Program Accreditation

Institutional and program accreditation in the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties aims for providing and harnessing all administrative, educational and clinical resources in the training centers for the postgraduate professional healthcare programs(General Board Certificate, Subspecialty Fellowship or Health Professional Diploma) supervised by SCFHS. As a result, it creates an ideal learning environment based on health education principles for both trainers and trainees, and it allows trainees to be highly trained and qualified for safe professional practice.

Program Accreditation is the process of accrediting training program after meeting the Program Accreditation standards.

Requirements of Program Accreditation:

1. Reviewing and complying to regulations and bylaws of Institutional and Program Accreditation (Here).

2.Reviewing the list of Accredited Programs by SCFHS (Here).

3.Reviewing Program Accreditation standards and filling the form (Here).

4.Filling the Program Accreditation request form (Here).

5. Paying the Program Accreditation fees (five thousand Saudi Riyals per program) deposited to SCFHS bank account below.

6. Providing the Program Director and members of the Training Board professional resumes, and a copy of a valid classification and registration records.

7.A letter signed and stamped by the Chief Executive Officer (or a delegate) authorized to sign on behalf of the healthcare institution, addressed to the Executive Accreditation Administration in SCFHS along with all requirements. The letter should be sent at least 6 months prior to the specified date trainees' admission.

Applying for Program Accreditation:

1. The healthcare institution shall apply for Program Accreditation by submitting the Program Accreditation form signed by the Chief Executive Officer (or a delegate) authorized to sign on behalf of the healthcare institution (Here) along with a signed letter addressed to Executive Accreditation Administration in SCFHS demonstrating the desire of the training center to get Program Accreditation . All requirements shall be sent to the Program Accreditation email below.

2.After reviewing the request and ensuring all requirements are met, a team of accreditation surveyors will be sent to visit and evaluate the training center in terms of meeting the standards of Program and Institutional Accreditation.

3.A report on the visit by the Accreditation surveyors will be presented to the competent committee.

4.If all Program Accreditation standards are met, a Program Accreditation certificate will be issued and sent to the training center.

Applying for a New Training Program Establishment:

1. A letter shall be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer of Academic Affairs in SCFHS to request a new training program establishment.

2. After the need for the program is recognized and the training curriculum and accreditation standards are developed by the Education and Training Executive Council in SCFHS, the training curriculum and accreditation standards will be announced.

3.Receiving requests for program accreditation to join the program will begin.

4.The healthcare institution shall apply for Program Accreditation by submitting the Program Accreditation form signed by the Chief Executive Officer (or a delegate) authorized to sign on behalf of the healthcare institution (Here) along with a signed letter addressed to Executive Accreditation Administration in SCFHS demonstrating the desire of the training center to get Program Accreditation . All requirements shall be sent to the Program Accreditation email below.

5. After reviewing the request and ensuring all requirements are met, a team of accreditation surveyors will be sent to visit and evaluate the training program in terms of meeting the standards of program and institutional accreditation.

6.A report on the visit by the accreditation surveyors will be presented to the competent committee.

7.If all program accreditation standards are met, a program accreditation decision will be issued and sent to the training center.

Requirements for Modifying the Holding Capacity of an Accredited Single Center Program :

1. Filling the form of modifying the holding capacity request (Here).

2. A letter signed and stamped by the Chief Executive Officer (or a delegate) authorized to sign on behalf of the healthcare institution, addressed to the Executive Accreditation Administration in SCFHS to request holding capacity modification. The letter should be sent at least 3 months prior to the specified date of trainees' admission.

For further information, please contact Programs Accreditation on the following email:

 |programs.accreditation@scfhs.org

To deposit fees:

Bank name: AlAhli NCB

Account Name: Saudi Commission for Health Specialty

Account Number: SA1210000020159007001306