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4.2 Post-service and Continuing EducationIn addition to the post graduate programs leading to high degrees such as Mastersand PhDs in health sciences as indicated in section 4.1.3, formal post-servicetraining programs are confined to physicians and dentists in public and privatesectors (Table 4.9). Except of the Diploma in Community Medicine which isorganized by MOH, these programs are managed and supervised by the JordanMedical Council. They include: medical residency program, medical internship,dentist residency program, dental internship and Diploma in Community Medicine.Table 4.9: Formal Post-service Training ProgramsTraining ProgramMedical ResidencyProgramLengthofTrainingOrganizingInstitution4-6 years Jordan MedicalCouncil(JMC)Medical Internship 1 year JMCDentists ResidencyProgramDental InternshipDiploma in CommunityMedicine4 years JMCSixmonthsJMCPlace of TrainingTeachinghospitals(RMShospitals, someMOH hospitals,university hospitals,some privatehospitals)1 year MOH MOH hospitalsSources: Jordan Ministry of Health and Initiatives Inc. /USAID.Situation Analysis: Jordan Human HealthResources Assessment, 2004; JMC web Site.The Jordan Medical Council (JMC) was formally established in 1982. It consists of:the Minister of Health (President), the deans of the Medicine Faculties and DentistryFaculties in Public Jordanian Universities, the director of the Royal MedicalServices, the president of the Jordanian Medical Association, and the president ofthe Dentists’ Association and the chief of the High Studies Committee at JMC. Theobjectives of the JMC include: 331- Improving the quality of medical services in the country by raising the scientificand practical levels of the physicians who are working in the different medicalbranches in corporation with the educational institutions.2- Organizing seminars and courses for physicians in corporation with the medicalorganizations and institutions to cope up with the continuous medical education.3- Supervising the Medical Residency Programs in the country and conductingSpecialization Examinations for physicians to grant them the Jordan Medical CouncilCertificate.56
4- Supervising the internship training for physicians and conducting the InternshipExamination.5- Evaluating the hospitals and developing recognition conditions for the purposes oftraining.4.2.1 Medical Internship ProgramAn Internship is a compulsory (statutory) requirement for all graduates from medicaland dentistry schools. After graduation, a physician or dentist should enter a oneyear internship under medical supervision in a certified teaching hospital. After whichhe or she must pass an exam sponsored by the Jordan Medical Council (JMC).Physicians and dentists who are graduated from Jordan universities are exemptedfrom this exam. After being certified by this council and registered in the JordanMedical Association or Jordan Dentists Association and MOH, they can serve asgeneral practitioners / general dentists or apply to the JMC for residency program.The JMC organizes the internship training program which involves twelve monthrotations in Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics in noparticular order.4.2.2 Medical Residency ProgramAfter completion of the internship, physicians can apply to any certified teachinghospital for residency in a specific branch of medicine as dermatology, internalmedicine, obstetric and gynecology, pathology, general surgery, psychiatry, physicalmedicine and rehabilitation, radiology, family medicine, neurology, ophthalmology,orthopedics, neurosurgery, otolaryngology, urology, anesthesiology or otherspecialties.Acceptance for a residency is based on the available posts in each specialty,personal characteristics, previous education, and successful completion of writtenand oral exams. Advancement is based on an annual evaluation and examination.The JMC conducts two exams for residents in his or her specialty to qualify them forJordan Board Specialty Certificate. Part one exam is conducted after completing twoyears of residency, and Part two exam is conducted after completing the residencyprogram. Physicians that had specialty certificates from foreign countries are notcertified by the JMC as specialists unless they set for the Jordan board exam andpass it.As mentioned before, Faculty of Medicine at Jordan University has establishedmaster program for medical residents. According to this program, the residentphysician is enrolled as MSc. student in the medical specialty in which he is doinghis residency program. At the end of the residency program, the physician whopasses the JMC exams and meets the postgraduate program requirements will beawarded MSc. degree in medicine and Jordan Board Specialty Certificate.57
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CONTENTACKNOWLEDGEMENT.............
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FIGURESFIGURE 1.1:TRENDS OF POPULAT
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