training

Year family medicine was established: 1979 (Abyad et al., 2007)

Type of Training: Residency (Abyad et al., 2007)

Length of Training: 4 years, (last year spent in primary care) (Abyad et al., 2007)

Number of institutions that offer family medicine: 1 (Obeidat et al., 2017)

Number of family medicine residents graduating each year: 15 (Obeidat et al., 2017)

practice

Family doctor to patients ratio: 1:1971 (Obeidat et al., 2017)

Physician to population ratio: 109 per 100,000 (International Statistics, n.d.)

Model of primary care used: unknown

DALY: 12,015 per 100,000 individuals (Due to all Causes).

Life Expectancy:

• Females 2017: 78.1 years

• Males 2017: 76.2 years

Mortality rate 2017:

• 2017 Males: 72 per 1,000 male adults.

• 2017 Females: 57 per 1,000 female adults.

Infant Immunization-HepB3: % of 1-year-old children received: 99%

College of Family Physicians (Y or N):

• NO

Training:

There are 15 family medicine residency graduates per year in Bahrain. The first residency program was established in 1979 and was later modified in 1996 and affiliated with General Practitioners and RCSI. This residency program is four years in length with the first three years involving work spent in the health centre followed by the last year being spent in the secondary care hospital.

Practice:

Family physicians mainly work in health centres that are regulated by the ministry of health but there also exists solo practice. Bahrain has one of the best healthcares in the Arabian Gulf and this can be attributed to the recognition of the importance of family medicine. Family medicine has been valued in this country.