training

Year family medicine was established: 1995 (Abyad et al., 2007)

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

Length of Training: 4 years (Abyad et al., 2007)

Number of institutions that offer family medicine: 1 (Osman et al., 2011)

Number of family medicine residents graduating each year: 10 (Osman et al., 2011)

practice

Family doctor to patients ratio: 1:3,800 (Osman et al., 2011)

Physician to population ratio: 222 per 100 000 (Osman et al., 2011)

Other primary care deliverers:

DALY: 14,694 per 100,000 individuals (Due to all Causes).

Life Expectancy:

• Females 2017: 80.0 years

• Males 2017: 77.6 years

Mortality rate 2017:

• 2017 Males: 64 per 1,000 male adults.

• 2017 Females: 46 per 1,000 female adults.

Infant Immunization-HepB3: % of 1-year-old children received: 98%

College of Family Physicians (Y or N):

• No

training

Training in this country begins with 4-6 years of formal medical school education and rotations followed by a 4 year residency. Family medicine was also recognized in 1995, and the residency program specifically designed to train family physicians was established soon after.

practice

Family doctors in Qatar act as the central source of primary care. They are the point of first contact for patients, and are charged with managing and assessing the overall health of patients, as well as recommending the appropriate measures to deal with any illnesses (Abyad et al., 2007)