PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES
The overall aim of the training is to facilitate the development of a physician
able to function as an independent consultant in general internal medicine. At
the completion of 4 years training period in General Internal Medicine (GIM) the
resident will have demonstrated their competence in the all the above listed
abilities to the satisfaction of their supervising consultants and/or
educational supervisor. The residents should be able to demonstrate the
following objectives:
- Their willingness to manage and care for patients irrespective of the nature of
the patients’ problems
- Their breadth of clinical experience and competence in the management of the
full spectrum of acute unselected medical emergencies
- Their skills of diagnostic reasoning in the management of patients with complex
problems, non-specific symptoms, atypical presentations and multi-system
disorder
- Their ability to demonstrate the knowledge, skills and attitudes contained in
the following syllabus section of this document
- Their ability to perform the specialised list of practical procedures in this
document
- Their willingness to participate in the work of multidisciplinary team
In view of the breadth of experience required to manage acute unselected medical
emergencies, residents will be trained in common diseases in the following
systems or sub-specialities i.e. cardiology, respiratory medicine;
gastroenterology and Hepatology; infectious diseases; endocrinology; neurology;
rheumatology; medical oncology; renal medicine and intensive care.
The training programme will enable new G(I)M residents to:
- Consolidate and develop their clinical skills, particularly with respect to
acute medicine, enabling them to reliably identify and manage sick patients in
whatever setting they present.
- Embed modern professional attitudes and behaviors in every aspect of clinical
practice.
- Demonstrate the acquisition of competence in these areas through a reliable and
robust system of assessment.
- Explore a range of career opportunities in different settings and areas of
medicine.
The Competence Framework
This curriculum document describes the core competences that should be achieved
during the 4 years of training, and sets out, as a syllabus, the details of
knowledge, skills and attitudes that should be achieved by the resident at the
end of the 4-year period. The document is structured such that an indication is
given of competences that should be achieved within the first training year as
well as the competences that should be achieved by the end of the 4th year.
Outcomes
On completing year1, a resident will be able to recognize and deal successfully
with most common or routine clinical and related non-clinical situations On
completing year 4, a resident will perform consistently well and will have taken
increasing responsibility for the care of patients. The doctor will accept
professional accountability for patient care, and be ready to start a programme
of specialist training. The key feature of each year of training is to
consolidate and build on the competences acquired in the previous year, but also
to develop skills and expertise in managing acute illness and to focus on wider
issues which impact on the quality of patient care and patient safety. At this
stage of his/her career, the resident is being prepared to understand the
context in which the patient and clinician meet as well as the service context
for the management of chronic disease.
LIST OF TRAINING CENTERS
- Royal Hospital
- Sultan Qaboos University Hospital
- Al-Nahdha Hospital
CONTACT SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MEMBERS
CONTACT COORDINATOR
Marijoy Aquino
Medical Coordinator
Office No: (968) 24499252 ext. 147
E-mail address: medicine@omsb.org