Medical Education

Our Mission

The mission of the Medical Education Department at Sidra Medicine is to set the highest standards of medical education and continuous professional development opportunities for healthcare professionals and offer medical trainees an exceptional educational experience to create safe and competent future doctors specialized in children’s and women’s health.

Graduate Medical Education

Undergraduate Medical Education

Life Support Training

Simulation Center

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Scientist Training

Education

Medical education is critical to ensure health care advancements for patients and professionals. It is also one of the three pillars that form the foundation of Sidra Medicine’s mission to provide patient care and biomedical research. Our medical education programs apply to doctors as well as undergraduate and graduate medical training. We promote an interprofessional training model for all healthcare professionals.

Sidra Medicine is a Qatar Council for Healthcare Practitioners (QCHP) accredited center and offers Continuous Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to all licensed healthcare professionals and senior medical staff. We have further joint accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), a prestigious accreditation body in the U.S., designed for doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and allied health professionals.

Who We Are & What We Do

The Medical Education Department is a team of highly trained healthcare professionals and skilled administrators who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience in Graduate Medical Education, Undergraduate Medical Education, and Continuous Medical Education. The Medical Education Team is actively contributing to developing our core programs, providing guidance to doctors and healthcare professionals, and supporting the different functions and daily activities of Medical Education.

Sidra Medicine’s leadership is committed to delivering excellence in medical and inter-professional education, healthcare, and research. Through effective collaboration and partnerships with academic partners, including Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar, Qatar University, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education – International (ACGMEI), world-class medical centers, and leading research institutions, Sidra Medicine is committed to offering the best medical education and high-quality healthcare to the children and women of Qatar.

The Medical Education Department oversees and manages the following core functions and services across Sidra Medicine:

Undergraduate and Graduate Programs – Sidra Medicine, in partnership with leading universities and institutions throughout Qatar and internationally, provides education for students and specialist training for trainees specializing in pediatric and women’s healthcare services.
Continuous Medical Education and Continuous Professional Development – Ensures all clinical teams partake in lifelong learning and maintenance of requirements for licensing.
Simulation-Based Learning – Expands on our immersive and innovative training methods in our advanced facility.
Clinical Library – Offers an extensive online and physical library that promotes our evidence-based practice.

State-Of-The-Art Education Facilities

Our education facilities includes a variety of lecture halls, classrooms and state-of-the-art simulation rooms equipped with the latest technologies, including video conferencing and live streaming to other conference rooms in the hospital or lecturers and specialists around the world. Live translation is also supported with bilingual display in English and Arabic.

Accredited Residency and Fellowship Programs

Sidra Medicine also offers residency and fellowship programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education – International (ACGMEI), a body directly aligned with ACGME, the international best practice standard that accredits the majority of graduate medical training programs for doctors in the United States. Our programs will continue to build on our academic credibility in order to maintain our standing as a premier teaching hospital in the region.