Internship Program

The Internship Training for the MBBS program started in November 1984 with 34 graduates of the charter class. Since then the program has been governed by approved Rules and Regulations of the College of Medicine and is supervised by the Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs. Satisfactory completion of this one-year training is mandatory for the award of the degree of MBBS by the University.

College

College of Medicine

Campus

Dammam

Track

Health

Level

Undergraduate

Gender

Female, Male

Years of study

1

The Internship Training Program prepares the interns to perform their professional duties and responsibilities with confidence prior to their becoming registered doctors, enabling them to develop proper medical attitudes and ethics in accordance with the tenets of Islam. 

This rotational year is spent as follows:

• Surgery for 3 Months
• Internal Medicine for 3 Months
• Pediatrics for 2 Months
• Obstetrics and Gynecology for 2 Months
• Family and Community Medicine for 1 Month
• Elective (to be chosen from a number of specialties) for 1 Month