The National Institute for Health Specialties has achieved many key milestones such as:

Governance:

1. Preparing Policies, Regulations and Organizational Structure.

2. Developing the five-year strategy for the National Institute of Health Specialties.

3. Forming eighteen (18) specialized scientific committees that include doctors representing various medical bodies and specialties.

4. Signing MOUs with regional and international entities: MOU with the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, the Royal college of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical education (ACGME) of the USA.

Introducing (18) priority residency programs including:

ENT

Psychiatry

Pediatrics

Surgery

Anesthesia

Dermatology

Gastroenterology

Hematology

Neurology

Ophthalmology

Pharmacy

Radiology

Rheumatology

Urology

Family Medicine

Emergency Medicine

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Internal Medicine

Clinical Genetics

Neonatology

Medical Internship

Intensive Care Unit

Cardiology

Institutional and Program Accreditation:

1. Developing institutional and program accreditation standards.

2. Developing specialized standards for accreditation.

3. Forming committees and completing the procedures and application forms for NIHS Accreditation.

Assessment

• Organizing entry examinations (EMREE) for residency programs in all emirates, (number examined 1293).

• Organizing the Final Clinical Exams in Mid- 2021.

• Developing an executive program on organizing clinical and final examinations with the Saudi Commission of Health Specializations based on the MOU.