REQUIRMENET
1- Have you participated in writing a
research proposal or participated
partially in a research activity in
which you did not meet the criteria
for authorship?
2- Are you an author or co-
author of a published
research article?
3-4 Did you attend/participate in
any health related workshops
/courses? e.g. ATLS, ACLS, PALS,
FDM, FCCS, APLS, X-Ray
reading, review course,
Ultrasound courses,
communication skills, ECG
interpretation, BOSS, ALSO
5-6 Did you actively participate in
any health related voluntary
social/community activities?
Voluntary activities that will be
considered for evaluation of
application include but are not
limited to: Breast cancer
campaign, smoking cessation
program, Hajj Health helpers,
disease awareness day, health
education media programs,
humanitarian missions, etc.
7- Did you attend a conference -
/symposium?
Criteria DONE NOTE
* Any research proposal submitted has to be
published or authenticated by an authority
(Department, College, Hospital/Research Centre)
* The same research article or abstract CANNOT
be used for both questions, 1 and 2.
* The same research article or abstract CANNOT be
used for both questions, 1 and 2. However, if applicant
has more than one published article he/she can submit
it for question one.
* Publication has to be in a journal indexed in
databases such as Index Medicus, Medline, PubMed,
EMBASE, SCOPUS, EBSCO Publishing's Electronic
Databases, SCIRUS
* Courses and workshops accredited by the Saudi
Heart Association, American Heart Association, or any
other recognized body are accepted.
* BLS10, CPR, First Aid or other equivalent courses are
NOT accepted.
* Courses/workshops should have CME points awarded
by either the SCFHS and/or another recognized
accrediting body.
* Applicants must have the course/workshop
certificate of completion/attendance; receipt of
registration is NOT accepted.
* Activity proof/evidence with a date and no expiry
mentioned will only be valid for 5 years from issue
date.
* Health related summer courses/clinical observership
for a minimum of four weeks is considered as one
course.
* The applicant should have actively participated
in these activities. Active participation includes,
taking a role as a presenter, provider, instructor
or organizer but NOT as an attendee only.
* Activity has to be health-related, targeting ahl
commubiay’s bleds.
* The target group should be the general public,
and NOT healthcare providers or medical
students.
* Local and international conferences or symposia are
accepted.
* If the conference/symposium is local, it should be
recognized and approved by the SCFHS.
* The conference/symposium has to be in a health-
related field.
* The same activity or conference/symposium CANNOT
be used for both questions, 7 and 8.
8- Did you present at a
conference/symposium?
9- Clinical Attachment/Work
Experience in your first
preferred specialty / Dean’s list
(5%)
10- Overall documents
submitted are related to the first
preferred speciality.
* Local and international conferences or symposia are
accepted.
* If the conference/symposium is local, it should be
recognized and approved by the SCFHS.
* Oral presentations, podium presentations,
moderated abstract sessions and poster presentations
are counted as presentations.
* The conference/symposium has to be in a health-
related field.
* The same activity or conference /symposium
CANNOT be used for both questions, 7 and 8.
o The least accepted period is SIX continuous months
of clinical attachment/work experience.
o A maximum of two letters from different residency
training program (RTP) directors within the same
specialty are accepted.
o The clinical attachment has to be in the speciality you
identified in your application as the first preference.
o The first speciality of choice entered in your
application will be the only speciality correlated with
your proof letter.
o A letter from the RTP director is the ONLY accepted
form of proof.
o The letter must state the nature of your involvement,
duration, speciality, hospital and RTP director contact
information.
o This includes a minimum of FOUR documents
submitted in research activity,
workshops/courses, health promotion activities,
and/or conference attended and topic presented.
o This can be categorized by medical/surgical or
any other suitable categorization based on the
discretion of the evaluator.