In line with the hospital’s mission to achieve the highest level of specialized healthcare in an integrated educational and research setting, the hospital provides various professional development programs. Those programs are intended for KFSH&RC’s employees, interns/students of academic institutions, and employees of external organizations. The programs are as follows:
The programs are designed to attract and train Saudi candidates in order to meet KFSHR&C’s staffing needs in the Allied Health Professions. These programs are conducted at KFSH&RC on a full-time basis.
Training courses such as the Basic and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (BLS and ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) are provided to health care professionals the KFSH&RC’s employees and external professionals of other organizations.
These fundamental Training courses encourage KFSH&RC employees to seek self-improvement in English Language, Arabic Language, Medical Terminology, General Human Pathology, and Computer Courses to meet individual, group and organizational needs.
The practical internship programs are designed for non-Physicians students/interns who are enrolled in Academic Institutions.
KFSH&RC offers practical (on-the-job) training programs for Non-Physician-employees from other organizations.
This program is offered for newly hired Saudi staff at KFSH&RC. The one-year program is focused on allowing the participants to be highly proficient in practical skills in their respective professions.
On the job training program that prepares pharmacists for the Saudi board or clinical practices.
The training programs provide skills in the area of management, supervisory, and personal development for KFSH&RC’s employees. The expected outcome of these programs is to achieve KFSH&RC’s objectives.
The hospital provides a Learning Management System (LMS) that contains off-the-shelf online courses provided by SkillSoft , Harvard ManageMentor, and in-house self-developed online courses for KFSH”RC’s employees.
KFSH&RC encourages Saudi Staff to enroll in the Institution of Public Administration (IPA) in order to enhance their administrative and financial skills.