Medicine Residency Training Program
Medicine Residency Training Program at King Abdulaziz Medical City-Riyadh, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs is considered as of one the most excellent and effective programs in the Region.
The Training Program was implemented in 1986 and is being conducted in the Department of Medicine, where residents have the opportunity of learning and working in a tertiary care center for four years. The training is multi-disciplinary approach, follows the principles of evidence-based medicine and CanMEDS (Canadian Medical Education for Directors and Specialists) Competencies standard criteria (e.g., medical expert, professional, scholar, manager, communicator, collaborator, health advocate).
The Resident progresses from a Junior Resident in the first two years to a Senior Resident in the final two years, where he/she acquires more knowledge, leadership and supervisory skills. The final year allows the Residents more autonomy and freedom in assembly leadership role.
The training is supervised by well qualified consultants with North American and European degrees. Most of the faculties have international and local academic experience. The Resident will have the opportunity to spend approximately 18 months in the Clinical Teaching Units/General Medicine and the rest in all medical specialties and critical areas.
As a result of this comprehensive training environment, residents from King Abdulaziz Medical City have always obtained some of the best pass marks and high scores in their examinations. Almost all the Residents who were enrolled in the program became certified in Internal Medicine by at least one Medical Board.
The Residency Training process is directed by the Medicine Residency Training Program Committee.
Department Capacity
Number of trainees is ever increasing over the years adding 30 new R1 residents every academic year and currently we have no less than 110 medical residents excluding board eligible residents.
Mission Medicine Residency Training Program
The main mission of the program is to graduate physicians that can provide comprehensive medical care at a consultant level with good understanding of related cultural, socio-economic, enthical, occupational, environmental and behavioral issues and respecting Islamic religion.
Vision of Medicine Residency Training Program
To produce a safe and competent physicians with broad knowledge in the different fields of internal medicine.
To provide the residents with enough training so that he/she acquires knowledge, leadership, supervisory skills and more autonomy and freedom in assembly leadership role.
To provide an educational environment that promotes the standard of delivery of health care, by appreciation of the logical use of guidelines, text, literature, latest information technology and others.
To train residents in learning scholarly character and attitude by giving them assignments to research and present topics of important and relevant medical issues.
To prepare residents for future sub-specialty training.
To train residents to be collaborators, a health advocate and medical professional in all aspects of residency training over the 4 years of training.
Clinical Programs
Dr. Jamila Al Onazi
Program Director, MRTP
Phone Number: +966-11-801 1111
Ext 14196/14191
Dr. Amjad Al Seraya
Deputy Program Director, MRTP
Phone Number: +966-11-801 1111
Ext 14196/14191
Dr. Abdullah Bawazir
Chief Resident, MRTP
Phone Number: +966-11-801 1111
Ext 14185
Accreditation of Medicine Residency Training Program
Internal Medicine Program at King Abdulaziz Medical City is accredited as a residency training program by:
Contact Medicine Residency Training Program
E-mail:
MRTP@NGHA.MED
Phone: +966 11 80 11111
Ext. 14191/14196