Life-long Learning Program - Kuwait Institute for Medical ...

MPC PROGRAM IN KUWAIT
Professional development and life-long learning were accepted as a
national health project by the Ministry of Health, Kuwait in 1999. Although
establishing a structured continuing medical education (CME) scheme
has been a goal long aspired to in the country, it became a reality after
the Ministry of Health entrusted the Kuwait Institute for Medical
Specialization (KIMS) with the responsibility of implementing an
appropriate program. The Maintenance of Professional Competence
Program (MPC Program), introduced in September 2000, completed
its first cycle in December 2006.
This national project of life-long learning is aimed at ensuring the
competency of the practitioner and the safety of the community. These
involve all practitioners having to undertake and show evidence of lifelong
learning and all those responsible for patient care being required
to provide their own personal learning plans.
We are proud of the achievements that we have made at this stage of
completing the first 5-year cycle. All practitioners now have to register
in the MPC Program, participate in accredited CME activities and show
evidence of life-long learning. We are pleased that discussions on the
reform of undergraduate medical curriculum have led to the concepts
of adult learning and life-long learning receiving due emphasis, getting
incorporated into the teaching program of the medical school in Kuwait.
The MPC Program has achieved international accreditation. It is
substantively recognized by the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicans
of Canada, being among the few programs that have been so accredited.
This publication is a record of the planning and implementation of the
life-long learning program. As locally available resources were utilized,
the costs incurred in establishing the program were minimal. We
appreciate the support we received from CME Providers, CME organizers
and the practitioners, which contributed to the success of the Program.
K.F. Al-Jarallah
FRCPC, FACP, FACR, FRCP
Secretary General
Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization
I.G. Premadasa
BDS (Cey.), MA (Mich. State)
Director
CME Center, Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization
Published by
Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization, 10 th Floor, Behbehani Complex, Al-Sharq, P.O. Box 1793, Kuwait 13018.
© 2007 Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization.