SQU, MoH, OMBS panel holds review meeting

MUSCAT: The Joint Committee of Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Ministry of Health and the Oman Medical Specialty Board (OMSB) held its first meeting at the University Council on Tuesday, under the chairmanship of Dr Ali bin Saud al Bimani, SQU Vice-Chancellor and Dr Ali bin Talib al Hinai, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Health for Planning Affairs. The committee discussed several topics on the agenda of the meeting, which included reviewing the follow-up report on the recommendations of the previous meeting of the joint committee. The committee presented the latest developments in the College of Nursing in terms of academic accreditation of the bachelor’s programme in nursing by international institutions and the proposal of the high diploma programme in midwifery that the College of Nursing intends to introduce in the coming academic year. The committee also discussed the developments of the training programme for doctors of excellence year, which is supervised by Sultan Qaboos University. The OMSB reviewed the results of the examinations of international exam applicants and the mechanism to improve the performance of applicants in the future to achieve better results and high grades. — ONA