MISSION
Our mission in the Emergency Medicine Specialty Training is to emphasize on the
acquisition of the ideal roles and competencies a specialist is expected to
fulfill. These roles and competencies have been incorporated into the
postgraduate residency training program. There are 7 roles that we want to
stress on: Medical Expert, Communicator, Collaborator, Manager, Advocate, and
Professional. All our residents in Oman Medical Specialty Board –Emergency
Medicine- will be evaluated (and potentially examined) based on these roles. The
following table is a brief description of these roles:
- Medical Expert
- Communicator
- Collaborator
- Manager
- Scholar
- Advocate
- Professional
DIFINITION
Emergency Medicine is A field of practice based on the knowledge and skills
required for the prevention, diagnosis and management of acute and urgent
aspects of illness and injury affecting patients of all age groups with A full
spectrum of episodic undifferentiated physical and behavioral disorders ; it
further encompasses an understanding of The development of pre hospital and in
hospital emergency medical system and the skills necessary for this development
.
OBJECTIVES
During the course of training, the candidate must acquire satisfactory knowledge
and skills in the medicine following areas:
- Primary care of the patient, declared emergencies including the recognition,
evaluation and initial management of the illness or injury.
- Triage of patients with major illness or injury.
- The natural history of illness or injuries commonly presenting as emergency and
long term care and follow-up essential for these conditions.
- Supervisor and administrative aspect of emergency services, ambulance services
communication systems and disaster planning.
- Research areas of emergency medicine.
- Social and family implications of illness or injury.
LIST OF TRAINING CENTERS
- Sultan Qaboos University Hospital
- Khoula Hospital
- Armed Forces Hospital
CONTACT COORDINATOR
Ms. Ghie Benolo
Medical Coordinator
Office No: (968) 24499252 ext. 115
E-mail address: emergency@omsb.org