Emergency Medicine Residency Program - Riyadh | King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre

Emergency Medicine Residency Program - Riyadh

Program Overview:

The Emergency Medicine Residency Program is a four-year training program under the supervision of emergency medicine experts with experience in American, British, Canadian, and French healthcare systems. Emergency medicine physicians are qualified to assess, diagnose, and manage acute medical and surgical emergencies of adult and pediatric populations. Emergency medicine residents at King Faisal Specialist Hospital are trained to provide high quality specialized emergency care in accordance with up-to-date knowledge and skills. Training equips physicians to advance in the field and acquire administrative skills to run emergency departments including pre-hospital medical care. The program provides 24-hour consultant-based service with high standard residency training under direct supervision.

The Department of Emergency Medicine provides tertiary specialized care to a diverse patient population. The training prepares trainees to become competent in dealing with complex medical emergencies including cardiac, oncological, metabolic, and neurological. The program supports trainees with dedicated academic activity, simulation sessions, disaster management, quality and patient safety, and research opportunities.

Training Structure:

The Emergency Medicine Residency Training program is a four-year program. During the residency training, residents rotate in emergency medicine rotations in adult emergency medicine, pediatric emergency medicine, and emergency medical services.

The training includes non-emergency rotations in orthopedics, obstetrics and gynecology, anesthesia, adult critical care, pediatric critical care, and electives.

Educational Activities:

Education is the core of our Emergency Medicine Residency Program. Educational activities include weekly academic activity, monthly simulation sessions, morning reports, research day, courses and conferences.

Simulation sessions are held regularly in a state-of-the-art simulation center with specialized equipment, code rooms, cadaveric, and animal models.

Courses are carried throughout the year in core emergency medicine competencies including airway management and ultrasound.

Social activities are arranged regularly to build a strong bond within our residency program.