The Board of Trustees of Oman Medical Speciality Board (OMSB) today discussed the initial approval of applications for new fellowship programmes in infectious diseases.

This was unveiled during OMSB’s second meeting of the year (2023) held under the auspices of Dr. Hilal Ali Al Sabti, Minister of Health, Chairman of the Board of Trustees.

The board approved the list of doctors applying for training programmes in the OMSB for academic year 2023-2024 and the list of candidates for 2023-2024 scholarships.

The meeting also looked into policies and proposals related to academic affairs, including a mechanism that governs changing a trainee doctor’s employer during the training period at the OMSB, as well as the evaluation of fellowship programmes.

The meeting reviewed internal accreditation reports on centres and programmes of Khoula Hospital’s Department of Neurosurgery and Plastic Surgery and Sultan Qaboos Comprhensive Cancer Care and Research Centre.

Source: Oman News Agency