AMMAN — According to Professor of Medicine
and Surgery Dr Abdullah Al-Bashir, the greatest problem faced by
Jordan’s medical sector is the
“severe shortage of specialized doctors”, especially in
public sector hospitals. This is despite the large number of doctors who
graduate with bachelor's degrees from Jordanian universities.
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Speaking during an interview on the Amman
TV channel, Bashir said he believes the solution to this problem is to rely on
the
Jordanian Medical Council’s (JMC) specialization programs.
New
specializationsA decision was
taken by the JMC to identify specialties that do not yet have committees within
the council for the purpose of developing specialization programs and
introducing these specialties to the Kingdom’s medical sector, he said. This
step will achieve two goals: first, to create space for rare sub-specialties
required in Jordan; and second, to open space for new doctors to identify
suitable specialization programs.
Bashir predicted
a “quantum leap” in the sector with the implementation of this step.
Local medical
training
“The medical council
represents the future of medicine in Jordan,” he said. “It is what has led to a
qualitative medical shift in the Kingdom since its establishment in 1982.”
Instead of
doctors heading abroad to obtain external specializations, “it was better to
create training inside Jordan, conducting local and national programs in
Jordanian medical institutions to graduate specialists who provide specialized
health care,” he explained.
Regional
reputation
The professor confirmed that Jordan “is
still preserving its medical reputation, providing medical care based on
international standards, and pioneering surgical operations”, without any
backtracking in these efforts.
The reputation
of the
Jordan Medical Council also attracts many foreign doctors to obtain its accreditation,
Bashir noted.
This can be seen
in the hundreds of Saudi doctors who complete the Jordanian
board exam. The council
recently examined 400 Saudi doctors, he said.
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