The Ministry of Health (MOH), represented by the Training and Scholarships General Department, in collaboration with the Korean Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), will organize workshops to introduce the executive plan for training Saudi physicians in the Korean prominent and distinguished training centers with which MOH signed an agreement; including Seoul National University Hospital, Samsung Medical Center, Severance Hospital, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, and Asan Medical Center. The workshops, each of which spanning one day, will take place in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam in the presence of a delegation from the Republic of Korea.
Meanwhile, the Training and Scholarships General Department highlighted that organizing these workshops reflects the keenness of MOH to train and qualify the Saudi physicians on the basis of the joint cooperation between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Republic of South Korea.
The workshop for the physicians participating from Riyadh will take place in the new premise of the Training and Scholarships General Department, Salahulddin Rd., on Sunday, 1st of Safar, 1436H, corresponding to 23rd of November 2014, while the workshop dedicated for the physicians of the Eastern Region will take place at Dammam's Child & Birth Hospital, on Tuesday, 3rd of Safar, 1436 H, corresponding to 25th of November, 2014. The Training Center at the Public Health Department in Hamraa District will host the workshop dedicated for the physicians of the Jeddah Province on Thursday, 5th of Safar, 1436H, corresponding to 27th of November, 2014.
Within the same vein, the Training and Scholarships General Department revealed that the groups targeted by these workshops include all the MOH resident, locum and consultant physicians, as well as dentists, in the morning session, from 9:00 AM up to 1:00 PM.
Further, the Department urged those who wish to get enrolled on a scholarship, and benefit from the training program provided in Korea, to participate in one of the above mentioned workshops. It is worth mentioning that there are no accredited hours of continuing medical education for these workshops.
For more information, please contact us via the e-mail of the Training and Scholarships General Department:
hqts@moh.gov.sa.