The National Institute for Health Specialties ‎introduces the "Emirati Board" program in a ‎workshop for Dubai Health Authority employees

To enhance the quality of medical training and ‎education

Dr. Mohammed Al Houqani, Secretary-General of ‎the National Institute for Health Specialties,  ‎presented a workshop on the Emirati Board ‎program and its standards for DHA program ‎directors and training program professionals, to ‎prepare and develop a highly qualified health ‎professionals capable of supporting the health ‎system and promoting health and quality of life in ‎the country‏.‏

Dr. Mohammed Al Houqani pointed out that the ‎National Institute for Health Specialties is working ‎to organize and develop the health sector in the ‎country, and raise the scientific and professional ‎level of doctors and health professions in the ‎country, through enhancing, organizing and ‎ensuring the quality of higher medical education ‎and training programs‏.‏‎ ‎

The workshop aims to identify the accreditation ‎criteria of National Institute for Health Specialties ‎‎(Emirati Board) and to prepare for the accreditation ‎of Dubai Health Authority facilities. He also ‎presented the importance of the accreditation and ‎evaluation stages until the issuance of Emirati ‎Board certificates.‎

The National Institute for Health Specialties was ‎established by Cabinet Resolution No. (28) of 2014 ‎as a national institution for organizing the ‎professional development of the health ‎professionals and training programs. The National ‎Institute for Health Specialties is attached to the ‎United Arab Emirates University, which is the first ‎national higher education institution in the country. ‎It is run by a high-level board of directors chaired ‎by His Excellency the Minister of Education‏.‏