br />
CME/CPD) by WHO expert have been completed<br />
▪ MPC Program of KIMS has been granted substantive recognition by Royal College of<br />
Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and recognized by The Royal College of<br />
Patholog<strong>is</strong>ts, UK.<br />
7.2 Human resources policy and reforms over last 10 years<br />
<strong>Kuwait</strong> <strong>is</strong> still relaying and will continue to relay for many years to come on non-<strong>Kuwait</strong>i<br />
health professionals to support the expanding health system. The variation in quality <strong>is</strong><br />
huge and a system of recruitment to minimize variation <strong>is</strong> urgently needed. It will take<br />
sometime before such a variation could be overcome.<br />
Faculty of Medicine:<br />
▪ The faculty of Medicine works closely with <strong>Kuwait</strong> institute of Medical Specialization<br />
and the Min<strong>is</strong>try of <strong>Health</strong> in determining the human resource needs of <strong>Kuwait</strong> with<br />
respect with the number of graduating physicians each year.<br />
▪ The number of medical graduates from the faculty of Medicine has averaged around<br />
70 graduates per year over the past 10 years.<br />
▪ The faculty of Medicine cons<strong>is</strong>ts of over 170 faculty members, and has a specific<br />
policy of increasing the percentage of <strong>Kuwait</strong>i faculty members<br />
▪ Currently the <strong>Kuwait</strong><strong>is</strong> compr<strong>is</strong>e 47% of all faculty members and 76% of all clinical<br />
faculty members<br />
Faculty of Dent<strong>is</strong>try<br />
▪ The faculty plans to graduate an average of 24 students per year until the training<br />
facilities permit an annual intake of 40 students.<br />
▪ The faculty <strong>is</strong> new and therefore the human resources needs for training has been<br />
largely expatriates<br />
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