Open AccessSaudi regulations for the accreditation of sleep medicine physicians and technologists
Author(s) -
Ahmed S. BaHammam,
Hamdan AlJahdali,
Abdulrahman Alharbi,
Ghazi Alotaibi,
Saad Asiri,
Abdulaziz AlSayegh
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1737.105710
Subject(s) - accreditation , medicine , sleep medicine , license , specialty , competence (human resources) , commission , family medicine , alternative medicine , medical education , sleep (system call) , management , sleep disorder , psychiatry , law , pathology , cognition , political science , computer science , economics , operating system
The professional content of sleep medicine has grown significantly over the past few decades, warranting the recognition of sleep medicine as an independent specialty. Because the practice of sleep medicine has expanded in Saudi Arabia over the past few years, a national regulation system to license and ascertain the competence of sleep medicine physicians and technologists has become essential. Recently, the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties formed the National Committee for the Accreditation of Sleep Medicine Practice and developed national accreditation criteria. This paper presents the newly approved Saudi accreditation criteria for sleep medicine physicians and technologists.