Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) have successfully completed a two-year project to revalidate all consultants working in their respective organisations.
Nearly 800 consultants from HMC and PHCC have had their credentials revalidated against the international benchmark criteria used by Medical Validation Ireland (MVIRL), a consortium of renowned international certifying authorities in Ireland.
Dr Hanan al-Kuwari, managing director, HMC, said that the primary function of revalidation was to safeguard the best possible standards of care for patients. “Achieving validation with MVI is a testament to the high level of professionalism, advanced qualifications and specialisation of our doctors. We are confident that the revalidation process helps us to uphold our high standards and the quality of care we provide,” added al-Kuwari.
HMC and PHCC engaged the Irish consortium, which was managed by MVIRL, a subsidiary of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), in 2013 to complete a peer review of the credentials of every consultant.
The successful conclusion of the revalidation project and the invaluable engagement and support of consultants and the programme
co-ordinators was marked in a recent celebration event organised by HMC and PHCC in  collaboration
with MVIRL.
Dr Mariam Abdulmalik, managing director, PHCC, stated that the event was an ideal forum to formally mark the conclusion of this major project and to recognise all the teams who have worked diligently to accomplish such a
considerable task.
Dr Abdulmalik said, “The international level of a healthcare system is marked by providing excellent prevention and treatment services and this cannot be achieved by establishing buildings, facilities and importing new medical equipment only; it requires qualified, specialised and accountable human resources. Within this context, this programme contributes to the development of professional standards through encouraging consultants to adopt the approach of self-accountability and medical
performance progress.”
More than 30 MVIRL representatives joined the celebration to mark the successful conclusion of the revalidation programme. These included presidents and deans of all the participating colleges who worked closely with HMC
and PHCC.
“We are delighted to have worked closely with HMC and PHCC on this major initiative. This was the first time that the postgraduate training bodies have
co-operatively responded to an international request of this kind. This significant project offers an example of co-operation across the training bodies that will, I hope, provide a template for further overseas initiatives,” said Prof Cathal
Kelly, director, MVIRL.